Miradouro do Futuro
A rotating public installation inviting people to look at Lisbon through possible futures, using speculative storytelling, AI-generated imagery, spatial design, and digital fabrication.
AI + Fabrication
Public Imagination
Services
Speculative design, interactive installation, AI-generated imagery, digital fabrication
Category
Public Installation
Presented at
Gentler Futures Festival 2024 & 2026 TEDx Marvila 2026
Project Overview
Miradouro do Futuro transforms AI from a private, screen-based tool into a shared public experience.
Participants approach a physical viewing tower, look through its rotating head, and explore an alternative version of the surrounding landscape. The speculative scene is positioned in relation to the real place, creating a window between the city as it exists and what it might become.
The installation brings together AI-generated imagery, public participation, digital fabrication, spatial storytelling, and cultural memory. Rather than presenting one fixed prediction, it invites people to question, discuss, and contribute to possible futures.
Supported by FabLab Lisboa and Albatroz Engenharia
Adaptable by Design Miradouro do Futuro can be adapted to different sites, histories, and audiences. Its physical form, viewing technology, exterior treatment, and digital content can change depending on the context. Possible applications include unbuilt or unfinished architecture, cultural heritage interpretation, historical reconstruction, future-city scenarios, public consultation, and museum or educational experiences. The central interaction remains the same: standing within a real place and looking into another possibility.
