Question Assignment 1: Disney's Tomorrowland

The movie that I am going to talk about is Disney's Tomorrowland. This movie make me marvel at the architecture and made me curious about the world to create in this film.

Everyone is curious about the futuristic building, how is the form going to look like or how is it even going to feel like?

According to the film’s plot, the city of Tomorrowland was created “somewhere in time and space”.

In this movie, I was intrigued by its vision of the future. As you can see, the movie depicts a Jetsons-style mega cityscape where crazily shaped building soar, jetpack-wearing loons corkscrew through the air and boiler suited squads of androids keep the peace.

Calatrava's City of Arts and Sciences

Tomorrowland has taken a starring role at Santiago Calatrava’s City of Arts and Sciences and this is one of the selling point in this movie.

The City of Arts and Sciences is a museum complex in the city of Valencia on the Mediterranean coast of Spain dedicated to science, technology, nature, and art. A scouting party was sent and Valencia, Spain became the bones of Tomorrowland -- almost literally. Calatrava's architecture is just phenomenal and inventive and exciting. However, it is very skeletal, like you’re looking at the vertebrae of a dinosaur or prehistoric fish. You walk into that place and you never want to leave. Tomorrowland were created this kind of feeling for the people, because it has the futuristic sense.

Flying through the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain via a quadcopter drone.

Tomorrowland’s Futuristic Buildings

In this movie, we can saw that the futuristic building is more tend to bold, bio-inspired, curved, vertical and sustainable design concept. Some of these architectural concepts will never become reality, but some amazing building are already in progress or slated to begin construction soon. Calatrava's City of Arts and Sciences is one of the building that toward the futuristric cities. Another amazing building that show the futuristic sense is London’s wedge-shaped Leadenhall Building.

London’s Wedge-Shaped Leadenhall Building

The Leadenhall Building will become the tallest skyscraper in the City of London, at a whopping 225 metres/52 storeys.It is designed by Richard Rogers, the man behind Lloyds of London, the Dome, and the Pompidou Centre in Paris. The slanting wedge-shaped design would be a stunning addition tothe London skyline. Glass lifts will carry employees up the outside of the building, similar to those on theLloyds Building only twice the height.

Look closely at the Tomorrowland metropolis and you’ll see vegetation fringing the edges of some of the buildings and aerial walkways. It’s an idea that some architects are experimenting with today, an approach dubbed organic architecture.

Tomorrowland’s Gravity-Defying Greenery

Milan's Vertical Forest

The Stefano Boeri-designed Bosco Verticale towers have facades planted with 21,000 trees and plants in an effort to absorb CO2

London’s Garden Bridge

The Garden Bridge will offer a new kind of green space in the heart of the city, cementing London’s status as the greenest capital in Europe. Designed to reflect the rich cultural heritage of London’s River Thames and both riverbanks, it will provide an ever-changing seasonal landscape.

In my opinion of futuristic, Tomorrowland's utopian vision isn't as futuristic as you might think. In fact, it's Sci-Fi design could have its roots in some of today's blodest ideas.