“In the year 2084, humans will not need cell phones since they will have implants in their brains that will allow them to do everything they did with cell phones except the time, which is projected on their arms. By having to communicate by telepathy, their ears were modified, causing them to elongate and be used as antennas. After so many Covid vaccines, permanent colored spots began to appear on the skin. Around the year 2050 humans wanted to recreate the park from “Jurassic Park.” As in all the movies, nothing went well. The world was invaded by dinosaurs, so humans made floating islands surrounded by glass bubbles to survive. None of the types of transportation that we know of exist anymore; humans transport themselves using flying chairs or shoes made from cell phones and computers that we no longer use. Our wardrobe also changed; we now wear smart clothes that change shape and color according to how we feel, or if we are hot/cold. The universe also changed; the stars got closer to the Earth so we can see them bigger and use them as energy like the sun.” Gianella Cavallo

This imagination is part of the pedagogical proposal of the Ecenarro Turrillo Chair, Introducción al Conocimiento Proyectual 1 (ICP 1), Ciclo Básico Común (CBC), Universidad de Buenos Aires UBA. It corresponds to the initial sketch exercise of the first semester of 2022, linked to the Program 2084 Imagined Futures from the South.

Students were invited to dream and develop utopias with the precept of traveling to the future, the year 2084, and propose imaginations/transformations, understanding that design and its project disciplines are tools to improve contemporary and everyday living, with a sustainable commitment.

The teaching team was composed by Graciela Ecenarro, Andrea Santangelo, Silvina de Gennaro, Juan I. Cabello, Florencia de la Quintana, Natalia Naredo, Luciana Quartaruolo, Santiago Ortí, Andrea López y Natalia Ardissone.

Note: given that some of the imaginations have been delivered without titles, from the editing area of 2084 Futures Imagined from the South, we decided to give them a title with the intention of matching them with others that do have, helping to distinguish them.