Is it possible to design a socially and environmentally sustainable city for seven billion people? Views of Planet City imagines what the world might look like if humanity were to reverse the urban sprawl, and its entire human population were to be housed inside a single, hyper-dense megalopolis. Drawing on the ideas of pioneering scientists and futurists and projecting on the basis of already gestating technologies, the exhibition challenges dystopian visions of the cities of tomorrow and offers an alternative vision: a scenario in which urbanization at a planetary scale is not incompatible with the safeguarding of Earth’s biodiversity. The project sheds light on various aspects of the Planet City hypothesis through presentations of speculative design, design fiction, and simulation.

The exhibition is among more than 70 exhibitions and programs presented as part of PST ART: Art & Science Collide, a landmark regional event that explores the intersections of art and science, both past and present. Critically and imaginatively exploring the implications of Planet City’s wildly speculative and highly plausible premise, it challenges dystopian visions of the future, offering an immersive, interactive experience and a conceptual blueprint for a sustainably urbanized planet. An optimistic project driven by cinematic sensibility and architectural thinking, Views of Planet City conjures a new planetary imaginary for our age of urban transitions.