The power of imagination: Research by Design Cities of the Future

Society faces major and urgent challenges: climate change and biodiversity are prominent, but environmental: livability, mobility, energy, housing, and scarcity of raw materials to name a few. As we think of the city and the delta of the future, how can we take all these challenges into account in an integrated, adaptive approach? From a series of seven studies where ‘research by design’ is used as an interactive means, at which it is key to have active stakeholder participation and ‘imagination’ is key, we will discuss how to deal with all these challenges in a spatial environment, and show to you some inspiring designs.