WEEK TWO STUDIO: FUTURE VISIONS AND SCENARIOS

Future Scenarios:

Robots of Brixton (2011)

Won RIBA student prize
Not traditional archi project
Heavily scenario based
Looks like iRobot design and industrial influences

Movies for Inspiration

Fifth Element (2012)
iRobot
Bicentennial Man
I am Legend

“History repeats itself…”

Island Paradise > Seen as a place of refuge and safety

Urban Theme:

Car free environment
Congestion charge
Massive investment in public transport
Investment in bicycle/ self sustaining transport

Suburban Theme:

Paddington
Change in Retail
Display only
‘New business model’

Regional Theme:

Woodford Folk Festival
Self-sufficient community. Managed and run sole sufficiently
"Needs to become centre of something”
Open source ecology

Virtual Theme:

Where to start for scenarios
Age of population > aging baby boomers
Baby bonus is a fail
Find data
Find possible crisis’s
Cashless society?