FRUITCITY VISION:
SOMEDAY, ALL CITIES WILL BE BUILT THIS WAY
IN A NUTSHELL:
More than half of the world’s population already inhabit cities, while another 2.5 billion people are projected to move to urban areas by 2050.
An Elegant, Pragmatic Approach to Challenges Caused by Urban Sprawl
More than half of the world’s population already inhabit cities, while another 2.5 billion people are projected to move to urban areas by 2050.
The way we build new cities is at the very heart of crucial pertinent concerns ranging from climate change and economic vitality to communal cohesion to effective access to opportunities and amenities.
We are already at work planning the city of the future and advocating for community design that’s focused on human interaction.
THE PROBLEM:
Urban sprawl is the outward spread of development from urban centers into rural areas. It is typically unorganized
Urban sprawl is the outward spread of development from urban centers into rural areas. It is typically unorganized
and poorly planned, making it an unsustainable form of growth:
1) Uneven Density:
Concentrates overcrowding in some areas while leaving others underused, straining infrastructure, deepening inequities, and hindering efficient resource distribution in sprawling cities.2) Inequitable Amenities:
Prevalence of stark disparities in access to services like transit, healthcare, and green spaces, often marginalizing low-income or peripheral communities in sprawling cities.3) Social Stratification:
Rampant entrenchment of class divides through segregated neighborhoods, creating physical and economic barriers that perpetuate inequality and erode shared community identity.THE CHALLENGE:
Unchecked, uneven growth decimates ecosystems, aggravates resource depletion, and fragments communities, severely degrading quality of life accross and within affected populations for generations :
1) Habitat Loss:
Often, unplanned, low-density development fragments and replaces natural landscapes with impervious surfaces, eroding biodiversity and destabilizing ecosystems vital for thriving flora and fauna.2) Impaired Health:
Imagine a place incredibly rich, decadently lush, yet perfectly serene: a place both peaceful and promising unlike any other place on earth3) System Collapse:
Imagine a place incredibly rich, decadently lush, yet perfectly serene: a place both peaceful and promising unlike any other place on earthTHE SOLUTION: