SYNCROPOCENE
SCI_Arc 2023 Graduate Thesis
Humanity's age-old fascination with predicting the future has fueled the evolution of urban theories across epochs. From the utopian dreams of ancient civilizations to the innovative concepts of contemporary urban planners, the enduring desire to shape our environments for forthcoming needs persists. Visionaries like Archigram have profoundly influenced our urban imaginations. As our world grapples with the swiftly changing landscape driven by global warming and rising sea levels, a novel vision emerges – that of floating cities. This thesis delves deep into the trajectory of urban theories, investigating how the fusion of historical wisdom and modern insights has birthed the concept of floating cities, offering a compelling response to the challenges of tomorrow's urban landscapes. At its core, this thesis envisions AI-powered floating cities, strategically designed to tackle the intricate problems posed by global warming and rising sea levels, and aspires to create a future where conventional land-based cities become untenable, necessitating human adaptation to vast ocean habitats. It weaves a tapestry of a future where these cities emerge as a pragmatic solution to the multifaceted challenges posed by climate change and sea level rise, prompting reflection on the transformative potential of climate-driven shifts, the role of technology in shaping future urbanization, and the remarkable resilience of human culture as it navigates an ever-evolving world.
The entire project enjoys the future of a floating city. AI-controlled cities and cities constitute a new world for mankind. The entire paper consists of three parts, namely: short film, world view composition and movie scene composition.