Prologue

The Renewable City is a living organism. It is constantly undergoing metamorphoses as it adapts to the needs of its inhabitants. Like nature, the Renewable City consists of complementary material cycles and is founded on a constant regeneration of resources. Used materials and products serve either as nutrients for new growth or as raw materials for new products. As we make our way into the future, we leave behind the bottlenecks of the past, such as resource and land consumption, waste accumulation and ecological destruction. The buildings in the cities are producing energy and becoming resource-positive. The Renewable City is powered by sun, wind and light. It is a city where everything is close by, with an urban density that allows people to work and live in parallel, according to the urban principles of mixed use. Diverse networks and cyclical processes develop between the urban actors and material streams. The Renewable City is on its way! For more information