FutureCityLab is an open-source initiative created by a worldwide collaboration of leading engineers, universities and scientists.
Future City Lab is an open-source initiative created by a worldwide collaboration of leading engineers, universities and scientists in order to launch an urban vision for a sustainable future. Climate Change, rapidly growing megacities and the need for new energy sources are issues that need to be resolved in the urban context. We want to raise awareness and leverage the inherent opportunities to develop visions of cities that are vibrant, energy-efficient and sustainable.
18/06/2024
Architect’s adventure: No detail in this building escapes AnotherArchitect’s eagle eye. 🦅🔍 Watch us decode the ‘architect’s language’ in every nook and cranny. The cover? A brief moment at the desk, but real architects are out exploring with their hands
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04/10/2022
The Diwan Hall / AXIA Design Associates + Arriz + Co. + Kasian Architecture Interior Design & Planning Completed in 2022 in Edmonton, Canada. Images by Michael Manchakowski. The Diwan is a year-round pavilion and event space for the University of Alberta Botanic Gardens and the final piece to complete the 4.8-hectare Aga...
19/11/2019
20/02/2017
What will Earth look like if all its land ice melts? Here's your answer. Climate change isn't pretty. Floods. Droughts. Trillions of dollars to pay for it all. And that's just the tip of the (increasingly smaller) iceberg.
20/02/2017
Elon Musk: Automation Will Force Governments to Introduce Universal Basic Income Elon Musk believes artificial intelligence that is much smarter than the smartest human on Earth could result in dangerous situations. Musk argues that the government must introduce a universal basic income program in order to compensate for automation.
03/12/2015
OpenJapan - Worldwide Trailer Open Japan, Moscow, Chennai, Berlin, Lisbon, New York City, Kansas City. June 10th to 12th. Directing/editing: Pedro Lucas Freire. Directing - Chennai: Ragu Muthiah Nikiil…
14/09/2015
You still do not believe that our climate is changing?
For tourists and wildlife photographers, the main reason to come to Svalbard is to see polar bears. And yes, usually we find them: beautiful bears, photogenic bears, playfull or even at a kill. At first glance, everything is as it has always been in one of the most easily accessible polar bear populations of the world, strongly protected and doing good, so some scientists say.
But are they really doing good, the bears up here? I am a critically minded person, and I observe. I see the summers being so pleasant (and warm) as never before. I see the glaciers calving, retreating dozens to hundreds of metres every year. I see the pack ice disappearing in record speed. Yes, I have seen bears in good shape - but I have also seen dead and starving polar bears. Bears walking on the shores, looking for food, bears trying to hunt reindeer, eating bird's eggs, moss and seaweed. And I realized that the fat bears are nearly exclusively males which stay on the pack ice all year long. The females, on the other hand, which den on land to give birth to their young, are often slim. With the pack ice retreating further and further north every year, they tend to be stuck on land where there's not much food. In the first year, they lose their first cub. In the second year, they lose their second (and last) cub. Only once I have seen a mother with a nearly independent cub. Only few times I have seen beautifully fat mothers with beautifully fat young. Many times I have seen horribly thin bears, and those were exclusively females - like this one here. A mere skeleton, hurt on her front leg, possibly by a desperate attempt to hunt a walrus while she was stuck on land.
Experts claim the Svalbard population is stable, even rising. Well, here comes my question: how can a population be stable if it consists of less and less females and cubs? How can a population be doing good if most bear will score a body index of 2-3 out of 5? Only once I have seen a bear getting a big fat „5“, but several times I have seen dead bears and bears like this one: a mere „1“ on the scale, doomed to death. I do not have scientific data to proof my observations, but I have eyes to see - and a brain to draw conclusions. Climate change is happening big deal here in the Arctic. And it is our decision to trying to change this. So: let's do something about the biggest threat of our time. Maybe we cannot save this bear here. But every little action we do to change our ways is a step in the right direction. We just have to get started and keep on going!
31/03/2014
FutureCityLab round table discussion at the Hanover Messe this year. There will be two sessions both on the future development of Moscow. The round tables are kindly hosted by the city of Moscow and the department of science and innovation. Session 1 will start at 1.30pm with the topic: "How disruptive technologies will change the future city". Session 2 will start at 4pm with the topic: "How important are roofs for the sustainable development of mega-cities?"
Продолжением серии деловых мероприятий на стенде Правительства Москвы в рамках Hannover Messe станет Круглый стол FutureCityLab - Москва’2050 «Потенциал использования крыш для устойчивого развития городов». В ходе дискуссии участникам предстоит оценить перспективы использования пространств на крышах, обсудить возможность создания городских ферм и садов в черте города Москвы, а также современные технологии, способствующие развитию таких объектов инфраструктуры, как агрополис. В обсуждении примут участие: заместитель руководителя Департамента природопользования и охраны окружающей среды Сергей Мельников, член совета директоров и совладелец Energy Projects Group Ольга Прокофьева, ландшафтный архитектор из Гамбурга Герко Шрёдер и др. Круглый стол пройдет 7 апреля 2014 года на стенде Правительства Москвы в павильоне Global Business & Markets с 16.00 до 17.30.
11/03/2013
London's $1.4 Billion Biking Project | Sustainable Cities Collective London’s newly unveiled $1.4 Billion, 10-year bicycle plan will qualify as one of the world’s largest public works projects, with a budget more than 100-times what New York City spent.
31/07/2012
Back to the Future ... comparing historic images of streets with recent photography proves that some of our public spaces lost in quality. Is it due to individual transport or the lack of trees and other elements? Learning from the past can definitely and the mistakes we might have made can help us built a roadmap for a more sustainable future of our cities.
В 80-е существовала легенда, что Киев самый зеленый город. Мы решили выяснить, можно ли сейчас Киев назвать зеленым городом. Выводы делайте сами. Фото сделано из одной точки, только с разницей в 32 года.
06/07/2012
Concept developed by:
Daniël Smidt (The Netherlands)
Jan Schepko (Greece)
Thaleia Konstantinou (Germany)
The question we are faced with is how we can integrate new materials in the building environment to create more sustainable, healthy, functional and enjoyable cities.
Looking at the current condition of the built environment, many problems can be identified.
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FutureCityLab PatchAttach Concept Concept developed by: Daniël Smidt (The Netherlands) Jan Schepko (Greece) Thaleia Konstantinou (Germany) 04-07-2012 | FutureCityLab | Aedes Architektur Forum | Berlin The question we are faced with is how we can integrate new materials in the building…