Studio Arrival City

2016-2020

Studio Just Transitions builds upon the work of Studio Arrival City which ran from 2016-2020 @ Sheffield School of Architecture. The studio was interested in the social, political and environmental impacts of migration on our cities and focused on a different city each year; Offenbach, Mannheim, Milan and Lisbon.

An archive of the work can be accessed at

Premis

A great and final shift of global population is upon us. We will end the century as a wholly urban species. Seen by many in the West as a threat, this rural to urban migration will have profound implications on the geopolitical landscape and the lives and well-being of the migrants. Perhaps most importantly it might provide an opportunity to mitigate or even reverse the impact of global climate change as cities, through their economies of scale, have the potential to reduce demands for resources. Studio Arrival City is interested in the effect mass migration and urbanisation is having on our cities, focusing specifically on the notion of the Arrival City. Operating as transitional spaces for those entering the city, Arrival Cities in the words of Doug Saunders (author of Arrival City), are the places where the next great economic and cultural boom will be born.