SPECIAL CLUSTERS:
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Clusters have the potential to affect competition in three ways: by increasing productivity of the companies in the cluster, by driving innovation in the field, and by stimulating new businesses in the field - where social glue binds them together. (Michael Porter)
Economists explain clustering as a means for small companies to enjoy some of the economies of scale usually reserved for large ones. An isolated greenfield site in an emerging or perhaps depressed region where government grants are plentiful may bring a young company immediate benefits but pale in comparison to having them squeezing itself onto an expensive piece of urban real estate in close proximity to a significant number of competitors and the neighborhood's pool of expertise and skilled workers, suppliers, and informational channels. At Terra Lumen, we believe that with careful planning the curatorial work of pulling together commitments to realize such vision is more than possible. New regions of economic drivers can offer focus to a booming region with multiple potentials. Our integrated visioning to construction and operation & management strategy can help shepherd the collective energy required to make it happen. This will assure that human spaces formed by planner/designer can be sustainable, resilient, and competitive. These places, just as living cities we help advocate, becomes more than just a laboratory of future possibilities. They exemplify the complete network of profit-with-purpose's strategies of all shapes and forms where together those strategies connect our foresight and insight with effective actions derived from sensible forecasting and backcasting of our map of actions.
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