What is The Future for Cities?

"These are problems on the one hand. On the other hand, you can also turn it around and say: 'Okay, if that is a given, how would we have to organise it that it actually works better?'" Are you interested in finding the real problem of the urban fabric? What do you think about robustness vs antifragility? How can we improve our feedback loops in the building industry? Interview w...

Are you interested in finding the real problem of the urban fabric? What do you think about robustness vs antifragility? How can we improve our feedback loops in the building industry? Trailer for episode 444 - interview with Markus Appenzeller, Founder and Director of MLA+. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, sequence for finding the real problems, urban evolution, rethinking...

Are you interested in how robustness contributes to the resilience of urban systems? Debate of the article titled Enhancing resilient sustainable cities: Public perspective of urban resilient design from 2025, by Shuain Yuan, Nor Zarifah, and Ran Li, published in the International Development Planning review. This is a great preparation to our next interview with Markus Appenzeller in episode 444...

Are you interested in finding the real problem of the urban fabric? What do you think about robustness vs antifragility? How can we improve our feedback loops in the building industry? Trailer for episode 444 - interview with Markus Appenzeller, Founder and Director of MLA+. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, sequence for finding the real problems, urban evolution, rethinking...

Are you interested in finding the real problem of the urban fabric? What do you think about robustness vs antifragility? How can we improve our feedback loops in the building industry? Trailer for episode 444 - interview with Markus Appenzeller, Founder and Director of MLA+. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, sequence for finding the real problems, urban evolution, rethinking...

"Ultimately, if you put more stuff under ground, you have more land and areas for people to inhabit above the ground." Are you interested in the underground infrastructure of cities? What do you think about the green and blue urban infrastructure? How can we utilise strategic infrastructure planning for the better future of our cities? Interview with Darren Flynn, entrepreneur and engine...

Are you interested in the underground infrastructure of cities? What do you think about the green and blue urban infrastructure? How can we utilise strategic infrastructure planning for the better future of our cities? Trailer for episode 442 - interview with Darren Flynn, entrepreneur and engineer and Founder and Director of Vinculum Advisory. We will talk about his vision for the future of citie...

Are you interested in the opportunities within water reuse? Debate of the article titled Water reuse: A comprehensive review from 2024, by Fivos Florides, Maria Giannakoudi, Giorgos Ioannou, Despoina Lazaridou, Elissavet Lamprinidou, Nikolaos Loukoutos, Maria Spyridou, Eleftherios Tosounidis, Maria Xanthopoulou, and Ioannis A. Katsoyiannis, published in the MDPI Environments journal. This is a gre...

Are you interested in the underground infrastructure of cities? What do you think about the green and blue urban infrastructure? How can we utilise strategic infrastructure planning for the better future of our cities? Trailer for episode 442 - interview with Darren Flynn, entrepreneur and engineer and Founder and Director of Vinculum Advisory. We will talk about his vision for the future of citie...

Are you interested in the underground infrastructure of cities? What do you think about the green and blue urban infrastructure? How can we utilise strategic infrastructure planning for the better future of our cities? Trailer for episode 442 - interview with Darren Flynn, entrepreneur and engineer and Founder and Director of Vinculum Advisory. We will talk about his vision for the future of citie...

Are you interested in the mobility revolution? What do you think about green field new city building? How can we leverage the 15-minute city idea for health benefits? Trailer for episode 440 - interview with John Rossant, Founder and CEO of CoMotion. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, mobility revolution, the role of regulation, operating system upgrades, individual responsibi...

"The mobility revolution is not just a tech story, it really is a city redesign story." Are you interested in the mobility revolution? What do you think about green field new city building? How can we leverage the 15-minute city idea for health benefits? Interview with John Rossant, Founder and CEO of CoMotion. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, mobility revolution,...

Are you interested in the effects of autonomous vehicles on the urban fabric? Our debate today works with the article titled How autonomous vehicles can affect anomalies of urban transportation from 2025, by Francesco Filippi and Adriano Alessandrini, published in the MDPI Future Transportation journal. This is a great preparation to our next interview with John Rossant in episode 440 talking abou...

Are you interested in the mobility revolution? What do you think about green field new city building? How can we leverage the 15-minute city idea for health benefits? Trailer for episode 440 - interview with John Rossant, Founder and CEO of CoMotion. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, mobility revolution, the role of regulation, operating system upgrades, individual responsibi...

Are you interested in the mobility revolution? What do you think about green field new city building? How can we leverage the 15-minute city idea for health benefits? Trailer for episode 440 - interview with John Rossant, Founder and CEO of CoMotion. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, mobility revolution, the role of regulation, operating system upgrades, individual responsibi...

"We are just the process of the universe becoming more complex." Are you interested in urban regeneration? What do you think about the challenge of separateness? How can we leverage our transformational times for the best? Interview with Joris de Leeuw, Regenerative Designer & System Innovator at Protopia Studio. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, urban regenerat...

Are you interested in urban regeneration? What do you think about the challenge of separateness? How can we leverage our transformational times for the best? Trailer for episode 438 - interview with Joris de Leeuw, Regenerative Designer & System Innovator at Protopia Studio. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, urban regeneration, the complexity of the universe, giving a voi...

Are you interested in how to regenerate urban ecosystem services? Our debate today works with the article titled Biodiver_Cities: An exploration of how architecture and urban design can regenerate ecosystem services from 2019, by Jennifer Koat and Maibritt Pedersen Zari, presented at the 53rd International Conference of the Architectural Science Association 2019. This is a great preparation to our...

Are you interested in urban regeneration? What do you think about the challenge of separateness? How can we leverage our transformational times for the best? Trailer for episode 438 - interview with Joris de Leeuw, Regenerative Designer & System Innovator at Protopia Studio. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, urban regeneration, the complexity of the universe, giving a voi...

Are you interested in urban regeneration? What do you think about the challenge of separateness? How can we leverage our transformational times for the best? Trailer for episode 438 - interview with Joris de Leeuw, Regenerative Designer & System Innovator at Protopia Studio. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, urban regeneration, the complexity of the universe, giving a voi...

"The future is very much embedded and designed in local realities." Are you interested in the involvement of informal settlements in the future of cities? What do you think about the importance of creative industries for urban futures? How can we create more ownership within our spaces? Interview with Carina Tenewaa Kanbi, a spatial practitioner. We will talk about her vision for the fut...

Are you interested in the involvement of informal settlements in the future of cities? What do you think about the importance of creative industries for urban futures? How can we create more ownership within our spaces? Trailer for episode 436 - interview with Carina Tenewaa Kanbi, a spatial practitioner. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, the role of the individuals and gover...

Are you interested in the governance of urban informal settlements? Our debate today works with the article titled Governance of urban informal settlements in Africa: A scoping review from 2025, by Behailu Mulate Ewnetu and Bo Kyong Seo, published in the Heliyon journal. This is a great preparation to our next interview with Carina Tenewaa Kanbi in episode 436 talking about the need to involve the...

Are you interested in the involvement of informal settlements in the future of cities? What do you think about the importance of creative industries for urban futures? How can we create more ownership within our spaces? Trailer for episode 436 - interview with Carina Tenewaa Kanbi, a spatial practitioner. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, the role of the individuals and gover...

Are you interested in the involvement of informal settlements in the future of cities? What do you think about the importance of creative industries for urban futures? How can we create more ownership within our spaces? Trailer for episode 436 - interview with Carina Tenewaa Kanbi, a spatial practitioner. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, the role of the individuals and gover...