NEXUS CITY LABFuture Cities Laboratory Explore the observatory
A conceptual waterfront city with glass towers, green terraces and cyan lighting at night

REIMAGINING URBAN FUTURES

Sense the city. Shape tomorrow.

Where data, places and human imagination meet.
Exploring smarter, greener, more liveable urban futures.

Explore the observatory Our research
Small experiments. New possibilities for urban life.
FIG. 01AI-generated city concept
Urban systems overviewVirtual district · simulated data
128 km²District area
64 %Initial clean energy share
32 nodesTransport nodes
24 hDaily simulation cycle

01 / CITY OBSERVATORY

The pulse of a city.
Made visible.

Explore the systems that keep a city moving.
Choose a scenario. Adjust a parameter. See what changes.

SIMULATION / NOT LIVE DATA
SCENARIO CONFIGURATION 01—03

Urban energy transition

How could a cleaner energy mix change the carbon intensity of everyday energy use?

64%
0%100%

Move the slider to compare energy mixes.

URBAN SYSTEM / 24 HOURS

Daily energy profile

Carbon intensity
Simulated daily carbon intensityAdjust the clean energy share to explore hourly changes. Export the data for individual values.
2035 scenario · Illustrative model
How is this simulation calculated?

This observatory uses transparent illustrative formulas. It is not connected to sensors or a real city database, and does not provide planning forecasts. Values demonstrate relationships between variables.

02 / RESEARCH FRONTIERS

Across disciplines.
Towards better cities.

Investigating the intersection of technology,
urban systems and everyday life.

01DIGITAL TWIN

Urban digital twins

Bring places, infrastructure and operational data together to move from observing cities to understanding them.

Spatial computingData integration
Explore the questions
Explore time-aware models of buildings, streets and public space, focusing on data alignment, scenario comparison and interpretable urban systems.

Concept experiment: Compare access to public services under different building densities.
02CARBON NEUTRAL

Resilient, low-carbon systems

Consider energy, buildings and ecology together, making decarbonisation part of how a city works.

Clean energyUrban resilience
Explore the questions
Study the connections between building energy, distributed generation and blue-green space, considering everyday efficiency and adaptation to heat and heavy rainfall.

Concept experiment: Adjust the clean energy share in the observatory and compare the illustrative emissions curves.
03HUMAN-CENTERED AI

Human-centred urban intelligence

Start with a commute, a walk or a shared space. Explore urban intelligence that responds to everyday needs and makes convenience more inclusive.

Intelligent mobilityPublic space
Explore the questions
Evaluate urban technology through accessibility, comfort and inclusion. Explore coordinated transport, active travel and public services, with transparent data use.

Concept experiment: Switch to smart mobility to compare public transport share and commuting indicators.

03 / PEOPLE BEHIND THE FUTURE

Different perspectives.
A shared urban future.

Our people
Connecting urban research and interdisciplinary practice.

Team profiles will be available soon.

04 / SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Research that engages
with real urban questions.

Published research
A record of our work, ordered by year.

Publications will be available soon.

05 / OUR PERSPECTIVE

The next chapter of cities.
Built around people.

We explore the relationship between cities, technology and people.

Bring a question. Start an experiment.