“When I think about 2084, two possible futures come to mind:
A more utopian one, much more modern than the present, where humans coexist with robots and technology advances to help and in a controlled manner. In this world, humans changed their behaviors based on the many environmental alerts and managed to improve the quality of life, reducing pollution and the consumption of resources. There are many green spaces, electric cars, more sustainable architectures, trying to conceive architectural design responsibly, seeking to optimize natural resources and using building systems that minimize the impact of buildings on the environment and its inhabitants. They also focused more on spirituality, which is something essential in human life, “the inner self.” In conclusion, awareness was raised about the importance of being healthy and taking care of the place where we live. The problems, inequalities, and conflicts that existed disappeared or were transformed into new ways of living.
And the other possible future that comes to mind is a more dystopian one, where technology surpassed the human being and somehow controls us, becoming “the all-seeing eye.” In this sadder vision, humans did not heed the warnings about the importance of taking care of the environment. So it is a polluted, dirty, and sickly world. To this is added the wars between countries that destroy everything. This world is CHAOS.
The decision of what world we want for our future is in our hands, it depends on us. If we want a healthy and harmonious world between living beings and the environment, or one where destruction and chaos are the consequences of our bad decisions. We are always in time to start with change, to take care of the place where we live, to transform it into a better space.” Sofía Aguerre Galmán

This imagination is framed within the pedagogical proposal of the Ecenarro Turrillo Chair, Introduction to Project Knowledge 1 (ICP 1), Ciclo Básico Común (CBC), University of Buenos Aires UBA. It responds to a gap developed during 2023 linked to the 2084 Futures Imagined from the South Program.

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

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

Clarification: given that some of the imaginations have been delivered without a title, from the editing area of 2084 Futures Imagined from the South, we decided to give them a possible title with the intention of equaling them to other imaginations that do have them, simultaneously helping to distinguish them .