Hello World.

This is probably the stereotypical first line for any programmer, but it might as well work in this case. This is my first stab at thinking about urban issues, real estate, and the built environment in general.

I have always been interested in learning about stories and sharing them to create impact, and it’s finally the time where I couple that interest with my passion about cities. I am increasingly curious about what it actually takes to shape cities and make them thrive — especially the financial and economic inner-workings — beyond my own background in architecture and design. Sure, design is certainly part of the equation (a very important one for sure), but their are also other social, economic, legal, and political forces at play that eventually make our cities the ways they are. I am hoping to dissect these forces through this platform and hopefully develop a deeper understanding of these forces and develop formula and principles from these observations.

So here we go. A designer that strives to think. Here goes design_think.