Planning Augmented Cities in the Neoanthropocene

Abstract

To improve the effects of the connecting “augmented urbanism”, I have set up ten keywords able to reset spatial planning for the Augmented City in the face of the 21st century challenges. The Augmented City’s practices grow with exponential progression doubling its components, connections and impacts seen in the last years, to one incredible and disruptive acceleration. We are surrounded by thousands of practices in the spread of sensors and intelligent devices, in collaborative design and return of urban manufacturing, in explosion of creativity and increase of resilience, and several experiments in recycling of everything, fluidisation and networking of cities, and adoption of incremental and adaptive strategies. Therefore, we need a theory, a new urban paradigm that is able to understand, connect and manage the new responsible role of cities and communities in the Neoanthropocene.