PEOPLE / PLACES
PUBLISHED PERSPECTIVE
The Age of
Magnetism
The next wave of retail will be won on connection, not convenience.
READ THE ARTICLE ↗PEOPLE / PLACES / IDEAS
TODD E.
PILGREEN
Co-Managing Principal, Gensler Middle East
Global Executive · Architect · Urban Thinker
A CAREER DEFINED BY CURIOSITY.
A FUTURE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES.
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01 — THE HUMAN CONDITION
What draws
us together?
People are naturally drawn toward places where other people gather.
Some moments emerge organically. Others are made possible through deliberate choreography. The most compelling places make room for both.
EXPLORE THE THINKING ↗ATTRACTIONGATHERINGINTERSECTIONSAMPLIFICATIONMAGNETISM
02 — AN OPEN-ENDED EXPLORATION
HORIZONS.
Perspectives on people, places, and the forces shaping tomorrow.
The Age of
COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR
RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENT
The Anatomy
of Swarming
How gathering becomes attraction, and how designed conditions can influence emergence.
NOT YET PUBLISHEDCITIES / FUTURES
EDITORIAL DIRECTION
Beyond
Architecture
Exploring the intersections of design, leadership, culture, and what comes next.
FUTURE EDITORIAL SERIES03 — A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
EXPERIENCE.
Three cities. A global perspective. A lifelong pursuit of what's next.
Preview imagery is illustrative only. Shanghai Tower and project imagery are awaiting verified photography.
04 — IDEAS MADE TANGIBLE
SELECTED
WORK.
Places, experiences, and environments that demonstrate how ideas become reality.
FEATURED STORY / SHANGHAI
Wujiang Road
Repositioning the urban experience.
PROJECT CASE STUDY IN PREPARATION05 / 06
05 — THE IDEAS BEHIND THE WORK
Perspectives
worth sharing.
Design is not only about the spaces we create. It is about the relationships, experiences, and possibilities those spaces enable.
THE AGE OF MAGNETISMRetail People · Issue 48↗
REINVENTING THE MALLGensler Dialogue 35 · Co-authored with Annmarie Plenge↗
THE ANATOMY OF SWARMINGResearch in development · Private—
06 — THE NEXT CHAPTER
The next
conversation.
The most interesting ideas begin with a conversation.
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