Birmingham 2031
Hosted by Royal Institution of Charted Surveyors, Gensler, Transport for West Midlands, Vanti and Arcadis .
Captured & Filmed by Studio 50Two & Vibrant Architects
A CONNECTED CITY
MARK HARROP, ARCADIS
5G rollout in the UK - network infrastructure, market development and coverage. The long-term transformational potential of 5G developing the latest generation of wireless technologiesSelf-driving cars, robotics and smart cities, to name a few, will be supercharged through the 5G wireless network. It’s the next step in mobile internet connectivity – and it’s here. Almost.
A WORKING CITY (THE WAY WE WORK)
BEN / NATALIE, ARCADIS
The world of work is in transition.
Are you ready?
Past generations found a company to work for and then stayed there for decades. But today, we rarely stay in the same job (let alone on the same career path) and we don't rely on a single income stream.
A MOBILE CITY & HOW WE TRAVEL
JOHN PADDINGTON, TRANSPORT FOR WEST MIDLANDS
How do we ensure the movement of people and freight in the future?
What is the role for motorised vehicles and how do we balance that against walking / cycling?
What is the role of clean air zones / other restrictions?
How can building design and transport better interact?
A LIVEABLE CITY
PHIL TWISS, GENSLER
What will it be like to Live in Birmingham in 2031? Will we be digitally hyper-connected or socially disconnected and do we really know who and what are we designing for?
How do we ensure the successful development of cohesive and inclusive communities? What will they need and how might technology support this?
What are the opportunities and what is the impact on our urban fabric?
SMART BUILDINGS
MIKE BROOMAN, VANTI
Breathable offices
Rethinking how buildings are designed, decorated and operated could help benefit our health and even our productivity at work.
Smart offices
Sometime in the not too distant future, your workplace will be seamlessly automated, personalised and centrally controlled.
THE RISE OF INDUSTRY 5.0
BEN / NATALIE, ARCADIS
The development, convergence and application of increasingly automated and autonomous technologies based on big data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are driving a new industrial revolution. For companies adopting these approaches it would ensure not only survival, but market leadership. Robotics and AI were once considered futuristic technologies, but the supply chain is full of their many applications.
From back office automation and autonomous forklifts that move warehouse inventory to tracking the same goods across the entire supply chain, robotics and automation will become an integral part of a more predictive – and productive - future. As Industry 5.0 moves towards a collaborative human-machine (cobots) workforce, we can expect to see new opportunities for diverging and upskilling talent.
