Where is everyone? the rise of the nomadic city

2044In 2044 our population will peak at 8.7B

How do we house the last billion?

Where are the last billion?

mega cities

shrinking cities

nomadic cities

This is not a camp

This is a city

52m

population displaced by level 3 emergencies in 2014

171m

people affected by civil conflict in 2014

sinking islands

Tuvulu has an ad hoc agreement to move to New Zealand

50% by 2015

global poor in conflict-affected and fragile states

80% in 2025

global poor in conflict-affected and fragile states

325m

displacement by man-made & natural disasters by 2044 (est.)

resilience is futile

transient design

Domestic Disaster Response International Aid

Workforce Housing Special Events

re:build

Pilosio re-deployable building system for refugees

System designed with basics assembly to allow for unskilled labor

re:employ

re:grow

locally sourced materials and edible garden roofing system

R E : E D U C AT E

a crowd-funded petri dish in a $16B bureaucratic lab of mediocracy

1/3b

1/3b

Valle de Guadalupe, México photo by Luis García

1. plan for nomadic communities 2. design for impermanence 3. build for adaptation 4. scale for a sharing economy

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