Eco-cybernatic city Orlando De Urrutia has designed the city of the future-the Eco-Cybernetic City, a self-contained, & energy-sufficient alive machine

The 3G dataphones of today were the stuff of science fiction 40 years ago. Today, they are so commonplace, we hardly think about the brilliant flashes of inspiration that their inventors had to come up with these clever devices. What would our buildings and cities look like 40 years from now? Chilean urban architect and designer Orlando De Urrutia gives us a glimpse of our future habitat with his beautiful Eco-Cybernetic City of the future design.

This 150 stories vertical city, takes its inspiration from nature itself, mimicking nature’s shapes, geometric patterns, and movements as it integrates itself to its surrounding environment. Seen from several angles, it resembles a stately old tree twisting its way up to go above the forest canopy and face the sky unfettered.

A fully functioning city can thrive within its structure, complete with a wharf, commercial, hotel, cultural, office, and residential facilities. This is an “alive machine” that take into its design the economic, social and environmental needs of its future residents.

Designed to be completely water and energy self-sufficient, it integrates aerogenerators that utilizes the strong air flows between its two imposing towers, in its bioclimatic systems. It harvests rain water through its walls and extracts water evaporation from the air.

Its windows are a network of photovoltaic lattices harvesting solar energy and powering banks of LEDs in its facade that intelligently responds to changes in the atmosphere, creating a spectacular image display.

Employing nanotechnology, the building’s skin is self-cleaning. Lush flowing vegetation can grow on its surface providing an all-natural air purification system. A self-contained communications network completes the eco-cybernetic city’s self-sufficient power, water, and communications infrastructures.

I’m truly awed by this brilliant futuristic design which could very well be the choice human habitat 40 years from now. I do have some questions: what use do we have for the LED display on its facade? How about food sufficiency?

What do you think? Will the cities of the future look like this vertical eco-cybernetic city from the imagination of architect De Urrutia?

Photos: Orlando De Urrutia