Zenobia is a radical solution to a radical problem: we are currently using the resources of almost 2 planets Earth.

The purpose is to provoke by both proposing a new urban paradigm and by raising a discussion on how radical are the changes that we really need, in order to address absolute sustainability before it is too late.

Zenobia shows how the architectural profession can lead the change. We need to rediscover a tool that architects have always used to anticipate politics rather than follow it: utopia.

Historically, from Fourier to Frank Lloyd Wright, designing a Utopia has contributed to questioning the status quo and to visualizing through images rather than just words how things could be better.

Zenobia is based on a core principle: we cannot afford anymore spaces and transportation forms that waste the limited spatial and energetic resources of the planet.
Private mobility, rigid functional divisions of spaces and land use have to be replaced by shared mobility, radical mixed-use and reuse of the built environment. No more office spaces that are empty 128 hours a week but spread coworking spaces integrated into the district, no more acres wasted in streets and parking but diffuse parks and shared micro-mobility.

Zenobia is a utopia that exists within the planetary boundaries for land use and climate change impact.