Danish architecture studio BIG is designing a "prototype city of the future" with wooden buildings and autonomous vehicles for Japanese car company Toyota near Mount Fuji in Japan.
Named Woven City, the first phase of development on the site of a former car-factory will be home to 2,000 people who will test the vehicles, robotics and smart homes in a "real-world environment".
The design was revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas with an animation created by London digital studio Squint/Opera.

"Building a complete city from the ground up, even on a small scale like this, is a unique opportunity to develop future technologies, including a digital operating system for the infrastructure," said Akio Toyoda, president of the Toyota Motor Corporation. "With people, buildings and vehicles all connected and communicating with each other through data and sensors, we will be able to test connected AI technology, in both the virtual and physical realms, maximising its potential."

The 70-hectare development in the city of Susono will be designed by Danish architecture studio BIG ? it will be the studio's first project in Japan and is set to start on site in 2021.
The Woven City will be built around a network of streets that will cater for transportation at three different speeds.
Main streets will be used by autonomous vehicles including the Toyota e-Palette, smaller streets will be for other modes of personal trans...