IMAGINING 2080

A speculative and imaginary future of the world's population of 10 billion people condensed into a small city with most of the world left as a wilderness. The city is built according to the principles of the circular economy, the planet is left for rewilding.Connect emotionally to challenges of our future through a fictional narrative. World buildi... See more

Looking further ahead, some urban planners are imagining how suburbs might evolve. Alan Berger, codirector of the Center for Advanced Urbanism at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, suggests that if efforts to retrofit suburbs and reduce car dependency pay off, the paved area (in the form of roads and parking lots) in future suburbs could be

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In this research-based vision, cities are no longer limited by access to ground transportation. Plastics and cement are made from air, water, and electricity. Vernon and Dourado even predict a carbon shortage.

In 2019, a cross-sector team of scholars, activists, and system-designers met to explore strategies for “Navigating the Great Unraveling.”11 They projected out best- and worst-case scenarios for the year 2040 across four key drivers: available energy, degree of climate change, level of economic activity, and amount of accessible freshwater. For cli

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Get transported on a stunningly rendered, sci-fi safari through Planet City: an imaginary metropolis of 10 billion people, from the brain of director and architect Liam Young. Explore the potential outcomes of an urban space designed to house the entire population of the earth — and imagine answers to what is possible, and what is sustainable, for ... See more