It’s amusing how urban planners and architects keep recycling this ‘Central Park NYC’ blueprint (E.g.,2 projects just in Laval), we’ve seen that trope so many times. Time for professionals to push real innovation!!

Seeing South Africa launch an $800M smart city in KwaZulu-Natal is exciting, but in a lot of parts of Africa, a small elite still holds most of the power. Too often, projects like this end up serving their interests rather than the broader population, fueled by patronage networks. #newcities

Interesting to see the kinds of incentives being proposed to bring Nusantara to life. For a project of this scale, aligning developers, investors, and government will be just as critical as the design itself. #newcities

Pretty ironic that the IMF is sending money to boost Egypt’s economy, while so much of it could be swallowed up by the massive costs of the new capital. #newcities

Wow, as I was reading, it reminded me a lot of NEOM’s Oxagon project. Curious to see if this one will actually materialize someday! 😅 #newcities