What will the major cities of the world look like after the inevitable civilization-ending catastrophe that we keep imagining will happen? Visual artist Richard Hardy, a graduate of London’s Bartlett School of Architecture, put together a short video titled The Eco-Commune, which explores one possibility. Set in London 2050 to a soundtrack that reminds us of Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later, Hardy depicts a nearly abandoned urban landscape where nature makes a slow yet stubborn return as humans begin again. View video stills and the video itself after the jump.
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Ha. That’s funny. Why wait for the utopia. That’s what Detroit looks like today. See this article from the New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/04/arts/design/04maker.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=art%20from%20rubble&st=cse
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I don’t think it’s utopia, I think it’s post-apocalypse. is it plausible? sure if humans are still around. if not, read “The World Without Us.”
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