German auto manufacturer Audi has its sights set on a future filled with interactive LED roadways. Bjark Ingels shares his vision:
If I imagine a city in 25 years’ time, the vertical facades appear unchanged, but the roadway has become a digitally programmable surface. Fixed elements such as carriageways, sidewalks or city squares no longer exist. The digital surfaces can be adapted to all road users and in this way control the traffic. On one single day, the street can change many times: from pedestrian area to highway, from city square to meadow.
Check out the article or watch some footage of the prototype here.
–Josiah Harrist