Presentation for IE Admission. Topic: "How do you envision the city of the future?"

1. CITY
OF THE
FUTURE

2. my views are heavily influenced by science fiction,
dystopia and cyberpunk ideas
and therefore may not sound very optimistic

3. 1.CITIES TODAY

4. SYDNEY

5. MOSCOW

6. MADRID

7. SINGAPORE

8. these cities are different
with one of a kind architecture, unique population and culture
but there is one important aspect, that is the same:
air

9. air gives us the feeling of freedom
visit the nearest park and make a deep breath
raise your head and you’ll always see the sky

10. 2. CHANGES

11. nowadays humanity is facing many threats

12. population is growing rapidly

13. global warming melts the ice
and water takes away land

14. mankind is polluting wast territories,
making them uninhabitable

15. pretty encouraging, isn't it?
here are just two examples of what
humanity already achieved

16. HONG KONG

17. TOKYO

18. raise your head and you’ll see… nothing
street noise follows you everywhere
fresh air is a dream
living becomes a challenge

19. 3. FUTURE

20. future technology level will allow humankind to build
overpopulated cities a second floor:
horizontal wall between two worlds

21. lower city
shelter for the working class
nightlife heaven with threatening crime rates
no sunbeam for years
atmosphere tastes like sewers

23. upper city
basically, a blend of Manhattan and Silicon Valley,
example of perfect balance between nature and human
all flavoured with the latest technologies

25. striking difference
what is it?
a return to medieval estates order?

26. here is how complete city looks like

27. complete city looks like that

28. beautiful outside
full of human vice inside

29. 4. NOT SO
APPEALING?

30. to prevent this worst case scenario
we should follow a few simple steps

31. respect nature
develop eco-consciousness since school
compensate the damage to environment

32. develop negative attitude to consumerism concept (hard one)
encourage companies to invest in sustainable development

33. these steps will probably help to preserve the nature
and therefore bypass the need of the city’s second floor

34. because, seriously, who would like to live in a city like that?

35. THANKS FOR WATCHING