Fernando Donis' Frame City proposal to "combine city and countryside" wins Redesign the World contest

Fernando Donis' proposal to create new habitable topographies in which humanity and nature coexist has won first place in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion.

Donis' Frame City concept aims to undo the damage to nature and people's wellbeing caused by a century of rapid urbanisation.

Each high-density city, which is designed to house a million people, is formed of mountain-like terraced structures made from cross-laminated timber, which would be built to frame natural landscapes.

Roads and private vehicles would be abandoned in favour of pedestrian and cycling infrastructure and careful city planning to ensure that necessary services and amenities are within a 15-minute walk or cycle of people's homes.

Donis imagines that each city would be designed to integrate with and complement its natural surroundings, creating a diverse network of different urban settlements, which would lead to rich cultural exchanges and tourism.

Frame City "unlike any other entry" in Redesign the World contest

The proposal beat over 100 entries and 14 other finalists to win the Redesign the World competition, which called for radical proposals to rethink planet Earth.

"Donis' proposal for a new topography that is inhabitable for people while providing for nature is powerful, compelling and unlike any other entry we received," said the Redesign the World judges.

"There have been many attempts to bring more greenery to our cities to fuse nature and architecture, but Frame City approaches the challenge in a really innovative and memorable way."

See all 15 finalists projects here or read on to find out more about Donis' Frame City proposal.

Frame City
Fernando Donis
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Winner

"In 1922, Le Corbusier proposed a city of three million inhabitants.

"Despite not being built, his vision defined urban principles for the past century:

– a business and commercial hub with high-rises surrounded by the sprawl of low-density housing;
– separation of urban programmes within a rational organisation;
– large highways for car circulation with less importance given to pedestrian network;
– unsustainable steel and concrete construction generating 'concrete jungles';
– endless urbanisation.

"These tenets engendered the urbanism we live in, making us prisoners of an endless capitalist consumption of cars, energy, time and landscape.

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"Today, despite new attempts of integrating solar energy, EV mobility and underground infrastructure, the core of the problem still comes from the cities we envisioned a century ago.

"Redesigning the world means radically rethinking the economic, political and environmental model of the city: a bottom-up agenda from the city to the entire planet, reinventing new sustainable standards that adapt to the population and climate change needs of the 21st Century.

"For 2022, we propose the Frame City, a compact, one-million-inhabitant 'Countrycity', a combination of city and countryside, with the following agenda:

– the integration of housing, business and commercial programmes within densified structures;
– the combination of urban programmes within organic compositions, surrounding large green parks or forests;
– the elimination of the highway and the use of private vehicles in exchange for pedestrian and cycling networks;
– sustainable cross-laminated timber (CLT) construction, generating 'green cities';
– framed densified cities.

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"The best places to live in the world are right in from of the best parks: Central Park in New York, Hyde Park in London, Chapultepec Forest in Mexico City, Kralingse Bos in Rotterdam, etc.

"Such places find a balance between city and countryside, engendering a 15-minute healthy polis, ideal for walking and cycling. The new cities can become that, simple frames surrounding distinct natural landscapes with every human being living at the most valuable parts of the city.

"A combination of high-rise and megastructure, large curvilinear 'mountains' with terraces integrate a quarter of a million living units with four inhabitants average per unit.

"Services, commercial and business areas form the triangular structural base of the mega waves with views towards the open fields.

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"Every city would vary according to the park, forest or landscape they frame, potentially creating thousands of singular experiences that would forge tourism and cultural exchange.

"The rest of the environment should be reclaimed by nature, protecting our planet ecosystems and the human race for millions of years.

"Architecture becomes an extension of nature at the Frame City, undoing thousands of years of mistaken so-called progress. The city architects would now cooperate to design and maintain each city, rather than competing for extravagant uniqueness.

"They would also plan the agricultural and solar fields encircling and stopping the cities for further development; regions providing the necessary food and energy for each Frame City.

"As in an ancient Greek society, the diverse communities of the multiple frames would refocus their concerns towards philosophy, science, knowledge and sports."

Redesign the World

Redesign the World is the ultimate design competition, which called for new ideas to rethink planet Earth to ensure that it remains habitable long into the future.

Launched in partnership with Epic Games, the contest asked entrants to visualise their concepts using architectural visualisation software Twinmotion.

The contest received over 100 entries from more than 30 different countries around the world.

These were assessed by a judging panel comprising White Arkitekter CEO Alexandra Hagen, structural engineer Hanif Kara, speculative architect Liam Young, Twinmotion product marketing manager Belinda Ercan and Dezeen founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs, which selected 15 proposals as finalists to be published on Dezeen.

