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Is This What Urban Buildings Will Look Like In 2050?

Original story at Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation• 4 mentions • 3 months ago

 
 

With internal farms, walls that convert CO2 to oxygen, and even the ability to personalize itself based on your DNA, this concept for the building of the future is a sight to behold.2050 is far enough off to imagine the urban environment will be very different from today. But, from current trends, we know a few things are likely. Three-quarters of people will live in a city, or 6.75 billion of the projected 9 billion global total. Everyone will have grown up with the Internet, and its successors. And city residents with have access to less natural resources than today, making regeneration and efficiency more of a priority.Based on this, and extrapolating

 

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19 Feb
Sustainable Cities @cities2cities
Is This What Urban Buildings Will Look Like In 2050? http://t.co/dboXlKEF
 
19 Feb
Richard Florida @Richard_Florida
RT @Slate: Is This What Urban Buildings Will Look Like In 2050? PHOTOS: http://t.co/ip5QqCK1 via @fastcompany
 
19 Feb
Josh Martin @jlangem
Is This What #Urban Buildings Will Look Like In 2050? http://t.co/3EgAHwv1 via @FastCoExist #urbanplanning
 
19 Feb
Philips @LivableCities
Is this the future for urban buildings? Coming to a city near you in 2050 http://t.co/1BKQN2TN @FastCoExist #livablecities