For this assignments the students were asked to research the current trends within areas such as energy, transportation, big data, climate change mitigation and adaption, urbanization and social justice. Furthermore, the students were asked to envision cities in terms of these fields in 20 or even 50 years.
The stories from 2016 can be found in the list to the left.
2015
All the visions can be found in the list below, a full anthology can be found here.
"Fischer thought that, even though the old world seemed so very fascinating, the most fascinating thing about
humankind was their ability to adapt to new circumstances."
"I fully understand them. If I was in their situation I would also do anything to get water."
"I’ve been a cab driver all my life and I’ve never had as little business as I do now."
"…it was also a radical change, and I could imagine that not everybody agreed with this change."
"There in the distance I could see it: the city I had tried so hard to make great again, shining brightly as I was leaving
the desolate, dark outskirts behind."
"She feels like the needs to sit for a while in the AirCar and think about life, BUT the car starts bleeping, because the
AirCar must leave from the location within two minutes after arriving, so it doesn’t waste valuable time."
“Look, no planes are departing today or any days in the near future.”
“You can feel it, you can hold it, and you will save this in your feelings and memories. This is a real meeting. This is
the real world.”
"She sits there content, almost happy. Karl notices his confused look. “Don’t worry about that, this is our alternative
to the productivity pills.”
"This was more than Caitlin had ever dreamed. The city was so big and amazing- she had never seen so much luxury
and technology before."
"She didn’t believe that a whole country really felt hatred against each other, and felt the need to be divided into
zones to be safe."
"Are you stressed or burned out? You are more than welcome to take a tour through the garden and try the garden
therapy yourself."
"He had lived to see his land slowly lose its soul, and now he left the world just in time to avoid seeing it fall apart
completely.
"While I was enjoying my family’s company and looking at the narrow streets, bursting with life, I thought about
how much my vision of the world had changed over the past 5 years."
"Melissa tried to clean up all the used tissues from crying over the break-up with Thomas, but before she was done
the doorbell rang."
"I’m sorry sweetie, but that’s not for you to decide. We need to think about the world in a bigger picture."