Aerotropolis, the way we will live next
An Aerotropolis is an urban form whose layout, infrastructure, and economy is centered on an airport, offering its businesses speedy connectivity to suppliers, customers, and enterprise partners worldwide. It is a city less connected to its land-bound neighbors than to its peers thousands of miles away. Popularized by the American academic Dr. John Kasarda, at the root of the Aerotropolis lays globalization with the transportation of not only goods but also intellect. An Aerotropolis is a model of a city driven by a combination of business needs and state control.These cities capture the breadth of themes running through civilization from the re-appropriation of the natural landscape to our unquestioning faith in technology on the backdrop of architecture refined in elegance and logic.
Giulio Di Sturco
Giulio Di Sturco (b.1979, Italy) is an award-winning photographer based between London and Paris. He studied at the European Institute of Design in Rome before moving to Canada and then to India, where he spent five years refining his visual language. He began his career as a photojournalist before dedicating himself to long-term projects which explore the society of the future in the face of environmental and technological changes.
His awards include three World Press Photo prizes, the Sony Photography Awards, the BJP International Awards, and two Getty Grants. In 2019, his project Aerotropolis was shortlisted for the Aesthetica Prize and nominated for the Prix Pictet.
His work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions and festivals worldwide at York Art Gallery, Photaumnales Festival, Photo London, and Kolga Photo, among others.
He has recently published his first monograph, Ganga Ma (GOST, 2019) with essays by environmental activist Vandana Shiva and curator Eimear Martin.
