Smart City
FLDDesign approaches to creating responsive, sustainable urban environments through technology, modularity, and adaptive infrastructure.
Smart city design integrates digital systems, sustainable practices, and innovative infrastructure to address contemporary urban challenges. This work explores how technology and thoughtful planning can improve quality of life while managing resources efficiently.
The community examines modular urban systems, adaptive renewal strategies, green infrastructure, and localized design solutions. Projects range from transformable city modules and resilient urban cores to large-scale interventions that repurpose neglected spaces and reinvent institutional buildings for modern needs.
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View all 55 journalsCustomized Instant City Module Operating System: A Second, Movable City Above Barcelona's Eixample
A post-metabolist plan for Barcelona's Eixample inserts a mobile lattice of modules into the air, rooftops and courtyards rather than razing the grid.
INI Design Studio Transforms a Neglected Depression into a 75-Acre Urban Lake for Rajkot
Atal Sarovar applies water-sensitive urbanism to turn a low-lying wasteland in Gujarat into a civic anchor for a smart city.
Instant City: Archigram's Roaming Metropolis Rebuilt as a Fleet of Unfolding Cultural Modules
A fleet of autonomous modules unfolds from compact transport forms into stages, markets and cinemas, turning plazas into temporary cultural venues.
Michel Rémon, Associés, and ARCHIMATH Reinvent the Courtyard Hospital in Morocco's Desert
A 58,000 m² medical campus near Marrakech channels the ancient Bîmâristân through fiber-concrete moucharabieh and sun-driven planning.