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more about #urbanism Klebert L. Hall: "and drink reclaimed rainwater." Everyone in the world already drinks reclaimed rainwater. Also, reclaimed seawater, sewage, etc. It's a closed syste... more » MISS MERCY STREET: How is Vancouver going to deal with it's homelessness/drug addiction/prostitution problem when all of the tourists arrive? It's the worst skid row in ... more » Barnabus: What, no mention of whether the Vancouver of the future will finally include some goddamn left turn lanes? #olympicvillage more » Bartosz Bos: We prefer the term, Cylon Occupied Vancouver #olympicvillage more » jasminembla001: I don't know every detail of this whole Olympic village thing in Vancouver but from what I hear there is a whole lot more dystopia going on than utopi... more » Aidan_: Yes yes, very awesome idea. And how much will these housing units cost? #olympicvillage more » Nicole Williams: That's not Vancouver, that's Caprica City! #olympicvillage more » Nigerian Business Executive: It looks like Caprica City! Hey, wait ... #olympicvillage more » Asha L Kydd: It was all supposed to become low income housing, but now they are probably going to sell it all as condos. Knowing the history of issues of condos in... more » Yournamehere!: "They'll eat food grown on roofs and drink reclaimed rainwater." Given that this is B.C., what are the odds that something other than food will be gr... more » Lightice: Especially the green roofs is an innovation that should spread far and wide as quickly as possible. Besides the envornmental benefits, it would save d... more » hhaller: Very Caprica-ish. #olympicvillage more » Sunshineyness: This looks pretty neat and I'm glad it's conducive to the area. Where I live though if I tried biking to work I'd probably get killed. I take the tra... more » simonbarsinister: In my suburb of New York City not only are there no bike lanes, many of the homes around me have replaced the section of sidewalk in front of their ho... more » J_Frank_Parnell: Damn I wish we had this kind of thinking in the US. It wouldn't work for everyone obviously, but I'd sure love to have dedicated bike lanes and direct... more » YamkaJellyfish: I live in copenhagen, and I bicycle 25-30 km every day to work.I am 37 and I have colleauges who bike even longer(40-50 km) who are older than I am. 5... more » CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Apart from buses, pedal bikes are the second most annoying thing on the road. Why wear that much lycra...why?? They say all roads lead to Rome. I only... more » diverguy: LOL... I have over an hour commute each way. That's with a car. On a highway. Doing 80kmh. I'd have to leave for work before I got home if I had to ta... more » Anekanta - Go Play!: Do they get much snow in Denmark? I'd like to see something like this happen in Canada, but most parts of the country get far too much snow to make i... more » Starlionblue: Copenhagen (actually all of Denmark) is nice and flat, so biking is a very attractive proposition. I like cities that are built around people and not ... more » -
#megaenvironmentalism
The Future of Vancouver Takes Shape
In the misty distance is the gleaming sphere of Science World, and in the foreground is Vancouver's ultra-green Olympic Village, which planners say will hold 16,000 people by 2020. They'll eat food grown on roofs and drink reclaimed rainwater. More » -
#maps
A Bicycle Superhighway With Timed Lights for Copenhagen
Copenhagen is already one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the world, with 55% of its citizens riding a bicycle daily. Now the question is how to get commuters from outlying areas biking too. The answer is the bicycle superhighway. More » -
#quoteoftheday
Bruce Sterling And Jeff VanderMeer Offer 2 Lessons On How To Build A Science-Fictional City
Science-fiction fans and writers, alike, tend to think of cities in too simplistic a fashion. Quotes from The Caryatids author Bruce Sterling and City Of Saints And Madmen author Jeff VanderMeer explain how you should really view urban infrastructure. More » -
#futuremetro
Welcome to the Future Metropolis
Cities contain highly-concentrated human activity. That's why they represent our glorious, high-tech future - and threaten us with dystopian social collapse. This week on io9, our Future Metro section explores the wonder of cities in fiction, art, and real life. More » -
#futurism
Is The Bike City An Alternate Universe, Or A Glimpse Of Your Urban Future?
Amsterdam is the future - if you think that cities devoted to bicycle transportation are the next step in urban evolution. More » -
#futurecities
The Most Fantastical Cities On Earth, As Chosen By Ursula K. Le Guin And Michael Moorcock
Their books take you to strange cities from other planets, alternate histories and mythical realms. But what real-life cities inspire Ursula K. Le Guin, Michael Moorcock, Nalo Hopkinson and China Miéville? The SharedWorlds project found out, with fascinating results. More » -
#urbanfuturism
The Same Cityscape According To Star Trek And Terminator Salvation
Mega-nerd Protohiro compared screenshots of the exact same view of San Francisco from the Star Trek and Terminator Salvation trailers. Here's Trek's super-bright, super-big Frisco. Click through to see Terminator's gloomy, Skynet-infested version. More » -
#startrek
Star Trek's Future San Francisco Would Never Get Past The Board Of Supervisors
Most people saw the massive cityscape in the new Star Trek trailer, and drooled. But not San Francisco activists, who've battled to keep mega-buildings out. Did Starfleet scrap our zoning laws? They ask. More » -
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#architecture
The Cities Bloomed with Mushroom Tops That Drank the Sun
Cities whose power comes from the sun must grow into these organic shapes. Homes cling like fungus to tall, fat stalks, and solar panels stretch awkwardly open above each neighborhood. More » -
#futurism
Forget The Shiny Toys — Urban Transit Will Go Low-Rent
Whenever public planning types talk about urban transportation's future, they always discuss light rail or tiny electric yuppie-mobiles. But future urbanites will really get around in the cheapest, most low-overhead manner possible.
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#imaginaryurbanism
The Venus Project Has Your Future Planned for You
If you're a fan of the Bioshock game, where a subaquatic Utopian society goes terribly wrong, you'll be weirdly drawn to the futurist gang behind real-life think tank The Venus Project. They've got a whole plan for optimizing society, using planned communities and cultural engineering. And the best part is that they've got a seriously googie 1950s futurism vibe going in all their designs. So space age! So wonderful! Check out your future Utopia, below. More » -
#futurism
Want to Live in a Real-Life Waterworld City?
The so-called Freedom Ship, a floating city of thousands, is an idea that has been tossed around for a while. Now the Freedom Ship company has a new set of designs for the floating urban space, which looks sort of like a giant mall parking lot, and sort of like a really giant Love Boat. Here you can see the new design of the ship. The designers estimate they'll have it built in three years. Here are some of the specs on this giant ship city. More » -
#urbandystopia
The Shape of Urban Traffic to Come
Most cities built before 1900 weren't designed with cars in mind, and traffic jams are often one of the results. As we move towards a future that is looking increasingly urban, we're likely to see more traffic scenes like this one, in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. We're also likely to see more traffic jams created by war zones, and by climate change. Want to see what those look like? More »
