{"id":207923,"date":"2025-11-27T08:01:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T13:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/?p=207923"},"modified":"2025-11-11T05:24:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T10:24:24","slug":"utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Utopia, Now in Beta: Techno-Optimism and the Future as a Design Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Architizer's Vision Awards<\/a> spotlights radical architectural concepts and compelling visual storytelling \u2014 from renderings and drawings, to photos and videos. Take advantage of Early Entry<\/strong> discounts through April 17th <\/strong>by submitting today<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/p>\n

In recent years, architectural imagination has increasingly turned toward the future, not just as a point in time, but as a field in which new worlds can be tested.<\/p>\n

Speculative urban proposals, visionary masterplans and cool visualizations promise optimism: a sense that technology and design can fix what is broken and protect what is to come.<\/p>\n

So, techno-optimism, as venture capitalist Marc Andreessen<\/a> defines it (who also coined the term in 2023), is basically the belief that technology will enhance our lives and address our most significant problems. Contrarily, future-proofing builds on this idea within architecture, implying that the spaces we design today can withstand the shocks of tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Together, these ideas promise resilience, flexibility and innovation but raise questions: Are we solving real challenges or creating comforting visions of a better world? Who benefits, and what societal, governance, and natural assumptions do they rely on?<\/em><\/p>\n

The winners of this year’s Vision Awards<\/a> propose floating cities, mobile neighborhoods, flexible school buildings, vertical expansions and energy-harvesting ecosystems \u2014 these projects highlight the potential of technological imagination and design creativity.<\/p>\n

\n

Cities That Float and Move<\/h3>\n
\"\"

TERRAS MEDITERRANEAS by Studio Andrea Dragoni, Vision for Cities, Editor\u2019s Choice, 13th A+Awards Vision<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Some proposals take adaptation to extremes. Studio Andrea Dragoni\u2019s TERRAS MEDITERRANEAS, for example, imagines using decommissioned ships to create a floating neighborhood for Rome. As part of the proposal, the city becomes a literal ship, floating freely in the sea, a poetic vision reminiscent of Jos\u00e9 Saramago\u2019s The Stone Raft, where the Iberian Peninsula separates from the mainland and sails into the unknown. The project suggests freedom, flexibility and a city responsive to rising seas or crowded land.<\/p>\n

Similarly, Jimena Ruiz Sing\u2019s Nomadelle 2080 pictures a post-flood Costa Rica where the city itself is modular and mobile. Units can be reorganized according to social and economic needs, preserving Victorian architecture while rethinking urban form and mobility. The city adapts, moves, and responds to environmental conditions, blending local identity with technological creativity.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Nomadelle 2080 by Jimena Ruiz Sing, Vision for Transport, Jury Winner, 13th A+Awards Vision<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Both projects represent the apparent attraction of techno-optimism: technology and design seem to offer solutions to environmental challenges, presenting adaptability as an almost magical quality of the future city. But they also invite questions: Can mobility alone solve structural problems like inequality, resource scarcity, or governance failures? Are floating or mobile cities real answers, or a way to imagine a future in which technology does the heavy lifting, while human systems and societal structures remain unchanged?<\/p>\n

\n

Flexible, Future-Ready Neighborhoods<\/h3>\n
\"\"

Growing Rowhouses by Ho-gyeum Kim, Vision for Housing, Jury Winner, 13th A+Awards Vision<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Not all visions rely on radical movement.<\/p>\n

Some explore adaptability within existing urban and social fabrics. Such as Ho-gyeum Kim\u2019s Growing Rowhouses proposes modular, steel-framed vertical additions to the backyards of New York City homes. It densifies neighborhoods without erasing them, creating semi-private terraces and shared courtyards that encourage community interaction.<\/p>\n

In a different context, Christensen & Co. Architects and EDIT\u2019s Dansk Mindretalscenter show how future-ready spaces can be rooted in culture and human experience. A school, daycare, and sports hall are arranged around a central courtyard, combining local half-timbered architectural traditions with flexible classrooms, sensory gardens, and sustainable, low-carbon materials. Here, resilience isn\u2019t only technological, as we can see, it\u2019s social, educational, and ecological, offering spaces that can grow alongside their users.<\/p>\n

These projects show that future-proofing doesn\u2019t have to be flashy or futuristic \u2014 it can be quiet, grounded and human-centered.<\/p>\n

\n

Learning from Nature and Machines<\/h3>\n
\"\"

Symplasma by Henriquez Partners Architects, Vision for Sustainability, Editor\u2019s Choice, 13th A+Awards Vision<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Henriquez Partners Architects\u2019 Symplasma imagines a network of machines in Venice inspired by ancient Mediterranean glass sea sponges. These devices capture energy from sunlight, wind, water, and gravity, forming a self-sustaining ecosystem.<\/p>\n

Technology is presented as almost alive, capable of learning, adapting and supporting urban life in ways that feel organic rather than mechanical. It suggests a future in which cities could function as intelligent ecosystems, minimizing waste, maximizing efficiency, and harmonizing with the natural world, all while referencing Venice\u2019s historical identity through artful placement and narrative.<\/p>\n

Yet this vision also raises a central question: Can the future of cities really be secured by machines alone, or must human choices, social structures, governance, and cultural continuity remain at the heart of urban resilience?<\/p>\n

\n

The Tension of Techno-Optimism<\/h3>\n
\"\"

Dansk Mindretalscenter by Christensen & Co. Architects and EDIT, Vision for Education, Jury Winner, 13th A+Awards Vision<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Across these projects \u2014 floating cities, modular neighbourhoods, adaptable schools \u2014 a pattern emerges: the future could be adaptive, flexible, and hopeful. Techno-optimism imagines a world where design and technology can confront any challenge. And yet, this optimism can be soft, almost comforting. By focusing on technological creativity, it risks confusing the complexities that shape urban life: inequality, governance, environmental degradation, and cultural continuity. It can make resilience feel like a product of architecture and machines alone, rather than an interaction between people and the built environment.<\/p>\n

At its core, the challenge is not to reject innovation but to think critically about the assumptions behind it. Floating neighborhoods, mobile modules, flexible schools, modular houses and sponge-inspired machines invite us to think differently about urban life and resilience. But they also leave room for reflection.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the most important task of architectural speculation today is not to propose perfect solutions, but to open a space for questioning. To ask what resilience really means, who it serves, and how design can confront the complexities of our cities. So, as a starting point, we can ask ourselves a few questions: can architecture create a future that is both desirable and equitable? Do visions of future-proof cities address the root causes of crises, or do they provide aesthetic or conceptual comfort? How do we balance technological promise with social responsibility and environmental limits?<\/p>\n

Architizer's Vision Awards<\/a> spotlights radical architectural concepts and compelling visual storytelling \u2014 from renderings and drawings, to photos and videos. Take advantage of Early Entry<\/strong> discounts through April 17th <\/strong>by submitting today<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Architects keep prototyping the future, but can we debug the world with design alone?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":385,"featured_media":208019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"architizer_featured_type":"insert","architizer_featured_image":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[29021],"architizer_project":[],"architizer_brand":[],"architizer_firm":[],"architizer_product":[],"class_list":["post-207923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspiration","category-stories","tag-vision-awards"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nUtopia, Now in Beta: Techno-Optimism and the Future as a Design Problem - Architizer Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As architecture imagines floating worlds and living machines, the question remains: can technology save us, or only seduce us?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Utopia, Now in Beta: Techno-Optimism and the Future as a Design Problem - Architizer Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As architecture imagines floating worlds and living machines, the question remains: can technology save us, or only seduce us?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Architizer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-27T13:01:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-11T10:24:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-108.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"824\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Serra Utkum Ikiz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Architizer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Architizer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Serra Utkum Ikiz\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Serra Utkum Ikiz\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0b5255ac1cfc43db2dc8e33d730df4bc\"},\"headline\":\"Utopia, Now in Beta: Techno-Optimism and the Future as a Design Problem\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-27T13:01:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-11T10:24:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/\"},\"wordCount\":1032,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-108.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Vision Awards\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Inspiration\",\"Stories\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/\",\"name\":\"Utopia, Now in Beta: Techno-Optimism and the Future as a Design Problem - Architizer Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-108.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-27T13:01:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-11T10:24:24+00:00\",\"description\":\"As architecture imagines floating worlds and living machines, the question remains: can technology save us, or only seduce us?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-108.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-108.jpeg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":824},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Utopia, Now in Beta: Techno-Optimism and the Future as a Design Problem\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Journal\",\"description\":\"Inspiration and Tools for Architects\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Architizer\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/favicon.df2618023937.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/favicon.df2618023937.png\",\"width\":36,\"height\":36,\"caption\":\"Architizer\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Architizer\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Architizer\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/architizer\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/architizer\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/architizer\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Architizer\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0b5255ac1cfc43db2dc8e33d730df4bc\",\"name\":\"Serra Utkum Ikiz\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b2ef179a76024705017cda5885fe4cddd2f87ac9f99c5b325cd984ffc030a281?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.architizer.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Flogo-600x600-1.jpg&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b2ef179a76024705017cda5885fe4cddd2f87ac9f99c5b325cd984ffc030a281?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.architizer.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Flogo-600x600-1.jpg&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Serra Utkum Ikiz\"},\"description\":\"Serra is a city planner, writer, researcher, and visual designer exploring urbanism, everyday sociology, and emerging design trends, blending research, writing, and visual storytelling to uncover the nuances of contemporary urban life.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/author\/serra-utkum-ikiz\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Utopia, Now in Beta: Techno-Optimism and the Future as a Design Problem - Architizer Journal","description":"As architecture imagines floating worlds and living machines, the question remains: can technology save us, or only seduce us?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Utopia, Now in Beta: Techno-Optimism and the Future as a Design Problem - Architizer Journal","og_description":"As architecture imagines floating worlds and living machines, the question remains: can technology save us, or only seduce us?","og_url":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/","og_site_name":"Journal","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Architizer\/","article_published_time":"2025-11-27T13:01:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-11T10:24:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":824,"url":"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-108.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Serra Utkum Ikiz","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Architizer","twitter_site":"@Architizer","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Serra Utkum Ikiz","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/"},"author":{"name":"Serra Utkum Ikiz","@id":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0b5255ac1cfc43db2dc8e33d730df4bc"},"headline":"Utopia, Now in Beta: Techno-Optimism and the Future as a Design Problem","datePublished":"2025-11-27T13:01:03+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-11T10:24:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/"},"wordCount":1032,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-108.jpeg","keywords":["Vision Awards"],"articleSection":["Inspiration","Stories"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/","url":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/","name":"Utopia, Now in Beta: Techno-Optimism and the Future as a Design Problem - Architizer Journal","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-108.jpeg","datePublished":"2025-11-27T13:01:03+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-11T10:24:24+00:00","description":"As architecture imagines floating worlds and living machines, the question remains: can technology save us, or only seduce us?","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-108.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-108.jpeg","width":1200,"height":824},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/utopia-now-in-beta-techno-optimism-future-design-problem\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Utopia, Now in Beta: Techno-Optimism and the Future as a Design Problem"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/","name":"Journal","description":"Inspiration and Tools for Architects","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Architizer","url":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/favicon.df2618023937.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/favicon.df2618023937.png","width":36,"height":36,"caption":"Architizer"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Architizer\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Architizer","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/architizer\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/architizer\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/architizer\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Architizer"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0b5255ac1cfc43db2dc8e33d730df4bc","name":"Serra Utkum Ikiz","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b2ef179a76024705017cda5885fe4cddd2f87ac9f99c5b325cd984ffc030a281?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.architizer.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Flogo-600x600-1.jpg&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b2ef179a76024705017cda5885fe4cddd2f87ac9f99c5b325cd984ffc030a281?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.architizer.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Flogo-600x600-1.jpg&r=g","caption":"Serra Utkum Ikiz"},"description":"Serra is a city planner, writer, researcher, and visual designer exploring urbanism, everyday sociology, and emerging design trends, blending research, writing, and visual storytelling to uncover the nuances of contemporary urban life.","url":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/author\/serra-utkum-ikiz\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-108.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/385"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207923"},{"taxonomy":"architizer_project","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/architizer_project?post=207923"},{"taxonomy":"architizer_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/architizer_brand?post=207923"},{"taxonomy":"architizer_firm","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/architizer_firm?post=207923"},{"taxonomy":"architizer_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/architizer_product?post=207923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}