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Future World Vision
Infrastructure
Reinvented
Redefined
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Welcome to Mega City
The year is 2070. Your neighborhood is always changing. Your city is ever growing. Resources are limited, the climate is stressed. Yet innovation and automation are everywhere. Personal transport pods. Drone deliveries. The lines between AR and IRL are blurred. The world is transformed, but the role of cities remains the same: to connect us and keep us safe and healthy so we can live, work, play, and learn.
“The further out we look, the more itchanges our viewof the present.”
Alex McDowell, creative director and co-founder, Experimental Design
Experience your future
To build the future, first we must visualize it.
Mega City 2070 is not science fiction. It’s not a video game. Guided by extensive scenario planning and grounded in deep research, Future World Vision
introduces a plausible city and its evolution from 2020 to 2070.
The immersive, 3D digital model puts you at the heart of Mega City and invites you to contribute to the dynamic in-platform community.
“Future World Vision is a 21st-century ‘drawing board.’”
Eva Lerner-Lam, founder and president, Palisades Consulting Group
The future starts now
Future World Vision informs the decisions we make today by provoking a new understanding of the opportunities and challenges that will shape tomorrow’s built environment.
And it's never looked so exciting
Climate-mitigation strategies. Community-focused, multi-use infrastructure. Systems designed with built-in redundancies resilient to weather events and security threats. The civil engineering concepts driving Future World Vision are all around us now.
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Six key trends
Alternative energy
A mix of alternative energy sources distributed through microgrids will largely replace fossil fuels.
Six key trends
A mix of alternative energy sources distributed through microgrids will largely replace fossil fuels.
Autonomous vehicles
Climate change
Smart cities
High-tech construction
Policy & funding
Future World Vision in action
Structure & architecture
Buildings will need to adapt to an evolving landscape shared with smart modular structures.
Construction & materials
Robotics, reusable materials, and hyper-modular structures will revolutionize construction.
Energy & utilities
Cities will need to manage swings in demand and distribution as energy moves to renewable sources.
Transportation
Vehicles will need to interact with each other, the environment, and their passengers.
Water, waste, & environment
Waste monitoring tech will extract resources for land management, cost savings, and improved well-being.
Sustainability, resiliency, & equity
Resilient and equitable infrastructure can help optimize resources to sustain a mega city population.
“The Mega City platformtranslates ideasinto a common visual language.”
Jerry Buckwalter, chief innovation officer, ASCE
Become a Future World Visionary
Explore
See how Future World Vision comes to life through an immersive VR experience.
Prepare
Stay updated on the upcoming Future World Vision giant-screen film, Cities of the Future.
Create
Create and share your own custom tour of Mega City 2070.