Is it possible to design a socially and environmentally sustainable city for seven billion people? Views of Planet City imagines what the world might look like if humanity were to reverse the urban sprawl, and its entire human population were to be housed inside a single, hyperdense megalopolis. Drawing on the ideas of pioneering scientists and futurists and projecting on the basis of already gestating technologies, Views of Planet City challenges dystopian visions of the cities of tomorrow and offers an alternative vision: a scenario in which urbanization at a planetary scale is not incompatible with the safeguarding of Earth’s biodiversity. The project sheds light on various aspects of the Planet City hypothesis through presentations of speculative design, design fiction, and simulation.

This event is free.

The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) presents the Views of Planet City exhibition, investigating the prospect of creating a sustainable city to host the evergrowing global population.

Contributors have explored alternative futures for urban environments, incorporating existing technologies, that would enable the regeneration of other areas of the Earth.

The exhibition is based on architect Liam Young‘s Planet City project and presents the work of SCI-Arc faculty members Jennifer Chen, John Cooper, Damjan Jovanovic and Angelica Lorenzi.

With exhibition architecture by Oficina.LA, Views of Planet City is located at SCI-Arc and the Pacific Design Center Gallery.

Views of Planet City takes place from 13 September 2024 to 14 February 2025 at various locations across Los Angeles, California, USA.

More info:

https://pst.art/en/exhibitions/views-of-planet-city