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Here’s What the Regenerative Cities of Tomorrow Could Look Like
Around the world, seeds of regenerative cities have already been planted. As they grow, they will shape the metropolises of tomorrow.
The lineup of entrepreneurs is extensive, from Rotterzwam, which grows mushrooms using a substrate of coffee grounds, to Superuse Studios, an architectural firm that specializes in circular and sustainable design and oversaw the renovation of the BlueCity office area. To inspire people’s imaginations and provoke debates about what can be done with unfinished development projects in the global south, the studio draped an impressive fabric design across the roughly 64,000-square-meter Sharjah Mall, a complex abandoned midway through its construction. Kongjian Yu, the founder of the Chinese architecture and landscaping firm Turenscape, has proposed the idea of sponge cities, an approach to urban planning that involves increasing green spaces to collect rainwater to prepare for water shortages due to climate change.
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