An Urban Utopia

Conclusion “Utopia”: the word was coined by Sir Thomas More in 1516 when he started questioning the possibility of a perfect world where society would suffer no wars or insecurities, a place where everyone would prosper and fulfil both individual and collective ambitions.

Yet such a perfect society can only exist with the creation of perfect built infrastructure, which possibly explains why architects have often fantasized on megastructures and how to “order” this dreamed society. Therefore, utopianism as a method has been deeply embedded in architects because they are obliged to bring about a social change through their design.

Utopia has a bad reputation of being contrasting to the reality or the practical world. But it’s a thriving medium in the field of visual arts. But ironically visual arts have always been the main source for inspiration for science discoveries. Its highly relevant and is based on calculative synthesis of our societies, and the direction it is headed towards.

Utopia isn’t a blueprint; it is a way of life. One cannot achieve a utopia or design one, but strive to achieve it, and in this process a better version of the society is formed. Designers who went beyond the conventional methods of representation or design process are highly celebrated for their out of the box interventions, despite their controversial technicalities, and impractical approach they still resonate a sense of forwardness in their thinking. This becomes an attempt to break out from the standardized notions of design.

If we as designers are able to generate a relevant narrative for our dynamic societies we are in short aware and prepared for what we may be exposed to in near future. A radical approach to problems enables greater possibilities towards solutions.

Resilient approach in utopianism The term utopia as much as it means to be idealistic, may also be conceived as something as unrealistic. Architecture is a patronage of equal balance between technical and creative approach to any problem. What happens to be a utopian ideology, as a creative outlook may be lost in the translation process of construction in real time and become unfavourable or at least unimpactful. All types of utopianisms, regardless of how they are categorized, share a common denominator. They are all alternative constructs 35