Future Urban Trends

1. Future Urban Trends
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2. Future Urban Trends
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A selection of 10 urban trends
emerging around the world.
Housing, public spaces, retail. The way people live and work.
Looking at the evolution of cities, to understand our lifestyle and habits.

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#1 Malls in disguise
Innovative commercial spaces are blending into the city and their communities,
proving the necessity for retail models to pursue authenticity.
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4. Streets or malls?
The historical Lee Tung Avenue (Hong Kong)
has been rebuilt, turning the street into
a pedestrian tree-lined walkway operating
as a luxury shopping venue.
leetungavenue.com.hk
#1 Malls in disguise
Community malls
“First the community, than a mall”.
The Commons (Bangkok) is nested in the city center
with 5000 m2
for local shops. It combines open and
indoor areas for a seamless urban experience.
thecommonsbkk.com

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#2 POPOS
Privately Owned Public Open Spaces are more and more common
in newly developed areas. With private security and restrictions,
the rise of pseudo-public spaces is raising the debate on their legitimacy as well.
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6. in London
Guardian Cities mapped the spreading
of pseudo-public spaces across the city
(as in King’s Cross development).
in San Francisco
The city has a long-time tradition with POPOS.
Rooftops, terrace gardens, and plazas are part
of the urban culture in Downtown.
#2 POPOS

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#3 Temporary
Everything
Self-driving shops, travelling hotels, movable houses and more:
pop-up culture and on-demand services are reshaping
the boundaries of retail, leisure and housing.
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8. #3 Temporary Everything
Autonomous shops
The Moby Mart, Shanghai - A 24 hour self-driving
retail unit for on-demand purchases.
themobymart.com
Wheelys Store, Shanghai - A staffless, app-powered
store, open 24/7 (with no lines).
wheelyscafe.com
Kitchen-only restaurants
Deliveroo Editions - Deliveroo launches in UK
a new concept: creating hubs of restaurants specially
designed for delivery in area with no food offer.

9. #3 Temporary Everything
Movable houses
Kodasema, Estonia - Two floors and 30 m2
per unit,
for a house to move at wish.
kodasema.com
Coodo, Berlin - A frame with glass walls is
a modular unit adaptable to different uses.
coodo.com
Transient hotels
Pop Up Hotel (UK), The Nomad Pop Up Hotel
(Portugal), Flexhotels (Netherlands) provide
pleasant accommodations for special events
thepopuphotel.com
thenomadpopuphotel.com
flexotels.co.uk

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#4 Changing
address
Revolutionary models and community projects explore new frontiers
in urban localisation and mapping.
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11. #4 Changing Address
Addresses 2.0
what3words (UK) is ready to revolutionise all our
previous address systems, thanks to univocal 3-word
codes assigned to each 3x3m piece of the world.
In August, Mercedes-Benz launched the first in-car
navigation system based on this grid.
what3words.com
Data, maps, communities
Know Your City by SDI, Transparent Chennai (India),
Map Kibera (Kenya) are few of the many projects
to map neglected places, collect data, and empower
local communities.
knowyourcity.info
transparentchennai.com
mapkibera.org

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#5 Storage reinvented
New companies are disrupting the old business models of the industry
with more affordable, lighter systems based on home delivery.
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13. #5 Storage reinvented
Make Space
Pick-up and delivery services by Make Space
(New York) promise to be cheaper, and easier,
than storage rentals.
makespace.com
Binstro
Texas-based company Binstro provides
and picks up mini storage units for any size.
binstro.com

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#6 Camping in the city
The search for unique urban experiences finds its place in tents,
with accommodations and events looking for outdoor adventures in city nights.
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15. #6 Camping in the city
Camping as a happening
Camp the Night (Amsterdam) turns urban areas
into temporary campsites. The first edition in August
2017 has been a success, and the organisers are eager
to export their format.
campthenight.com
Luxury tent hotels
St. Jerome’s Hotel (Melbourne) is a camping site
on the rooftop of a Downtown building,
where “luxury accommodation meets the
elemental outdoors”.
stjeromesthehotel.com.au

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#7 Sensory urbanism
Meeting the eye is just a part of the task of a comprehensive urban design:
noises and sounds, taste, touch, and smell are key in effective contemporary projects.
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17. in Seattle
Urban design plans for Seattle’s Waterfront
will create terraces and a sculpture park, to live the
view on the bay through all the senses.
monocle.com/radio/shows/the-urbanist/285
in Wien
Tours by Smells like Wien spirit propose
breathing excercises, funny stories and
experiments through the city, for a new concept
of urban explorations.
spaceandplace.at/SmellslikeWienSpirit
#7 Sensory Urbanism

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#8 Design for refugees
Housing asylum-seekers and newcomers is one of the main challenges
for cities around the world. Organisations, architects and designer
carry on innovative projects to cope with humanitarian crisis,
mass accommodation and integration needs.
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19. Refugee housing projects
Germany Pavilion at the last Biennale di Architettura
showcased the best housing projects for refugees,
gathered by the Deutsches Architekturmuseum —
including a complex in Ostfildern and a temporary
hall in Munich selected by Berlin Award 2016.
makingheimat.de
Humanitarian innovations
More than shelters (Germany) develops tailored-to-fit
products for crisis areas, such as the pop-up textile
architecture DOMO-System.
morethanshelters.org
#8 Design for refugees

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#9 Light-blue urbanism
The call of water grows stronger in cities. Rivers, canals, lakes and even the ocean
(as in the Blue Urbanism book about our connection with open sea) are at the core
of urban imagination and design — from riversides and pools, to long-term projects
on environmental quality.
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21. Urban marinas
From new pools in Helsinki (Allas Sea Pool)
and Paris (La Baignade at the Bassin de la Villette)
to the temporary Pavillon of Reflections in Zurich,
floating structures continue to pop up on cities
that care for their quality of life.
allasseapool.com
Water-sensitive planning
Swimming in the Seine by 2024. Cycling by the river
or the bay in London, Vancouver and many others.
Water is the main asset of corageous visions and
successful designs.
#9 Light-blue urbanism

22. Future Urban Trends
#10 CCCCs
Contemporary Creative-Class Clubs
Private members’ clubs for people in creative industries open upscale, cosy locations
in the heart of cities, revisiting old-club facilities with contemporary taste.
For: leisure, networking, private events, relax and beauty treatments...
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23. Creative clubhouses
Exclusive venues opened across the UK
and in the US, as well as in Rome (Cohouse)
and Milan (Clubhouse Brera).
sohohouse.com
cohouse-roma.com
clubhousebrera.com
thehospitalclub.com
norwoodclub.com
Upscale nightlife
ChaChà in Madrid and Silencio in Paris are elegant
private members’ venues for nightlife events
and art performances.
chacha.es
silencio-club.com
#10 CCCCs

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