WHAT’S NEXT?

POSTCARDS from the FUTURE 


World Map, Scenario RCP 8.5 throughout the years: 2021-2100 adapted from:
(NASA Image, 2023; IPCC Report 2022; NASA Environmental Report 2023)
With POSTCARDS from

SOUTHERN AMERICA

NORTHERN AMERICA

AFRICA

NORTHERN EUROPE

CENTRAL and

SOUTHERN EUROPE

ASIA

AUSTRALIA




In this moment of seemingly compounding global crises and existential concerns about the planet's future, it seems that there is no point of return. However, as Norwegian philosopher ArneNæss highlighted, this might not be true. 

Delving into new ways of imagining the transitioning towards a climate-resilient future cohabitation between humans and non-human species and the redefinition of borders, distances, among and between contrasting and disparate proximities—of individuals, groups, society, species, and practices in space—will define alternatives, sometimes utopian strategies and vision to address the pressing issue of climate change. To investigate those modalities and especially reopen the debate on the role of landscape, urbanism and architecture, the exhibition gives voice to designers and thinkers of the future. 
It asks them what is the possible alternative future in which we will live and how: What’s next? In this online and physical exhibition, as Paola Vigano affirms, we value the role of imagination, visions, and utopians, not as a way to make fantasies but as a critical way to investigate realities.





What’s Next? Exhibits different ideas about designing the transition of our territories, cities, and everyday spaces worldwide. The different projects, each with a unique and innovative approach, are categorized and located according to impact zones and might be seen online and physically in Vienna, both in postcard form sent from the future. 

Each postcard highlights a constant dialogue between our current living conditions and future possibilities that we can create. Get ready to be inspired by the future we can shape together.



SOUTHERN AMERICA

Barranquilla, Colombia
Valentina Mier, Arturo Morales, Diana Tinoco






Atlantic Ocean
Jeroni Mach Raubert





Sao Paolo, Brazil
Luísa Ferreira Martins





NORTHERN AMERICA

Quebec, Canada
Simonetta D'Ovidio, Frédérique Gélinas, Roberta Longo




San Rafael, California USA
Anna Niubo Bermejo, Florencia Sepúlveda Trucco, Vermouth Li



San Rafael, California USA
Lian Mae Tualla, Mark Auerbach, and Sebastian Gaviria Gomez





San Rafael, California USA
Lex Benes, Yanyao Cui, Danica Bowers





San Rafael, California USA
Grace Diebel, Gustavo Coronilla, Keixin Zhang



San Rafael, California USA
Henry Peters, Shayda Rishidi, Abbie Cheng



San Rafael, California USA
Nicolas Lira, Taylor Wallace, Madeira BooydeGraaff






San Rafael, California USA
Justine Ecker, Ali Dooley, Jiangyi Du





AFRICA

Terrain Kunene, Namibia
Mia Barnard





Cape Town, South Africa
Nomfundo Mthembu





NORTHERN EUROPE

London, United Kingdom
Ventsislav Kartselin





Groningen, Netherlands
Jakob Pesendorfer, Fruzsina Kovács,
Marina Deffner, Yuhang Zhai, Floor Schepel





Brugge, Belgium
Hasan Hashas





Parkstad, Netherlands
Lea Hartmeyer





Zaanstad, Netherlands
Aleksandra Kurkierewicz





Rotterdam, Netherlands
Evgenia Vamvakousi, Frithasya Jeniardina Purba,
Kristupas Kadys, Nikita Ham, Sebestyen Pfisztner





South Holland, Netherlands
Vaibhav Kumar Bansal, Thijs de Boer,
JP Boersma, Jelle Schotanus, Wiebke Stadtlander





Netherlands
Alina Bruder, Filip Kortmann,
Feline Kaaij, Gilles Hermanns, Manou Driessen





Osnabrück, Germany
Kristin Karsten





Garzweiler, Germany
Diego Regalado, Maria Romanosova, Dogu Tonkur, Zofia Zatorska





CENTRAL and SOUTHERN EUROPE

Vienna, Austria
Leon Morscher





Vienna, Austria
Hui Liu





Vienna, Austria
Karolina Alin Marvarics





Venice, Italy
Flore Guichot, Nathan Fredrick, Francesco Lombardi





Venice, Italy
Margherita Tempo, Chiara Arnoldo, Federica Alessia Iossa,
Teresa Bertole, Emma Scanavacca





Milano, Italy
Memo Sánchez Cárdenas, Kevin Santus, Jacopo Taccari





Rome, Italy
Giordana Panella, Giancarlo Scarascia Mugnozza





Rome, Italy
Ilaria Maurelli





Western Macedonia, Greece
Anna Kalligeri Skentzou





Mesagne, Italy
Daniele Rolli





El Prat del Loblegrad, Spain
Cecilia Gonzalez Muñoz Ledo





El Prat del Loblegrad, Spain
Salma Marghich





ASIA

New Delhi, India
Disha Arora





El Prat del Loblegrad, Spain
Salma Marghich





Globally
Nina Kugler







AUSTRALIA

Melbourne, Australia
Finn Williams Higgings





Institute of Landscape Architecture, 
BOKU University

Environmental Technology and Design section 
at the Department of Urbanism, TU Delft











Organization Team:
BOKU University  Jennifer Fauster, Cecilia Furlan, Emilie Stecher

TU Delft Alexander Wandl, Cecilia Furlan, Daniela Maiullari, Luca Iuorio


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