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Book SynopsisWhat might the city of the future look like and how might it meet the needs of future generations while limiting damage to our planet’s fragile ecosystem? This book introduces pioneering architects, designers and planners whose visions for an alternative urban future address issues such as climate change, population density, infrastructure, transportation and digital culture. It includes over 40 radical projects grouped into five key categories: master planning and megacities, transportation and infrastructure, new habitats, green cities/ urban farming, and smart cities. Each category summarises trends that will drive the development of future cities, with each project representing a unique approach to urban development in the 21st century and beyond.
Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Masterplans and Megacities 022 BiodiverCity Penang BIG + Hijjas + Ramboll 028 Port of Tallinn Zaha Hadid Architects 034 Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center MAD Architects 036 Shenzhen Cultural District MVRDV 038 Liuzhou Forest City Stefano Boeri Architetti 040 Oberbillwerder ADEPT + Karres en Brands 046 Jigna Eco-Community Skidmore, Owings & Merrill 3. Transportation and Infrastructure 058 New Deal Paris Carlo Ratti Associati 060 Ultra-Fast Charging Station for Electric Cars Cobe + Clever 066 EZ-PRO Renault 072 Lilium Vertiports Lilium 074 Airbus UAM MVRDV + Airbus 076 Uber Sky Tower Pickard Chilton + ARUP 080 Dragonfly PriestmanGoode 082 Virgin Hyperloop Virgin 084 Hardt Hyperloop Hub UNStudio 4. Green Architecture and Urban Farms 090 Self Sufficient City WOHA 094 Pirelli 39 Diller Scofidio + Renfro+ Stefano Boeri Architetti 096 Toronto ORCA Safdie Architects 100 1Hotel Paris Kengo Kuma & Associates 106 Southbank by Beulah UNStudio + Cox Architecture 110 Sunqiao Urban Agricultural District Sasaki 114 The Farmhouse Precht 118 Glasir Framlab 5. Smart Cities 124 BIOTIC Carlo Ratti Associati 128 Woven City Toyota + BIG 134 Smart Forest City Cancun Stefano Boeri Architetti 136 Blockchains City Tom Wiscombe Architecture + EYRC Architects 138 Brainport Smart District UNStudio 142 Konza Technopolis SHoP Architects 146 Milan Innovation District Carlo Ratti Associati 150 Berlin TXL Urban Tech Republic Tegel Projekt GmbH + von Gerkan, Marg and Partners 154 Quayside Sidewalk Labs + Waterfront Toronto 6. New Habitats 160 Oceanix City OCEANIX+ BIG + Studio Other Spaces + UN-Habitat 164 Ocean Spiral SHIMIZU CORPORATION 166 Trenezia Waugh Thistleton Architects 170 Redefining Hong Kong’s Waterfront 10 Design 176 City Sand OXO Architectes 178 Project Olympus ICON + BIG + SEArch+ 180 Moon Village Skidmore, Owings & Merrill + European Space Agency 184 Nüwa ABIBOO Studio + SONet 188 Planet City Liam Young
