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Mando Xie proposes green floating cities to enable “human civilization to continue” on the ocean

November 5, 2021 Benedict Hobson 0
Titan Ark 2100 by Mando Xie

Mando Xie imagines humanity moving into ship-like floating cities covered with trees to escape rising sea levels in this proposal, which is a finalist in Dezeen’s Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. Xie imagines converting aircraft carriers to create the floating cities in his proposal, which is called Titan Art 2100. Almost half of

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Justinian Khoo envisions networks of floating cities “to provide freedom for nature on land”

November 2, 2021 Benedict Hobson 0
The Whales floating cities by Justinian Khoo

The second finalist in Dezeen’s Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion is Justinian Khoo, who has proposed moving humanity into sustainable floating cities so that nature can reclaim the land. Called The Whales, the clusters of cities, which Khoo designed to resemble pods of the large marine mammals, would be powered entirely by renewable

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Pawel Rymsza proposes domed cities with algae lakes “to make big reductions in atmospheric carbon”

November 1, 2021 Benedict Hobson 0
Carbon Neutral Rings by Pawel Rymsza

Pawel Rymsza’s proposal to house humanity in a network of ring-shaped structures built around huge algae-rich lakes is the first of 15 visionary projects selected as finalists for Dezeen’s Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. Called Carbon Neutral Rings, Rymsza’s proposal is to create a network of enclosed carbon-neutral cities for humanity to live

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Redesign the World winners to be announced during Dezeen 15

October 29, 2021 Benedict Hobson 0
Redesign the World logo

The 15 best entries for Dezeen’s Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion will be revealed during our Dezeen 15 festival, which starts next week. The Redesign the World competition, which we launched earlier this year with Epic Games, called for radical new ideas to rethink the future of planet Earth. The contest received over

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Build: Architecture 2021 online event to explore frontiers of real-time 3D rendering

October 22, 2021 Dezeen staff 0
Zaha Hadid Architects' Twinmotion project

Dezeen promotion: Zaha Hadid Architects, BIG, HOK and Foster + Partners are among the architectural practices giving presentations at Build: Architecture 2021, an event exploring innovative uses of real-time rendering. Build: Architecture 2021 is a two-hour showcase of projects that will launch on 2 November 2021, demonstrating how some of the world’s leading architecture firms

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Striatus 3D-printed bridge “establishes a new language for concrete” says Holcim CEO

October 12, 2021 Benedict Hobson 0
Striatus 3D-printed concrete bridge

Holcim CEO Jan Jenisch explains how 3D-printed concrete bridge Striatus aims to showcase how to build with less material without compromising performance in this video Dezeen produced for the building materials company. Striatus is a 16-metre-long 3D-printed concrete footbridge built by Block Research Group at Swiss university ETH Zurich and the Computation and Design Group at Zaha

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SOM weaves small wood pieces into SPLAM pavilion at Chicago Architecture Biennial

October 1, 2021 Rima Sabina Aouf 0
SPLAM pavilion by SOM architects and University of Michigan Taubman College

SOM has worked with the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning to explore a low-carbon alternative to conventional timber framing called SLT and build a pavilion to demonstrate its capabilities. Partly inspired by cross-laminated timber (CLT) – the engineered wood made strong by gluing strips of timber together in a crisscross

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EcoLogicStudio uses algae to purify air inside enclosed playground for children

September 27, 2021 Rima Sabina Aouf 0
Airbubble by EcoLogicStudio

EcoLogicStudio has designed AirBubble, a children’s play pavilion that uses algae in solar-powered bioreactors to remove carbon dioxide and pollutants from the air. The London-based studio claims the 52 bioreactors mounted around the structure’s perimeter can purify the entire volume of air inside the pavilion each day to keep pollution levels within World Health Organization

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Last chance to enter Dezeen’s Redesign the World competition with Epic Games

September 14, 2021 Benedict Hobson 0
Redesign the World logo

Our Redesign the World competition with Epic Games closes for entries at midnight tomorrow! Here is a recap of the talks and workshops we have run to provide some last-minute inspiration and tips for how to enter. Redesign the World is the ultimate design competition, which calls for radical new ideas to rethink planet Earth.

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World’s largest carbon-capture plant Orca opens in Iceland

September 9, 2021 Rima Sabina Aouf 0
Climeworks Orca plant in Iceland

The world’s largest direct air carbon capture and storage plant has started operating in Iceland, run by Swiss company Climeworks. Named Orca, the plant sucks carbon dioxide directly from the air and buries it as rocks deep underground, using technology from Climeworks’ Icelandic partner Carbfix. Orca has the capacity to remove 4,000 tonnes of carbon

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