“As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.”
Norman FosterLECTURE ONE
Future Scenarios.....
Nowadays, most of the problems we are facing, have made by ourselves. Obviously, the future of our world is related to the decisions that we are making todays.
I realised, in this subject, there are some scenarios of the
future to consider and gives me this opportunity to design the sustainable
architecture and civilization without any restriction which implement my
prediction of latest technology in order to create the best world for all inhabitants.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE09-gpVhh0&feature=relmfu
Designing the Future
This brief video will outline a vision design to avoid all the mistakes, a vision of efficiency, sustainability an intelligent planning can lead us to a marvelous new world of unlimited human potential.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE09-gpVhh0&feature=relmfu
Dragonfly, a Metabolic Farm for Urban Agriculture
(images via: Vincent Callebaut)
From Vincent Vallebaut, designer of the Lilypad concept, comes another stunning sustainable design that aims to meet the food, housing and energy challenges of the future. The Dragonfly is an urban farm concept for New York City’s Roosevelt Island, modeled after the wings of a dragonfly and designed to provide fresh, local food within an urban environment. Fruit, vegetables, grains, meat and dairy would be produced on the Dragonfly’s 132 floors and the entire structure would be powered by a combination of solar and wind power.
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This examples push the limits of ecological architecture and contemporary urban design discourse.
The so-called Lilypad Project is perhaps the most fantastical of these green wonders and certainly the farthest from being built but is too amazing a concept not to mention. The idea is to create a series of floating self-sufficient ocean-going eco-city islands. Each one would be able to house 50,000 residents and would support a great deal of biodiversity. Collecting pools located in their centers would gather and filter water for use on board. These would be places for adventurers and refugees alike as water levels rise around the world and threaten many, particularly island, habitats.
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