An Aerotropolis Built Before Your Eyes
“[The] Aerotropolis is a city designed to empower the benefits of international airport and create sustainable life around it” – Panoatropolis
I stumbled across this amazing animation from Panatropolis while researching around Christopher Choa’s IF Conference speech. The Panatropolis concept and designs were first published in 2010 and imagined a city in the Republic of Panama that is built around the main port of trade of the modern age – the airport. The website says:
From the dawn of modern history, Transportation intersections were catalyst for development of world business districts. At the 18th century, important cities in terms of trade and commerce established and increased close to great sea ports. At the 19th century, advanced business centers located near railroads stations. The 20th century was the century of highways.
The end of the 20th century brought to life the concept of airports as business centers: hotels, malls and other recreational facilities found their way inside the airport fence. Developers understood that millions of travelers have needs that can be translated into business easily.
In the 21th century time and space shrink radically. The concept of global business reinvented by the internet and the ability to get to any point on the globe in a matter of hours.
Enjoy the amazing video.
This is amazing… I wonder what happened to it, though? Not heard anything about it, so I imagine it's not happening.
let me know if you found out!!