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R

eimagining Cities with

People at the Centre

Revamping urban fabric with

increasingly technological

but also greener solutions. We are

headed towards a utopian future

where we will live in meticulously

designed Alphavilles with the best

possible livability while the ecosystem

around us is undergoing radical

changes.

The future thrives on grand ideas,

but the leap from paper to practice is

considerable. Some projects, colossal

in their ambitions, are being scaled

back for very practical reasons of

feasibility.

TREND

PARADISES ON THE OCEAN

Maldives Floating City is a f loating city

under construction in the Maldives to

address rising sea levels and will be powered

by solar energy Eko Atlantic off the coast

of Nigeria is designed to be a commercial

and f inancial hub also hosting tourist and

residential ports

CATHEDRALS IN

THE DESERT

Hostile places like deserts are

being colonised by visionary

projects. The United Arab

Emirates are a model of

innovation for sustainable urban

development in increasingly arid

climates, from the ever-expanding

construction site of Dubai to

Masdar City, which operates

entirely on renewable energy.

PROJECTS FOR THE

NEAR FUTURE

The Line

, the 170-kilometre linear city

of glass and steel intended as a symbol

of Neom, a new city north of the Red

Sea, was supposed to be completed by

2030, but is currently stalled.

Among the future cities under

construction are those conceived

to become innovation hubs:

Net

City

in China will focus on artif icial

intelligence, while Japan’s

Woven

City

will be powered by hydrogen and

be fully autonomous.

Nusantara

in

Indonesia is designed to become a

cultural capital as well as a sustainable

city with green infrastructure