We unveiled one finalist a day throughout our Dezeen 15 festival. The winner received a top prize of £5,000. There were also prizes of £2,500 for second place, £1,000 for third place and £500 each for the remaining finalists.

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Mcheileh Studio's flying farms that "combine aerospace technology with aeroponic farming" named Redesign the World runner-up

Mcheileh Studio's proposal to build aeroponic farms in huge airships to distribute food around the globe has been awarded second place in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion.

The proposal, called Aeroponic 2100, envisions dirigibles that fly through towns, cities and residential spaces distributing food where it is needed.

The ships would eliminate the need to transport food over long distances via carbon-intensive modes of transport and free up land currently used for farming.

They would also eliminate pollution and create a "true farm to table solution on a mass scale", according to Mcheileh Studio.

The airships would be climate controlled, self-sufficient, powered by solar and wind energy, and designed to travel anywhere in the world, including desert environments and natural or human-made disaster sites.

Mcheileh Studio presents a "compelling vision for a more mobile future"

Redesign the World judges selected the entry as runner-up in the competition, which called for radical ideas to rethink planet Earth.

"People usually think of buildings as very fixed and permanent things, but they do not need to be," the judges said.

"Mcheileh Studio's dirigible architecture presents a compelling vision for a lighter, more mobile future where we can move our buildings to where they need to be without having to constantly build, destroy and rebuild permanent structures."

Read more about the proposal below.

Aeroponic 2100
Mcheileh Studio, New York, United States
Second place

"One of the most significant challenges the human race faces this century is the production and distribution of food. Current methods produce high levels of air and land pollution through the growth, harvesting and transportation of food.

"Research has also demonstrated that agricultural land becomes degraded and less efficient over time due to the repeated use of pesticides.

"Additionally, food insecurity is reaching crisis levels in some parts of the world as a result of war, poverty and displacement of entire communities due to climate change. Aeroponic 2100 is a proposal that aims to address the problems around food production in the future by eliminating pollution, inefficient transportation and damage to land ecosystems - a true 'farm to table' solution on a mass scale.

"The concept is derived by combining aerospace technology and aeroponic farming methods. A fleet of airships contains agricultural space that is stacked vertically for the growth and harvesting of food. The airships are mobile food markets that also sell food.

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"They fly at slow speeds through cities and towns whilst connected to a central hub and detach and hover in locations connected to parks, residential areas and mass transit nodes. The interior also provides space for social gatherings, community events and recreational activities.

"Mobility is a key aspect of this concept. The ability of the airships to travel facilitates the distribution of food directly to where it's needed, thereby eliminating the requirement for large farms in the countryside and the transportation of food over long distances.

"Aeroponic 2100 can be deployed anywhere in the world, from large cities to remote, inhospitable desert environments. Their mobility offers the flexibility to bring food resources to areas affected by natural or man-made disasters such as war-torn regions or drought-affected land.

"The climate-controlled interior of the airships are independent of the external conditions, making them suitable to any location whilst simultaneously protecting crops from extreme weather events.

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"Aeroponic 2100 is modular allowing scalability appropriate to the location. In urban areas where population levels are high, larger airships are deployed, whereas smaller satellite modules are distributed in vast rural areas.

"The airships are entirely self-sufficient, powered by solar energy that in the future has evolved to a level of efficiency that can power large aircraft and cities. Aeroponic and hydroponic farming have become preferred methods as they do not require soil. Rainwater is collected by the ship's outer frame, stored internally and filtered to feed plants.

"Water is also collected from seas and oceans and desalinated for use. The propulsion of the airships is powered by a combination of solar and wind energy.

"Solar energy is converted into heat that provides the gravitational lift required to fly the airship. Air compression is employed in the outer enclosure enabling lateral movement and manoeuvrability."

Redesign the World

Redesign the World is the ultimate design competition, which called for new ideas to rethink planet Earth to ensure that it remains habitable long into the future.

Launched in partnership with Epic Games, the contest asked entrants to visualise their concepts using architectural visualisation software Twinmotion.

The contest received over 100 entries from more than 30 different countries around the world.

These were assessed by a judging panel comprising White Arkitekter CEO Alexandra Hagen, structural engineer Hanif Kara, speculative architect Liam Young, Twinmotion product marketing manager Belinda Ercan and Dezeen founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs, which selected 15 proposals as finalists to be published on Dezeen.

We are unveiling one finalist a day throughout our Dezeen 15 festival, culminating in the winner being announced on 19 November.

The winner will receive the top prize of £5,000. There are also prizes of £2,500 for second place, £1,000 for third place and £500 each for the remaining finalists.

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Matthew Pratt's vision to elevate humanity "high above the ground" wins joint third place in the Redesign the World contest

Matthew Pratt's proposal to raise all human activities onto elevated cities built on slender stilts has been awarded joint third place in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion.

