Speculative Futures: Design approaches to navigate change, foster resilience and co-create the cities we need
Urbanist, researcher and writer Johanna Hoffman joins us to talk about Speculative Futures -- a powerful set of tools that can reorient urban development and help us dream and build more resilient, equitable cities.
Navigating modern change depends on imagining futures we’ve never seen. Urban planning and design should be well positioned to spearhead that work. Often however, urban spaces crafted to mitigate threats rather than navigate the unexpected. This leaves cities increasingly vulnerable to the uncertainties of 21st century change.
Long used in art, film, fiction, architecture, and industrial design, Speculative Futures offers powerful ways to counter this dangerous trend by moving us beyond what currently exists into the realms of what could be. Far from an indulgent creative exercise, Speculative Futures is a means of creating the resilient cities we desperately need.
