Stories for the cities of the future

When we project the future of a city, we are imagining a story. If people believe in this story and identify with it, they will be able to cooperate to make that future happen. But… What stories are told for our cities?

The Isar

The Isar river (Munich, Germany) was straightened and walled in, and went through a recent restoration process.

Cities and Rivers: the need for a new mindset

It does not make any sense to knock down long stretches of the gallery forest to build concrete walls, with the aim of achieving the image of the international river used as imagetical reference. There are several good examples that integrate the city and nature through the rivers.

Interconnected parks

Brazil can take full advantage of the rivers to create interconnected parks along them, bringing more leisure, active mobility and valuing the landscape.