Pratt's proposal imagines an alternative reality where humans' ancestors never left the forest canopy and people live a quieter life in harmony with nature.

Named Higher Ground, the project imagines slender, towering structures to accommodate all human activity high above ground to minimise disturbance on the Earth's surface.

Large, elevated planters are used to cultivate crops to facilitate a controlled supply of food whilst avoiding taking up large expanses of land.

Pratt describes the speculative proposal as an "alternative vision of humankind, with thriving communities elevated in beautiful landscapes".

Pratt's entry presents a "powerful and poetic" vision of the future

Pratt's entry has been named joint third place in the Redesign the World competition alongside Bless Yee's Carbon Capture Refuge X proposal, which imagines a world of floating habitats that capture carbon from the air.

"Pratt's Higher Ground was one of the most visually stunning entries that we saw," said the Redesign the World judges.

"Rather than simply proposing an elevated city for people to live in, separated from the natural world, his project presents a vision of humanity living in close harmony with nature, which is both powerful and poetic."

Read more about the proposal below.

Higher Ground
Matthew Pratt, London, UK
Third place

"The history of human evolution changed its course when our primate ancestors came down from the trees to live and hunt on the open plains. These early humans then began to domesticate various plants and animals, kickstarting the change from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture and settlement.

"This pivotal change would later see agricultural and industrial revolutions irreversibly damage large areas of the natural world; creating destruction, degradation and fragmentation of long-established habitats and biodiversity.

"This speculative proposal considers: what if we had never left the trees? What if instead of damaging and destroying precious areas of land, we had left the earth's surface untouched, and instead built high above the ground? What if communities could thrive elevated above sacred landscapes, akin to our treetop dwelling ancestors?

"In this vision, all human activity takes place high above the land, amongst the canopy of the trees.

"Taking direct reference from nature, an organic architectural language evolves, one that works in harmony with this natural order.

"Connections with the ground are made lightly on slender columns, blending in with the trunks of the trees. This ensures minimal impact is made to the ground, resulting in dramatic elegant forms floating towards the clouds.

"Much like our crops and horticultural flowers, trees are selectively bred over many years, optimising their height and strength, and shaped over time, to serve as an organic material alternative to steel and concrete.

"Water, seen as the most precious resource, is designed to be stored in these towering structures. At these great heights, the stored water has potential energy, for use in the generation of power as well as hydroponic systems for plants.

"Agriculture is limited to the cultivation of crops, all of which takes place in large elevated planters. This eliminates the significant impact agriculture has on large areas of the land and ensures a controlled supply of food.

"A profound respect and religious worship of the natural order takes precedence over any other god or religious deity, thus ensuring a constant level of care and devotion to the environment; seeing it as a duty to act as guardians of the Earth's flora and fauna.

"This resulting proposal offers an alternative vision of humankind, with thriving communities elevated in beautiful landscapes, working with the forces of nature, to ensure a long and lasting environment on Earth."

Redesign the World

Redesign the World is the ultimate design competition, which called for new ideas to rethink planet Earth to ensure that it remains habitable long into the future.

Launched in partnership with Epic Games, the contest asked entrants to visualise their concepts using architectural visualisation software Twinmotion.

The contest received over 100 entries from more than 30 different countries around the world.

These were assessed by a judging panel comprising White Arkitekter CEO Alexandra Hagen, structural engineer Hanif Kara, speculative architect Liam Young, Twinmotion product marketing manager Belinda Ercan and Dezeen founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs, which selected 15 proposals as finalists to be published on Dezeen.

We are unveiling one finalist a day throughout our Dezeen 15 festival, culminating in the winner being announced on 19 November.

The winner will receive the top prize of £5,000. There are also prizes of £2,500 for second place, £1,000 for third place and £500 each for the remaining finalists.

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Bless Yee's vision for carbon-capturing "living infrastructures" wins joint third place in the Redesign the World contest

Bless Yee's proposal for floating habitats that capture carbon from the air has been awarded joint third place by the judges of Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion.

Named Carbon Capture Refuge X, Yee's project imagines a world where scientists have developed a network of floating living environments that sit within the Earth's troposphere.

These habitats are home to refugees who are engaged in environmental research, Yee imagines.

Each infrastructure features solar panels and direct-air-capture fans that extract carbon from the atmosphere, converting it into electrical energy.

The energy runs through neon strips within the infrastructure's floors, walls, and roofs.

Yee describes the strips as "veins" designed to circulate utilities throughout the structure. They also act like "muscles" that elongate to accommodate the system's growth and open and close depending on the weather to allow air and natural light inside.

