Britain’s future will include high-rise buildings, floating cities and basements six stories deep. 3D homes and Moon & Mars-based spaceports are all possible in Britain, according to a team of engineers and futurologists. The programme, Impossible Engineering, is being broadcast by the Yesterday channel at 9:00 on Tuesday, May. Experts, which include distinguished engineers and scientists from The Royal Academy of Engineering, have predicted that Britain’s architecture landscape will change drastically in the coming century. We will be able to create amazing structures on Earth and in space using new technologies. Floating cities are expected to emerge as urban space is scarcer. 3D printed spaceports will allow spacecraft to travel from Earth and Mars via space stations and satellites. According to Dr. Rhys Morgan (Director of Engineering and Education, Royal Academy of Engineering), buildings and shopping centers will be able to create their own microclimates. Morgan stated that breakthroughs are often the result of incredible accomplishments. Dr. Morgan said that engineering breakthroughs are rarely a ‘eureka’ moment. He explained, “There is seldom a ‘eureka” moment.” We will be able to build buildings taller and larger than we can imagine. Technologies will be focused on finding solutions to urban problems as more space is scarce. The cities will be constructed under and above water. The massive bridges that connect urban areas will make it possible to link them. The farm will be completely unrecognizable. Collapsible temporary housing pods will solve the housing crisis. Many structures will be equipped with basements that are several stories deep. They include gardens, pools, gyms and panic rooms. London is a city where basements are difficult to create. Buildings will be able to have just as many floors beneath the ground than they do above. It will be fascinating to see how local councils react to this rapidly increasing demand for urban subterranean space. Arthur Mamou-Mani-a French architect, director of award-winning architectural practice Mamou-Mani Architects and lecturer at Westminster University, believes there will soon be floating cities powered by solar and tidal energy. There will be high-rise farms with sheep and cows grazing at several hundred feet higher than the ground. 3D-printed homes are the new norm. According to the panel in the next 100 year, you can buy a 3D printed home that has its own microclimate “off-the-shelf”. Humans will soon be able build homes and lives in places that were previously uninhabited by creating their own microclimate. Researchers at the University of Southern California have created a huge 3D printer capable of building a house within 24 hours. This technology could be used to build a house in as little as 100 years. Adrian Wills is the General Manager for Yesterday. He stated that rapid technological advancements and increases in population will impact how people live. “Impossible Engineering” shows how seemingly insignificant breakthroughs can come together to produce amazing feats in engineering. But anything could change in the coming 50 years.
Future of Britain: High-rise cities and floating cities
