2024-05-04T21:38:12-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150187998/indonesia-hires-aecom-mckinsey-and-nikken-sekkei-to-design-new-capital Alexander Walter 2020-03-04T15:45:00-05:00 >2020-03-05T09:43:39-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/80/807811fa27a4aea300cc1080f6ee3a00.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The Indonesian government is involving three international consulting firms in developing the masterplan of the country&rsquo;s new capital city, which is to be located in East Kalimantan. [...] American engineering company AECOM, consulting firm McKinsey &amp; Company and Japanese architectural and engineering firm Nikken Sekkei would design the city, which is to feature the latest technology and be environmentally friendly at the same time.</p></em><br /><br /><p>In August 2019, Indonesian President Joko Widodo had announced the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150154986/as-jakarta-sinks-indonesia-picks-jungle-site-in-borneo-for-its-new-capital-city" target="_blank">selection of a 450,000-acre site</a> in East Kalimantan province on Borneo Island where the nation's new capital would be relocated to. <br></p> <p><a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/213611/jakarta" target="_blank">Jakarta</a>, the current capital on Java Island, is traffic-choked, increasingly prone to floods, and some areas of the metropolitan area with a population of more than 30 million have been sinking as much as 10 inches a year, caused by the digging of underground aquifers and amplified by rising levels. <br></p> https://archinect.com/news/article/150091063/by-no-means-a-comprehensive-description-of-the-city-of-the-future Nam Henderson 2018-10-16T11:50:00-04:00 >2018-10-16T11:50:17-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/73/73a75e582ab74ca7800bf168038fb1dd.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>More speculation on the always-relevant subject of "Old People in Big Cities Afraid of the Sky." #futurism #urbanism #demographics #climatecrisis #Mid21C</p></em><br /><br /><p>Joe Frem, Vineet Rajadhyaksha and Jonathan Woetzel report on four major forces (the competition for talent, an increasingly connected world, the Anthropocene age, and technology&rsquo;s ever-expanding role) shaping today&rsquo;s cities and offer a 14-point vision for thriving cities of the future. </p> <p>h/t <a href="https://twitter.com/bruces/status/1051992760637521920" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Bruce Sterling</a></p>