Yee's entry "showcases achievable technologies"

Yee's entry has been named joint third place in the Redesign the World competition. The other third-placed entry will be revealed tomorrow.

"Yee's entry is an imaginative vision for a floating, technologically advanced future city," said the Redesign the World judges.

"Despite seeming farfetched, the concept actually showcases achievable technologies such as carbon capture, which will have an important role to play in reversing climate change."

Read more about the proposal below.

Carbon Capture Refuge X
Bless Yee, New York, United States
Joint third place

"War-ravaged by political upheaval and nearly rendered uninhabitable by natural disasters, earth's refugees became ubiquitous.

"From the suffering and desperation, a manifestation to live with the earth and not just on the earth emerged. Scientists then developed a habitable living infrastructure known as Carbon Capture Refuge X (CCRX).

"This living infrastructure simultaneously provided a sustainable way of living while filtering carbon out of the atmosphere.

"Earth's magnetic field was utilized to suspend the CCRXs above the ground and sea, thus creating a floating habitable layer in the troposphere.

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"As the CCRXs developed, refugees took to the sky, and a great migration began. At the heart of this living infrastructure are solar panels and DAC (direct air capture) fans.

"The DAC fans extract carbon from the atmosphere and convert it into electrical energy. Then the collected energy is dispersed through neon strips that integrate with the walls, floors, and roofs of the structure.

"The functions of these neon strips are two-fold. They are the veins that circulate utilities throughout the space, and they are the muscles that can open a space to allow air and light in, close for inclement weather, or elongate to accommodate growth.

"The physical structure of the CCRXs are continuously evolving. Rainwater collection is stored and filtered by vegetation and then used to supplement hydroponic farming.

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"The vegetation creates a localised microclimate. A control centre monitors the comfort, location, and communications of the CCRX. Inhabitants are often engaged in environmental research.

"Drones are used as the main distributors of goods, and they transport goods from one CCRX to another. As the CCRXs flourished and multiplied, the need for larger living infrastructures grew, and units began to connect and plug into one another.

"Some merged into floating farms and pastures, others into floating forests etc., gradually restoring microclimates and ecosystems that were nearly obsolete. The CCRXs now fill the sky in which there are no borders.

"They migrate freely, floating as one with the earth."

Redesign the World

Redesign the World is the ultimate design competition, which called for new ideas to rethink planet Earth to ensure that it remains habitable long into the future.

Launched in partnership with Epic Games, the contest asked entrants to visualise their concepts using architectural visualisation software Twinmotion.

The contest received over 100 entries from more than 30 different countries around the world.

These were assessed by a judging panel comprising White Arkitekter CEO Alexandra Hagen, structural engineer Hanif Kara, speculative architect Liam Young, Twinmotion product marketing manager Belinda Ercan and Dezeen founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs, which selected 15 proposals as finalists to be published on Dezeen.

We are unveiling one finalist a day throughout our Dezeen 15 festival, culminating in the winner being announced on 19 November.

The winner will receive the top prize of £5,000. There are also prizes of £2,500 for second place, £1,000 for third place and £500 each for the remaining finalists.

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See all the finalists revealed so far ›

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Oliver Salway calls for people to "redesign their lives" instead of redesigning the planet

A short film by Oliver Salway that imagines a future where humanity has chosen to embrace a simpler existence to avert climate catastrophe has been highly commended by the judges of Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion.

Salway's film, which was generated using architectural visualisation tool Twinmotion and then cut together using video editing software, is titled Redesigning Our Lives.

In it, Salway imagines a future where people idolise eco-warriors instead of social media influencers, cut out long-distance travel and build simpler structures using materials such as wood and ceramics instead of concrete and steel.

Salway's competition entry "unlike any other"

The entry is a finalist in the Redesign the World competition. Although it narrowly missed out on a place in the top three, the Redesign the World judges commended the film highly for its originality.

"Salway's submission was unlike any other," the judges said. "He turned the competition brief on its head with a film that calls for humans to redesign the way they live rather than trying to redesign the planet."

"Despite diverging from the brief, the judges felt it was an important and well-expressed sentiment. They wish to commend it highly for taking a different approach."

Read more about the proposal below.

Redesigning Our Lives
Oliver Salway
London, UK
Highly commended finalist

"Set in a future flooded corner of the Isle of Dogs, Redesigning Our Lives explores the changes required to our patterns of behaviour and urban planning in response to the climate emergency. The major infrastructural changes required to decarbonise may take decades to come into full effect, but the fastest thing we can change is our minds. Ask not what your planet can do for you, but what you can do for your planet.

"Our home planet is changing. But rather than relying on 'technofixes' to the climate emergency, maybe we're the ones that need 'redesigning'. By reimagining our dreams and our priorities, we can adapt to live within the world's means.

