The next finalists in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion?? are Enzo Lara-Hamilton, Anne Wagner and Morgan Heenan, who have proposed a world in which humans live in self-contained spherical pods.
Called Post-Ecology Pods, the proposal imagines humanity living in pods supplied by an organisation called the Intergovernmental Producer of Closed Climate Containers (IPCCC).
The pods, which are powered by solar energy, are described by the designers as "micro-environmental containers" that support human wellbeing.
The spherical pods are protected against the elements and protect the inhabitants from natural disasters. They are automated systems designed to reduce human labour by providing water, clean air and food.
Here agriculture is aeroponic, and CO2 is transformed into oxygen through "artificial carbon assimilation". Although the pods are cramped, inhabitants have access to advanced virtual-reality systems, which enables them to connect with other humans in the metaverse.
Read more about the proposal below.

??Post Ecology Pods

Enzo Lara-Hamilton, Anne Wagner and Morgan Heenan

Preston, Australia

Finalist
"For all of human history, the environment was created through complex interconnected ecosystems. However, in the 21st century, these systems have been under profound threat and undermined by destructive human activity.
"And as the climate tips further toward uninhabitability ? biodiversity loss, decline of pollinat...