The city must become adaptable

2016-05-30T06:39:00-04:00

For the moment, we remain largely wedded to superficial visual futures. The likelihood is that the prevailing chrome and chlorophyll vision of architects and urbanists will become as much an enticing, but outdated, fashion as the Raygun Gothic of The Jetsons or the cyberpunk of Blade Runner

Darran Anderson peers into the near future, at the intersection of climate change, technology, megacities and "survivability".

Bruce Sterling remarked "It's pretty good" and #ArchitectureFiction #BigCities #AfraidofSky #OldPeople

Smart City-States...

2014-08-09T23:24:00-04:00

When somebody comes to make your city smart, he never comes by himself...billions in growth doesn't come without standards and industry alliances. I have never seen so many standards and industry alliances as I am seeing in 'Smart Cities' and 'Internet of Things', and foundations too.

Bruce Sterling recently spoke at FAB10Barcelona.

Also check out his Flickr set

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The city must become adaptable

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