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Narrator: For nearly all of his 86 years

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architect Jacque Fresco has been designing 'Cities of the Future'.

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Fresco's structures all derive from a simple form that fascinated him as a boy.

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Fresco: When I was about 12 years old, I was looking at a gear on a table

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and I saw the 'Cities of the future'.

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I think all inventions are based upon experiences like that. I don't think they came out of nowhere.

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Narrator: Fresco believes that civilization will be forced to colonize the sea

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if land becomes uninhabitable.

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Fresco: The Earth can only support so many people comfortably.

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And if the population exceeds the capacity of the land,

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we're going to have to move seaward and build cities throughout the sea.

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Narrator: Working from his Florida studio,

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Fresco has spent decades making detailed drawings of his futuristic ocean cities.

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He also builds prototypes, experimenting continually with new materials.

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He even lives in one.

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Fresco's even developed plans for transporting structures out to sea.

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They'll be constructed out of modular sections,

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assembled on land by robots,

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and then towed to their final ocean destinations.

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Other structures will be made from high-tech materials called memory metal.

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Fresco: These memory metals can be distorted, twisted, pulled out of shape

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and then when a certain temperature is provided,

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that memory metal goes right back to its original shape.

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Narrator: So, buildings, made from memory metals

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can be compressed into small cubes for towing

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and then, snapped back to size upon arrival.

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Fresco: And almost instantaneously, you will see a building erected before your eyes,

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and no humans working on it at all.

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Narrator: Fresco's vision goes beyond architecture.

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He sees his cities as tools for fostering humanistic values.

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Fresco: I feel that environment shapes our values,

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the people we know, the people we identify with.

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What will drive people in the future?

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A world without war, without hatred, without bigotry, without prejudice.

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The future must extend an invitation for all people to join in,

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because the problems affect everybody.

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