A Strategy of Densification in the Post Geographic City
Cities and urbanity are no longer best defined by relationship to a particular piece of land.
These days the more important sense of community is provided by virtual arrangements rather than physical neighborhoods. The sense of identity, of belonging to a particular group, of being a city-zen is less dependent on location than on operating system or social media platform. The old urban rules no longer apply.
Which is probably a good thing, because after working at it for 2000 years we still cannot seem to get it better by design than by accident. All the best examples of urbanism are un-designed, evolving over time in reaction to unplanned events.
- Wes Jones
Citi-Zen
Is it possible to have a smooth mobility in a metropolis? Everyone wants to go fast… But, sometimes we should ask life to slow down in order to experience it. Could the metropolis be capable of condensing all the activities within densely inhabited blocks to foster social connections between people? Meanwhile be capable of releasing large open spaces on the outskirts? What if there is no difference between vertical and horizontal mobility? So that we could move around completely free not only in the metropolis, but also in architecture.
Holding an idealized vision of a harmony society, started from the possibility of urban transportation evolution, the team proposed a future Utopian city section. Enjoy the Video above!
