2024-12-22T03:07:06-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149948200/the-city-must-become-adaptable Nam Henderson 2016-05-30T06:39:00-04:00 >2016-06-03T01:14:36-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/nl/nlo065zx9nctsb5i.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>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is that the prevailing chrome and chlorophyll vision of architects and urbanists will become as much an enticing, but outdated, fashion as the Raygun Gothic of The Jetsons or the cyberpunk of Blade Runner</p></em><br /><br /><p>Darran Anderson peers into the near future, at the intersection of climate change, technology, megacities and "<em>survivability</em>".&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/bruces/status/735868173614993410" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bruce Sterling</a>&nbsp;remarked&nbsp;"<em>It's pretty good</em>" and&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ArchitectureFiction&amp;src=typd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#ArchitectureFiction</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BigCities&amp;src=typd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#BigCities</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23AfraidofSky&amp;src=typd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#AfraidofSky</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23OldPeople&amp;src=typd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#OldPeople</a></p>