Back in our world, the exaggerated mega-city is going through a bit of bad patch. The bling’d up ultraskyscraping and bespoke island-terraforming of Dubai is on hold until capitalism reboots, and changes in political fortune have nixed the futuristic, ubicomp’d-up Arup-designed ecotopia of Dongtan in China. But, these are but speedbumps on the road to the future city. The City Is A Battlesuit For Surviving The Future [io9]

Back in our world, the exaggerated mega-city is going through a bit of bad patch. The bling’d up ultraskyscraping and bespoke island-terraforming of Dubai is on hold until capitalism reboots, and changes in political fortune have nixed the futuristic, ubicomp’d-up Arup-designed ecotopia of Dongtan in China.

But, these are but speedbumps on the road to the future city.

The City Is A Battlesuit For Surviving The Future [io9]

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  1. tiffehr posted this