MY TRAN STUDIO

   During the 20th century, the earth’s average temperature rose 0.60 Celsius! While climate has changed throughout earth’s history, this is the first time that humans are the leading cause. According to research done by NASA and published in December 2019, most of the southern part of China will be covered by the ocean, and Shanghai, one of the most populated cities in the world, will be in the affected zone. In addition, high density is another issue that the city is facing. It is expected that by 2060, the Shanghai population would be over 50 million, which is over the city’s capacity. Therefore, the need for new types of housing is urgent. On top of that, looking back to history, all the environmental issues we are facing now are what people did in the past, so whatever we do right now will be causes for our future generations.The future is always an interesting topic. It could be divided into utopia, a gleaming white, translucent, perfect, and spick and span scenario, and dystopia, a dark and dirty dimension, riddled with vice and suffering scenarios. 

   For this project, I wanted to understand what possibilities we could do now to save for our next generation then propose a vision that could happen in the worst scenario for 2065 in Shanghai. They were taking the scenario where the outdoor atmosphere is harmful to human health. Suppose cities in the past were homes for God while the present cities are all about capital and power. In that case, cities in the future should celebrate the relationship of human and nature. in my belief, human is a part of nature, so our shelters should be a part of the ecosystem. Relatively, a tree is in the forest. Many trees become a community. Each community is a diversity of people from different backgrounds. Each background is connected to the other to celebrate humanity in harmony with nature. The world only becomes better if we are willing to help and support each other.