Name: Planet City -- a sci-fi vision of an astonishing regenerative future
Uploaded: 2021-09-20T14:50:15Z
Duration: 9 min 42 s
Description: Get transported on a stunningly rendered, sci-fi safari through Planet City: an imaginary metropolis of 10 billion people, from the brain of director and architect Liam Young. Explore the potential outcomes of an urban space designed to house the entire population of the earth -- and imagine answers to what is possible, and what is sustainable, for the planet.

Get transported on a stunningly rendered, sci-fi safari through Planet City: an imaginary metropolis of 10 billion people, from the brain of director and architect Liam Young. Explore the potential outcomes of an urban space designed to house the entire population of the earth -- and imagine answers to what is possible, and what is sustainable, for the planet.

Planet City -- a sci-fi vision of an astonishing regenerative future

Planet City envisions the entire human population—over 10 billion people—living together in a single, ultra-dense metropolis that occupies just 0.02 percent of Earth. This bold concept would allow almost the entire planet to be handed back to nature, reversing centuries of sprawl. Drawing on real technologies and existing infrastructure, it challenges assumptions about what is possible and sustainable. By dramatizing data through storytelling, it prompts reimagining of both urban life and humanity’s relationship with the natural world.

One Imaginary City Could Regenerate Earth And Rewild Nature

*Planet City*

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TED Stage Talk

Liam Young: Planet City -- a sci-fi vision of an astonishing regenerative future