Perspectives

Like many sectors, energy is still some way off realising its full “digital transformation”, yet the outlines of a vastly more effective network can already be perceived.

We wanted to investigate how lockdowns and the pandemic, restricting people’s movements to their neighbourhoods, highlighted the benefits and shortcomings of those neighbourhoods and the possible consequences for future design.

Greening our cities is a powerful reminder that if we learn from nature, we can develop passive, energy-neutral solutions, improve the urban experience and tackle a worldwide emergency.