Futures / Placeholder Showcase / Speculative

A city that grows back.

Imagine buildings designed around what they return to the living world.

Ferns and hanging moss surrounding a path in Quinault Rain Forest, Washington. Photograph by King of Hearts.
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The starting question

If a neighbourhood had to nourish its surroundings, what would we build differently today?

This scenario starts with a desired future neighbourhood and works backwards through construction, ownership, maintenance and material recovery. Its assumptions would be made explicit alongside a submitted speculative design.

An invitation, not a forecast.

A future Submission should distinguish the imagined setting, real signals, technical assumptions and questions it leaves open. No scenario here is a claim about what will happen.

A Framework to start with

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