Self-Sufficient City. Envisioning the habitat of the future
More than 100 proposals from all over the world envisioning the habitat of the future.
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia and the technology company HP have developed an international contest with the idea of “self-sufficient city”. It is an invitation to reflect on how we will live in the near future in the light of the social, cultural and technological changes in which we are immersed. This publication presents the projects of the 107 finalists between 708 participant proposals. From connected metropolises, eco neighbourhoods, self-sufficient buildings, intelligent homes or any other proposal for a short-, medium or long-term project such as the winning ones: “HURBS” proposed by Sergio Castillo Tello and María Hernández Enríquez from Spain and “WATER FUEL” by Rychiee Espinosa and Seth Mcdowell from the United States.
The book, published by Actar, compiles the results of the 3rd Advanced Architecture Contest organised by IAAC (Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia), which invites reflection on how we will live in the near future. The participants’ entries, from all over the world, explore the future of the cities in the light of the social, cultural and technolgical changes in which we are immersed and formulate hypothesis on the habitability in an urban space.
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia is a latest-generation education and research centre dedicated to the development of an architecture capable of meeting the worldwide challenges in the construction of habitability in the early 21st century.
Other books in the series are Self-Sufficient Housing and Self-Fab House, both published by Actar
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