Vitruvian
The urban experts for better futures
What we do
Vision creation
We help cities and communities define ambitious, long-term visions that inspire growth and provide clear direction, tailored to the unique needs and aspirations of each urban environment.
Strategising
Our consulting services develop actionable strategies that bridge long-term visions and current realities, ensuring alignment across sectors and adaptability to changing conditions.
Experimentation
We guide cities through structured experimentation and innovation, allowing them to test new ideas, learn from small-scale failures, and implement effective solutions with measurable results.
Smarter City Flywheel
Our Smarter City Flywheel framework ensures a self-reinforcing feedback loop between vision, strategies, and tactics, creating sustainable urban evolution and continuous improvement.
Latest from the blog
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Beneath our feet: The role of underground infrastructure in the future of cities
As the global population continues to expand, our cities are facing an unprecedented spatial crisis. For centuries, urban planners and architects have relied on two…
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Protopia: The realistic path to regenerative and antifragile cities
Look around any major global metropolis today. It is undoubtedly a marvel of human engineering, yet beneath the glittering glass facades, the traditional modern city…
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Rethinking the global metropolis: The role of informal settlements in future cities
As the global population rapidly urbanises, the traditional model of city planning is being fundamentally tested. By the middle of the twenty-first century, a vast…
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The invisible blueprint: How land use and zoning shape the future of our cities (for better or worse)
When we think about the future of our cities, our minds often gravitate towards striking architecture, advanced transport networks, or sprawling public parks. However, one…
WTF4Cities? Podcast
We create the city so it matters what we decide and do. What is The Future for Cities? podcast is a platform to introduce the different approaches to our urban futures and generate conversations around them. We don’t have to accept every approach but it helps to know about and learn from them. We summarise research articles and interview urban experts and legends who are actively and consciously working for the better future for our cities – thus, humanity.
Check out the wtf4cities.com website
Latest episode on the WTF podcast
- Are you interested in finding the real problem of the urban fabric? What do you think about robustness vs antifragility? How can we improve our feedback loops in the building industry? Trailer for episode 444 – interview with Markus Appenzeller, Founder and Director of MLA+. We will talk about his vision for the future of […]
Meet the team
Fanni Melles, PhD
Fanni is a future of cities researcher, an architect by profession, and a project manager by experience. Her international expertise encompasses design, construction, and project oversight. Her unique ability is channeling chaos and ambiguity into structured, practical systems, addressing critical questions and enhancing processes. She serves as a catalyst for urban innovation, shaping ever-evolving urban landscapes.
Ben Vass
Ben is a data magician and future enthusiast besides being a computer scientist and a pragmatic problem-solver. With international IT expertise, he’s tackled swarm intelligence, spectral graphs, fraud detection, and GNNs. He views everything as interlinked networks and passionately contributes to Open Source. Straddling two worlds, Ben’s unique perspective sees a universe which is interconnected across all levels.
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