"In the home, a shrine to the planet, like a Japanese kamidana, takes pride of place. And maybe for the next generation — whose heroines are eco-warriors, not influencers — keeping track of the state of the earth via a holographic 'Fitbit for the planet' might prove more compelling than watching cartoons on TV.

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"A key adaptation is to rid ourselves of the daily commute. But to avoid the isolation of working from home, maybe we take a short walk, bus or cycle ride to a local 'work club', where we can flexibly choose, day-by-day, which of our varied skills we want to offer to crowd-sourcing employers. Today you could do some anonymous data-processing, but maybe tomorrow you'll sell your embroidery skills.

"It's clear that there isn't any carbon budget for expressionistic architecture left. So we must just build simpler, with timber and advanced ceramics. But for those missing an outlet for all that architectural creativity, there's always the potential that we could add decoration through augmented reality skins, overlaid on the simple shed-like buildings... if we must.

"Increasing density in urban areas offers the potential to stack up land uses, allowing for agriculture that doesn't rely on long-distance supply chains.

"And we can distribute clean power generation, such as vortex resonant wind-generating masts, throughout the city, since they have a lower spatial impact and don't threaten wildlife.

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"And learning from ancient desert cities like Yazd in Iran, bolting wind towers onto existing buildings could eliminate the need for energy-intensive air conditioning in our warming world.

"Perhaps to make up for land losses to rising tides, we might need some form of mega-structural intervention, like giant adjustable shelving, which could provide replacement areas for farming and recreation, as well as offering some shelter from the burning sun and heavy rains to the legacy city below. Maybe the ground level citizens profit from the 'air rights'. Penthouse living for all.

"And by redesigning our lives, we might finally find a simpler existence we actually prefer."

The film was written, directed, designed, rendered and edited by Oliver Salway, founder of architecture and design studio Softroom. Artist Adrian Taylor performed the narration, while the eco-warrior drawings were created by sisters Annabelle, Rose and Lavender Froggatt, together with their cousin Daisy Forney.

Redesign the World

Redesign the World is the ultimate design competition, which called for new ideas to rethink planet Earth to ensure that it remains habitable long into the future.

Launched in partnership with Epic Games, the contest asked entrants to visualise their concepts using architectural visualisation software Twinmotion.

The contest received over 100 entries from more than 30 different countries around the world.

These were assessed by a judging panel comprising White Arkitekter CEO Alexandra Hagen, structural engineer Hanif Kara, speculative architect Liam Young, Twinmotion product marketing manager Belinda Ercan and Dezeen founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs, which selected 15 proposals as finalists to be published on Dezeen.

We are unveiling one finalist a day throughout our Dezeen 15 festival, culminating in the winner being announced on 19 November.

The winner will receive the top prize of £5,000. There are also prizes of £2,500 for second place, £1,000 for third place and £500 each for the remaining finalists.

Find out more about Redesign the World ›
See all the finalists revealed so far ›

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Shivam Takulia and Anya Ghosh propose giant fog-harvesting buildings to create "a healthier and more nourished world"

Shivam Takulia and Anya Ghosh's proposal to create "water-positive" buildings that harvest water from the air is the next finalist project in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion.

Called Aquatech, Takulia and Ghosh's project imagines a future where there is an acute water shortage in many parts of the world.

Their proposed solution is to build cities of fog-harvesting buildings to produce water from the air, which would be interlinked by a network of waterways.

These waterways would be surrounded by wetlands and marshlands to enhance the health of the surrounding ecology.

The buildings would be designed "inside-out", with services that are usually concealed pushed to the exterior of the buildings in order to maximise internal space.

The buildings would be clad in pipes to disseminate water over the facade of each building, which would assist in controlling the building's temperature and offer optimal thermal comfort for the inhabitants.

Read more about the proposal below.

Aquatech
Shivam Takulia and Anya Ghosh
New Delhi, India
Finalists

"As it exists today, most parts of the world face a severe water shortage. One of the most integral resources to sustain life on earth, a water shortage threatens not only plant and animal life but the very existence of human life.

"Aquatech uses generative design as a means to create plug-in typologies of buildings that are 'water-positive', which generate water from air via the process of fog harvesting.

"The vertical resolution of this project references the communities growing need for housing and public spaces in an age where there is also a severe shortage of land.

"The design process involved is predominantly generative in that it is an aggregation of discrete parts that are distinctly performative. The basic aggregation logic is to optimise the use of fog capture via a prototype – thus maximisation of the surface area is essential across the facade of each building.

"The aggregation is further spread across the site to ensure further moisture capture. Pipes that circulate the captured fog across the building run across the site as well."

"The overarching theme of our idea is to create prototypical projects that would serve as nodes, acting as pseudo-biomes, preserving ecosystems and would be further connected via landscape linkages across cities.

