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An insight to the future - travel beyond 2023, and cross the meta-verse to 2050.

The future of urban architecture holds advanced  architectural designs and structures beyond human dreams. Growing populations have been taken into account, and expert architects have predicted that the future will hold  architecture such as vertical gardens, skybridges between skyscrapers and much more in order to hold so many people, and include travel efficiency.

By 2050, cognoscenti have predicted that cities will become fully or majorly dependent on green energy, providing a sustainable yet stable future. Conservation of energy will be made easier after mass amounts of solar panels, wind turbines and other sustainable energy sources will power the world, allowing nature to thrive once again. Buildings’ exterior and interior will be built with environmentally-friendly materials - for instance, a recent development has  happened in the furniture industry, where you can buy a set of mushroom stools and table.

Greenery will become a  core part of life, according to these experts: there’ll be multiple projects that will extend greenery to even the  most densely populated areas. To optimize the usage of space, vertical gardens that stretch up meters into the air will be flourishing with endless wildlife. Living walls will be promoted for buildings: companies will be heavily pushed to include some sort of draping plants on their skyscrapers.

Rooftop gardens will be introduced, more parks and green areas will be sprinkled around urban places, and eventually greenery will be a common sight.

Buildings in the future will be twisted into ‘smart’ buildings. Most structures will be equipped with features like temperature sensors, energy usage monitors and occupancy control systems. The technology will help people live in a more sustainable way, adjusting to their heating/air conditioning needs.

AI-powered operators will observe guests’ behavior, and over time will automatically adjust to a specific mode depending on what physical gestures, noises or tones the occupant uses. Voice commands and gestural commands will also be used, in case the AI doesn’t pick it up.

Flexible architecture will also  be utilized in the future: retractable roofs, moving  walls and transformable spaces will upgrade urban lifestyle - buildings will be able to cater to many guests’ need, and can do it in a seamless, efficient way. One room could act as a bedroom, living room, entertainment suite or a home office - not a single square foot will be wasted.

As more and more people are born, with less people dying, the population will drastically grow. Over time, the only logical solution is to build skyscrapers. Skyscrapers can be a hassle to get in and out of, though. If you wanted to visit somebody in a separate skyscraper, it would be very time-consuming and irritating. With skybridges connecting skyscrapers, however, there could be fast walkways creating an entire network of pathways from skyscraper to skyscraper. An entire city could be built in the sky - an enhanced lifestyle could be formed with skybridges.

In the future, construction techniques will drastically shift. 3D printing at colossal scales could be a rapid and cost-effective method of building.

Moreover, robots could replace human construction jobs. Dangerous and time-consuming tasks could cost humans’ lives - but with robots, they could quickly build buildings whilst also eliminating the risk of injury. Drones with construction tools could add unparalleled precision to construction projects, and achieve levels of symmetry and precision that no human builder could.

Humans will also mimic natural functions to create our own masterpieces, that essentially do the same job of some of nature’s greatest  ecosystems.

Machines will harvest energy from the sun, regulate temperatures like termite mounds and will collect rainwater like leaves.

In conclusion, the future cities are likely to have lots of the features we mentioned in this article, plus lots of advanced transportation (see p14 - 16 for Transportation continues to Transcend) - human architects and designers have truly done wondrous things. Artificial Intelligence has also helped these designers, and together they’ve produced many incredible plans.