Urban area

To reduce the impact of our cities on the planet, FABRICations advocate for a rethink of urban systems, and a core examination of what a city is.

Imagine waking up in a dystopian world where all trees are plastic, where all streets are buried in piles of trash, where pollution is so bad you can’t see the sky, and where rivers have turned into concrete.

the shanghai greenland center by architecture office nikken sekkei forms the city's largest urban park at approximately 20,000 m2.

As more and more people move to urban areas, cities are faced with greater responsibility when it comes to countering our planet’s changing climate. Luckily, some of the world’s most brilliant minds reside in cities, engineering unprecedented practices and tactics to make our urban sprawls more sustainable.

Image 10 of 40 from gallery of Ningbo Urban Planning Exhibition Center / Playze + Schmidhuber. Photograph by CreatAR Images

Three major flaws with the idea that most city interstates are here to stay.

This multi-sensory urban garden in Favara, Italy, features a landscaped terrace with plants, seating and paths with a hexagon pattern.

Home Sweet Home

The overcrowded landscape of Seoul seems to lack unity and style with its mix of skyscrapers, high-rise apartment buildings and low-rise houses that crowd the hilltop towns. “Foreigners often ask me why Korean urban architecture lacks unity. In fact, the bizarre, spontaneous cityscape is the result of the floor-area ratio limit,” said Kim Sung-hong, architecture professor at University of Seoul and commissioner f...

Image 19 of 19 from gallery of The Challenges and Opportunities of Urban Regeneration in Gentrified Areas of China. Photograph by CreatAR Images