"The world as we see it in the future is one that has not only been restored to its former glory but one that is flourishing and evolving into a healthier environment.

"As a community, it is our responsibility to not only reverse the damage we have done but to actively leave a positive impact on the planet for future generations. Plug-in typologies of Aquatech aim to achieve a healthier and more nourished world for tomorrow."

Redesign the World

Redesign the World is the ultimate design competition, which called for new ideas to rethink planet Earth to ensure that it remains habitable long into the future.

Launched in partnership with Epic Games, the contest asked entrants to visualise their concepts using architectural visualisation software Twinmotion.

The contest received over 100 entries from more than 30 different countries around the world.

These were assessed by a judging panel comprising White Arkitekter CEO Alexandra Hagen, structural engineer Hanif Kara, speculative architect Liam Young, Twinmotion product marketing manager Belinda Ercan and Dezeen founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs, which selected 15 proposals as finalists to be published on Dezeen.

We are unveiling one finalist a day throughout our Dezeen 15 festival, culminating in the winner being announced on 19 November.

The winner will receive the top prize of £5,000. There are also prizes of £2,500 for second place, £1,000 for third place and £500 each for the remaining finalists.

Find out more about Redesign the World ›
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Dennis Christian Schmidt proposes underground cities to protect humanity from "the hardships our future holds"

The next finalist project in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion is Dennis Christian Schmidt's proposal to create a network of underground cities built around climate-regulating lakes.

Called Cave City, Schmidt's proposal is to create cities deep below the earth's surface in a bid to protect against climate change and natural disasters such as storms, tornadoes and increasing temperatures.

The proposed cities feature large residential quarters that take the form of colosseum-like structures built around lakes that help to regulate the climate inside the caves.

The ceilings also feature integrated ventilation systems to foster the growth of crops grown in vertical farms.

Read more about the proposal below.

Cave City
Dennis Christian Schmidt
Worms, Germany
Finalist

"Climate change and the resulting increase in natural disasters will force us to find alternative living spaces. Cities need to be protected from storms, tornadoes and rising heat.

"So how about creating cities underground rather than above ground?

"Cave City lies several dozen meters below the surface, protected from the hardships our future holds for us.

"The residential quarters are laid out like a colosseum around a lake. The lake helps to regulate the climate inside the cave and offers a range of leisure activities.

"Transport to and from the city is guaranteed via a subway system.

"A ventilation system in the ceiling of the cave is combined with a plant of vertical farms. A lot of crops need wind to develop tall, strong stalks, needed later when they are carrying heavy loads before harvest. Through this two birds can be killed with one stone."

Redesign the World

Redesign the World is the ultimate design competition, which called for new ideas to rethink planet Earth to ensure that it remains habitable long into the future.

Launched in partnership with Epic Games, the contest asked entrants to visualise their concepts using architectural visualisation software Twinmotion.

The contest received over 100 entries from more than 30 different countries around the world.

These were assessed by a judging panel comprising White Arkitekter CEO Alexandra Hagen, structural engineer Hanif Kara, speculative architect Liam Young, Twinmotion product marketing manager Belinda Ercan and Dezeen founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs, which selected 15 proposals as finalists to be published on Dezeen.

We are unveiling one finalist a day throughout our Dezeen 15 festival, culminating in the winner being announced on 19 November.

The winner will receive the top prize of £5,000. There are also prizes of £2,500 for second place, £1,000 for third place and £500 each for the remaining finalists.

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Amaury Garay, Paola Alvarez and Mauricio Trujillo imagine holistic world where humans live in "techno communities"

The next finalists in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion are Amaury Garay, Paola Alvarez and Mauricio Trujillo, who envision a world where humans live in harmony with nature in small, technologically advanced villages.

The proposal, called Humans for Nature, imagines a world where vertical agricultural systems are connected via networks of waterways, while drones transport cargo through the air.

Here, humans and the built environment adapt to nature rather than nature adapting to humans.

The project reflects an ancestral world where our ancestors used holistic principles to design their civilisations.

Read more about the proposal below.

**Humans for Nature
**Amaury Rafael Arroyo Garay, Paola Martinez Alvarez and Mauricio Marin Trujillo
Sucre, Colombia
Finalist

"With few resources, knowledge and understanding of the cycles of nature, our ancestors achieved holistic engineering that helped their civilizations.

"Uniting that legacy we would have techno communities in autonomous eco-urbanisms under virtual axes of air traffic for cargo drones between sustainable agricultural areas, all of them interconnected by super systems of waterways.

"The project takes advantage, as our ancestors used to do, of flood cycles, promoting humans for nature and not the opposite."

