‘The Street As Platform 2050’, as published in Architectural Design journal ‘2050: Designing Our Tomorrow’, Chris Luebkeman (ed.), July 2015 (Wiley). The images accompanying the article were from the ‘Museum of the Future 2015' exhibition at the 2015 Government Summit, commissioned by United Arab Emirates, designed and conceived by UAE Prime Minister’s Office, Tellart, Future Cities Catapult et al. (I led the Catapult team for the project.)

The Street as Platform 2050

How Digital Dynamics Shape the Physical City

Dan Hill
Dan Hill
May 24, 2016 · 27 min read

The way the street feels may soon be defined by what cannot be seen with the naked eye.

So began an essay I wrote in 2007 called ‘The Street As Platform’, concerning the then-emerging ideas of urban informatics, Internet of Things, and the smart city. It used a depiction of a near-future city street as a platform for…