ModLife - Emerge

Pitch + World

As stated in the World section, what if we had an abundance of space in the year 2068?

As technology proliferates, learning futures have evolved to a point where classes can be transferred online - leaving ASU Polytechnic campus with a surplus of space: buildings, fields, land etc. With the excess of space, Arizona State University opened a consortium to collaborate with the City of Mesa, a company called ModLife and several international institutions to revitalize the Polytechnic Campus to create a hyper-localized community.

We wanted to take what we had been researching, and have a tangible representation: application of science-fiction tropes, sustainable architecture, and personal aesthetics. How could we apply concepts that we had been researching in this class?

The best way was to create a fictional real estate company that came to implement these ideas. Since the theme of Emerge 2022 was the future of food, we sought to explore how we can change the paradigm of community, spacial equity and showcase the relationship between community dynamics and food access.

The Future of Food means being sustainable. Food is at the center of our communities: the way we gather, the way we celebrate, and the way we live. ModLife is an exhibit for the tiny home of the future, in the community of the future: how do we gather to eat together? How do we cook? How do make sure that our footprint is minimal but without sacrificing community? This is what ModLife seeks to explore.