Redesign the World

Redesign the World is the ultimate design competition, which called for new ideas to rethink planet Earth to ensure that it remains habitable long into the future.

Launched in partnership with Epic Games, the contest asked entrants to visualise their concepts using architectural visualisation software Twinmotion.

The contest received over 100 entries from more than 30 different countries around the world.

These were assessed by a judging panel comprising White Arkitekter CEO Alexandra Hagen, structural engineer Hanif Kara, speculative architect Liam Young, Twinmotion product marketing manager Belinda Ercan and Dezeen founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs, which selected 15 proposals as finalists to be published on Dezeen.

We are unveiling one finalist a day throughout our Dezeen 15 festival, culminating in the winner being announced on 19 November.

The winner will receive the top prize of £5,000. There are also prizes of £2,500 for second place, £1,000 for third place and £500 each for the remaining finalists.

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Enzo Lara-Hamilton, Anne Wagner and Morgan Heenan imagine a world in which people live in "self-contained micro-habitats"

The next finalists in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion​​ are Enzo Lara-Hamilton, Anne Wagner and Morgan Heenan, who have proposed a world in which humans live in self-contained spherical pods.

Called Post-Ecology Pods, the proposal imagines humanity living in pods supplied by an organisation called the Intergovernmental Producer of Closed Climate Containers (IPCCC).

The pods, which are powered by solar energy, are described by the designers as "micro-environmental containers" that support human wellbeing.

The spherical pods are protected against the elements and protect the inhabitants from natural disasters. They are automated systems designed to reduce human labour by providing water, clean air and food.

Here agriculture is aeroponic, and CO2 is transformed into oxygen through "artificial carbon assimilation".

Although the pods are cramped, inhabitants have access to advanced virtual-reality systems, which enables them to connect with other humans in the metaverse.

Read more about the proposal below.

​​Post Ecology Pods
Enzo Lara-Hamilton, Anne Wagner and Morgan Heenan
Preston, Australia
Finalist

"For all of human history, the environment was created through complex interconnected ecosystems. However, in the 21st century, these systems have been under profound threat and undermined by destructive human activity.

"And as the climate tips further toward uninhabitability – biodiversity loss, decline of pollinators, climatic instability, soil erosion and the loss of microbial life – traditional ways of living will become increasingly obsolete. But never fear!

"The P-E.2100 project is a radical new paradigm for avoiding human extinction. We, the Intergovernmental Producer of Closed Climate Containers (IPCCC), are providing the global proliferation of self-contained micro-habitats.

"We are harnessing the power of technology to create cybernetic environments for human flourishing. Around the world, millions of P-E Pods!

"The P-E.2100 micro-globe transcends the threats of ecosystem collapse entirely by creating technologically self-regulating structures.

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"The IPCCC is directed towards creating micro-environmental containers acutely tailored towards human wellbeing and the creation of a world far beyond the crude machinations of nature.

"The P-E.2100 is a radically streamlined system in which these needs are met with the greatest efficiency; that is, a minimum of non-human species.

"Techno-systems replace the antiquated need for reliance on ecosystem services for the provision of clean air, water, and food, and automated systems radically reduce the necessary amount of human labour.

"The container is a materially-closed system with solar radiation for energy being its only external input. Nutrient cycling is an automated process, which occurs primarily through technological systems.

"Aeroponic agriculture consists of modified, non-pollinated crops, redundant soil, insects, and even climatic stability as artificial lighting creates a consistent environment for growth.

"CO2 is reformulated into oxygen through artificial carbon assimilation, and biological waste is artificially decomposed to recycle nutrients into the food system.

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"The sphere itself is fortified against the elements and is unaffected by environmental threats and natural disasters. It is elevated, stabilized, and its immense energy capture and storage capacity allow for extended periods without solar radiation.

"Due to the limited size capacity and the immense complexity of the techno-processes of the sphere, significant space is dedicated to these systems. However, the loss in physical space for its inhabitants is more than compensated for by the inclusion of virtual reality systems.

"This technology gives inhabitants access to pristine and beautiful worlds and allows for global connection between containers through hyperreal metaverse connectivity.

"The P-E.2100 project is a revolutionary paradigm for human life in the 21st century. No longer must civilization be trapped inside of, and forced to rely on, global webs of life.

"Within the sphere, prosperity is wholly human. It is by, and for, its inhabitants, and through its complex cybernetic systems of life, ascends above the outside world entirely."

Redesign the World

Redesign the World is the ultimate design competition, which called for new ideas to rethink planet Earth to ensure that it remains habitable long into the future.

Launched in partnership with Epic Games, the contest asked entrants to visualise their concepts using architectural visualisation software Twinmotion.

The contest received over 100 entries from more than 30 different countries around the world.

