Swedish Firm Proposes Configurable Cities With Buildings that Roll Around on Rails
Most architect design buildings with permanence in mind, engineering them to last decades if not centuries. Swedish architecture firm Jagnafalt Milton thinks the city of the future should be anything but permanent. The firm has won third place in a contest to to develop a the Norwegian city of Åndalsnes with a plan to create a configurable city that rolls buildings around on rails. The idea is to make best use of the city's existing infrastructure to create an efficient city that changes to accommodate the season. In Åndalsnes' case, that requires an ability to accommodate lots of tourism and cruise liner traffic in the warm seasons and provide shelter and lots of indoor activity space in the colder months. Related ArticlesExtreme Engineering: A Floating City Extreme Engineering: A City Beneath A City South Korea Will Build Sustainable City of Tech and Learning by 2020TagsScience, Clay Dillow, architecture, energy, environment, future...