Futurs Possibles

A proposal to reimagine urban development with systems thinking

Futurs Possibles advocates for the integration of systems thinking into cities’ ways of working and creating. It identifies 6 guiding principles and a series of processes to bring to life the enabling, supportive and incentivizing qualities of a citizen-steered, city-backed redevelopment process. An anthology of short stories demonstrates some possible futures that might emerge from this process.

I worked with two other designers, Maya Jain and Thomas Heinrich, and urban planner Gabriel Townsend Darriau to develop this proposal as an entry for the 2021 C40 Students Reinventing Cities competition.

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Themes

urban systems

Principles for systems thinking in urban development...

creative futuring

Rather than a dry list of recommendations, this project shares its action plan through an anthology of short stories following the lives of 4 fictional characters to explore the potential interactions and impacts of proposed interventions.

self-determination

Futurs Possibles repositions urban planners as facilitators rather than designers or decision-makers, and lays out a series of processes for empowering residents to develop their own neighborhoods.

Practices

Art

Design

Co-developed proposed strategic interventions

Contributed to the visual design

Research

Researched and visually represented key influences for team sharing and discussion

Writing

Co-wrote the proposal, including the short story “Finn & Flo”