Future World Vision ↗︎
Researcher / 3D Designer
Urban Research Software
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
2018-2022
In 2018 ASCE hired our team at Experimental Design to build five immersive urban simulations that chart paradigm shifts in engineering, climate responsivity, and urban systems from the present to 2070. We built these simulations in Unity. Each city:
- maps developments within an extreme climate condition
- is built from expert insight and internal research
- is a social space for engagement and review
We used a scenario modeling framework to chart multiple factors that may drive urban areas to further advance off-shore in the coming decades.
The software, which can be downloaded here, is built to encourage expert discussion - like a social forum for engineers and designers.
When the Floating City was first debuted at the ASCE yearly convention in Miami 2018, it led to the initialization of several new infrastructure standards.