Future Cities

by The (Future) City Project at EAAD Tec de Monterrey QRO

Dynamics

CHALLENGES OF FUTURE CITIES

The creation and expansion of cities today is so rapid that it has become imperceptible, the cities of the future are based on creation and expansion, to which we asked ourselves the following question:

Why not base it on a culture that regenerates rather than creating more by expanding?

Currently the damage caused to nature by urbanization is immense, so the answer can be as simple as the less we occupy, the less damage we will cause. The growth of cities directly and indirectly generates social problems of disparity and inequality among the population; the emergence of borders and physical limits creates disconnection, which leads to a lack of nearby services, not to mention the need for public and green spaces.

We cannot allow our planet to grow and prosper if we continue to expand everywhere. Nowadays, the damage caused to nature by urbanization is immense, so the answer can be as simple as; the less we occupy it the less damage we cause.

There is a race to building a functioning, operational city which may replicate that model around the world.

Bolaños y El Campanario, creación de bordes (Google Earth, 2021)

MEDIUM-SIZED CITIES: QUERÉTARO

Querétaro is an example of a city that follows an expansive model, where problems are evident, however, we still have the opportunity to innovate and redesign the model of the city of the future.

The global crisis that began in 2020 has highlighted these problems; deficiencies and the great inequality gap facing the world, especially in cities. (Sisson, 2020).

The idea of regenerating rather than creating is vital because it is not just about ending a problem or starting something from scratch, but about working with what already exists and going beyond eradicating a problem by thinking about how to regenerate and create added value.