The third and final year of The New Normal speculative urbanism think-tank has started at Strelka Institute.

A group of The New Normal researchers prototype a deep learning tool for smart cities based on a simulation of the urban environment.

Design duo Dunne and Raby, professors at The New School / Parsons, spoke to Strelka Mag about the evolution of speculative design.

Project Seiche explores evolving notions of citizenship and sovereignty in the context of overlapping jurisdiction, global circulation, and rapid urbanization.

In its third and final year, Strelka’s speculative urbanism think-tank will look into Japan’s complex robotics industries and explore its fully automated landscapes, all the way to touring the Fukushima exclusion zone.

Keller Easterling, a Yale professor, architect, and advocate for medium thinking, spoke to Strelka Mag about how to hijack global powers and outwit totalitarian bullies.

The admission cycle for the third and final year of the The New Normal program is launching on August 27.

What if billions of cell phones, CCTV cameras, and satellites were used as one camera?

As automation is gradually transforming agriculture, what would happen if artificial intelligence learned to farm and cook?

Decentralization as a new form of cooperation and a tool against abuse and censorship.

How to stop reinventing the wheel and use platforms to create better housing

Building on the work of the previous year, Strelka Institute has begun the second year of The New Normal, its urban design think-tank.

Understanding and addressing the chemistry of power and using it to invert some of our habitual approaches to problem solving, aesthetics, and politics

To help new applicants, Strelka Magazine collected feedback from Strelka alumni to guide your journey from the point of application to graduation. Read their advice on portfolio, interview, and how alumni applied their knowledge and experience gained at Strelka