Reinventing cities towards being smarter

Abstract

A smart city concept is becoming more popular. Many cities shift directions for the development of to “smart” destination, which is able to address rapid growth in the urban population and climate change. The concept of smart development consists of four dimensions that encompass various elements of smart cities, one of them, the environ-urban dimension, is stressed in this paper. The elements of this dimension are studied as exemplified by nine architectural projects, which won in the Reinventing Cities competition, launched in many cities across the globe. The competition is a call for urban projects to drive resilient and sustainable urban regeneration, which contributes to the idea of smart development. Urban solutions designed for the competition are listed by the authors in order to analyze what are the newest trends to “fill” the environ-urban dimension of smart development. The paper gives recommendations of what principles of urban design should follow architects in order to create projects which can contribute to smarter urban development.