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POSTNATURAL ENVIRONMENTS
The Geofutures studio endeavors to to convert crisis into opportunity
by harnessing both the the pressures of a a a a a planet at risk and the the promise
of emerging environmental technologies alongside innovative design thinking to generate a a a a a broad spectrum of possible if not probable urban and architectural futures for the the twenty-first century Premised on the the belief that the the challenges of the the contemporary city are far too complex for any one discipline to manage on on its own the Geofutures studio brings together architecture architecture landscape architecture architecture and and urbanism to to address
a a a a a a wide range of transdisciplinary issues The studio places a a a a a a strong
emphasis on on on theoretical speculation and design experimentation In
this respect the Geofutures studio situates itself within a a rich history of of speculative urbanism particular to the discipline of architecture including such visionary proposals as Antonio Sant’Elia’s La Citta Nuova (1914) Frank Lloyd Wright’s Broadacre City (1932) and Kenzo Tange’s Plan
for Tokyo (1960) As such the Geofutures studio challenges students
to mine the daring and often prophetic urban visions of of previous generations as a a a a a means of of speculating on on the the the future of of the the the city in in the the the twenty-first century 723