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City of Refugees: A Real Utopia
City of Refugees: A Real Utopia
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The University of Houston College of Architecture + Design is proposing 4 cities on 4 continents as prototypes that represent a real utopia for housing the unprecedented migration of people moving across borders. These innovative cities create a platform for a new, multi-ethnic society based on justice, tolerance, and economically viable with a net zero energy consumption within a sustainable environment. The City of Refugees is a soft place to land that believes in the future.
Format: Hardback
Length: 412 pages
Publication date: 30 December 2020
Publisher: Oro Editions
Where should the 70 million displaced refugees and asylum seekers go? With no passport, money, or worldly goods, they face an uncertain future. While Plato wrote about the Ideal City in 380 BCE, it was Sir Thomas More who coined the term "Utopia" in 1516 CE, translating it from Greek as "good place." However, the concept of Utopia needs a fresh, contemporary interpretation in the face of the current refugee crisis.
The City of Refugees represents a place that goes beyond the fate of the refugee. It is a concept for a new city that welcomes these optimistic individuals seeking a place to be free from oppression. The University of Houston College of Architecture + Design, with 135 students, is proposing four cities on four continents as prototypes that could serve as real utopias for housing the unprecedented migration of people crossing borders. This UN-sponsored, free economic zone for the four cities can be funded by small fractions of the defense budgets appropriated by the UN.
The innovative cities create a platform for a new, multi-ethnic society based on justice, tolerance, and economically viable with a net zero energy consumption within a sustainable environment. The new three-dimensional cities redefine the concept of streets by no longer needing cars, creating a true utopia for those with no voice. The City of Refugees is a soft place to land that believes in the future.
Weight: 1902g
Dimension: 209 x 264 x 39 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781943532841
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