mobility of the future

At the age of 32 Richard Buckminster Fuller faced disaster: He was bankrupt and his infant daughter had just died. Instead of giving up, he resolved henceforth only to do things that were destined to help mankind as a whole. The fruits of his intentions are now on show at Marta Herford.

The New Museum’s “Festival of Ideas for the New City” examines – in cooperation with Stylepark and the der Audi Urban Future Initiative – the work of prominent architects as they grapple with questions of mobility and urbanism in a large-scale, three dimensional model of Manhattan along with five neighborhood-specific interventions designed by NYC-based architects.

The cause of numerous traffic-jams is often the driver himself. Franziska Queling talked to Congestion researcher Micheal Schreckenberg about cooperatively acting ants and what lessons we can learn from them.

Walls becoming doors: Car concepts inspired by nature.