These were assessed by a judging panel comprising White Arkitekter CEO Alexandra Hagen, structural engineer Hanif Kara, speculative architect Liam Young, Twinmotion product marketing manager Belinda Ercan and Dezeen founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs, which selected 15 proposals as finalists to be published on Dezeen.

We are unveiling one finalist a day throughout our Dezeen 15 festival, culminating in the winner being announced on 19 November.

The winner will receive the top prize of £5,000. There are also prizes of £2,500 for second place, £1,000 for third place and £500 each for the remaining finalists.

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BPAS Architects envisions rain-collecting skyscrapers to "reverse desertification"

BPAS Architects imagines building huge water-harvesting skyscrapers for humanity to survive in the desert, one of the 15 finalist projects for Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion.

Titled A New World: The Desert Faction, the project imagines a future where the Sahara Desert has expanded significantly and humans have been forced to build larger and larger communities in the hot, arid environment.

In BPAS Architects' vision, technology works in tandem with the desert environment, with energy harvested via solar panels. Water is scarce, and the faction's skyscrapers collect rainwater before it evaporates, pumping it through underground tunnels to surrounding farming areas and communities.

The water transforms the desert into a fertile landscape where crops grow, and communities flourish, eventually reversing desertification.

BPAS Architects imagines that the desert-living communities would form one of several "factions" around the world, where humanity has been forced to adapt to harsh environmental conditions.

Read more about BPAS Architects' proposal below.

A New World: The Desert Faction
BPAS Architects, Cape Town, South Africa
Finalist

"Not so far in the future, the human race has run its course of destruction on earth, surpassing life as we know it.

"All over the world, extreme natural phenomena have occurred, making it almost impossible for humans to live without adaptation.

"The Sahara Desert has expanded tenfold and reaches over 70 degrees during the day; the constant volcanic eruptions from the Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean have destroyed thousands of homes and habitats; the ocean now covers over 80 per cent of the world due to rising sea levels, and the ice caps have reached temperatures not even polar bears can survive.

"As a result, extreme natural disasters reign terror on the remaining population: droughts, tropical storms, wildfires, etc., bringing with them human problems such as soil infertility, water scarcity and famine, far greater than ever seen before.

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"These issues call on urgent redesign and adaptation to ensure the survival of communities across the globe.

"Using the extreme phenomena all over the world as resources, new human ecosystems are created. These are called factions and are vital for the survival of the earth.

"The main factions are Desert, Pelagic, Volcanic, Wind and Polar. Each faction works in tandem with what that part of the earth provides, creating new forms of technology that are dependent on the longevity of that natural resource, ensuring a harmonious relationship with the earth rather than its exploitation.

"The faction considered here is the Desert Faction, living in the vast wastelands of nothingness. People have fled the deteriorating and unsafe cities and set up communities elsewhere in the expanding deserts.

"The earth's surface has become so hot in this post-apocalyptic scenario that any rain that may come evaporates hundreds of metres before it touches the ground. As a result, the water harvesting skyscraper is designed.

"The new-world skyscraper reaches a height of 1000m to collect the rain before it evaporates. Once the water is collected, it runs safely through the skyscraper to underground storage.

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"From here, the water can either be pumped using the energy from the solar panels to the surrounding farming areas; for water, sanitation and hygiene; or the overflow water in the store runs along the underground tunnels, connecting other sporadic communities that have not received rain.

"By bringing the water down to the surface, the vast landscapes of the desert have been transformed into fertile, life-giving soil. Crops are planted, forests begin to regrow, and the surrounding communities flourish.

"Using solar panels and heat technology, the natural energy is absorbed and transformed into energy for everyday use.

"By harvesting rainwater and bringing it back to the earth's surface, communities contribute significantly to revitalizing the natural ecosystems through reverse desertification."

Redesign the World

Redesign the World is the ultimate design competition, which called for new ideas to rethink planet Earth to ensure that it remains habitable long into the future.

Launched in partnership with Epic Games, the contest asked entrants to visualise their concepts using architectural visualisation software Twinmotion.

The contest received over 100 entries from more than 30 different countries around the world.

These were assessed by a judging panel comprising White Arkitekter CEO Alexandra Hagen, structural engineer Hanif Kara, speculative architect Liam Young, Twinmotion product marketing manager Belinda Ercan and Dezeen founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs, which selected 15 proposals as finalists to be published on Dezeen.

We are unveiling one finalist a day throughout our Dezeen 15 festival, culminating in the winner being announced on 19 November.

The winner will receive the top prize of £5,000. There are also prizes of £2,500 for second place, £1,000 for third place and £500 each for the remaining finalists.

Find out more about Redesign the World ›
See all the finalists revealed so far ›

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