“Cloud Citizen” Awarded Joint Top Honors in Shenzhen Bay Super City Competition
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What Would It Take to Turn New York into a Megacity?
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PARIS SMART CITY 2050 - 8 PROTOTYPES OF POSITIVE ENERGY TOWERS ECO-CONCEIVED TO FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING
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Elevated Railway System Leading to Lady Liberty
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^Totally. Lady Liberty eating trains is a great idea, but where does the train come out after getting eaten? It is unclear in the picture.
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In the 'Workplace of the Future,' We Hang Like Monkeys from Vertical Gardens
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The 2010 Saturation City project imagined Melbourne in 40 years’ time, when sea levels have forced the city to concentrate into ‘superblocks’ rising above the water. Photograph: Bild Architecture/A Visual History of the Future http://i.guim.co.uk/static/w-860/h--...-1020x612.jpeg Competition entry Cloud Skippers imagines communities lifted above disaster-struck areas by helium balloon. Photograph: Studio Linfors/A Visual History of the Future http://i.imgur.com/jbGU6o3.jpg?1 The Berg (2009) imagines a 1,000-metre manmade mountain on the site of Tempelhof airport in Berlin, Germany. Photograph: Mila & Jakob Tigges/A Visual History of the Future http://i.guim.co.uk/static/w-700/h--...2060x2052.jpeg Autopia Ampere (1978) was a concept by the late seascape architect Wolf Hilbertz. It uses Biorock – a mineral accretion technology which fast grows coral and repairs damaged reefs – developed by scientist Thomas Goreau. Photograph: Newton Fallis/A Visual History of the Future http://i.guim.co.uk/static/w-1430/h-...-1020x717.jpeg |
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People who design some of these "sutainable" cities seem to have no idea how many acres it takes to feed a population. Also, the vertical city concept seems to give you the same amount of space, just with a park around it. That is called a suburban apartment building and we have had those for awhile.
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Please Let Tulsa Get This Tornado-Shaped Museum
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Oh God, that's awful.
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A lot of these designs also seem to forget that plants need space for root systems (sometimes as large as what you see above ground). And that roots are amazing at destroying concrete.
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18 brilliant ideas for the skyscraper of the future
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The first-place winner was "Essence," a proposal to put a non-urban environment in a dense city center. The building would have 11 landscapes with fish tanks, jungle areas, and other environments. http://static5.businessinsider.com/i...vironments.jpg In second place, "Shanty-Scraper" would be a mixed use residential and workspace for impoverished fishermen in the slums of Chennai, India. It would be built from recycled materials found within the city. http://static3.businessinsider.com/i...n-the-city.jpg Third-place "Cybertopia" combines the digital and physical worlds in a building that can grow using 3D-printed technology and portable "ships." http://static1.businessinsider.com/i...able-ships.jpg The proposal for "Limestone Hills" would turn former limestone mines into exoskeletons for new construction. http://static3.businessinsider.com/i...nstruction.jpg "Tower of Refuge" is envisioned as a Noah's Ark that could provide sunlight, water, and air to a variety of species, and would act like a "self-operating machine serving all survival conditions." http://static3.businessinsider.com/i...conditions.jpg "Air Monument" would function as a database to collect and store atmosphere samples in order to study and respond to climate change. http://static3.businessinsider.com/i...ate-change.jpg "Reversal Strategy" is a proposal to construct tall, thin buildings on top of the existing infrastructure so that old buildings can be demolished to make more public space. http://static2.businessinsider.com/i...blic-space.jpg "Vertical Factories in New York" would put 21 industrial towers along the Brooklyn coast in order to re-establish the city's manufacturing economy without compromising land. http://static4.businessinsider.com/i...ising-land.jpg "Noah Oasis" is a plan to turn existing oil rigs into "vertical bio-habitats" that could be used to help clean oil spills. In the longer term, it could host marine life and eventually shelter humanity from rising sea levels. http://static4.businessinsider.com/i...sea-levels.jpg "Re-Generator Skyscraper" is a proposal to regenerate the wetlands of Hangshou, China. It would involve an elevated construction system to allow for the recovery of the city's wetlands. http://static5.businessinsider.com/i...s-wetlands.jpg "Deep Skins" is a proposal for a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper that offers a counterpoint to the ubiquitous glass highrise. Its exterior would mimic skin with interlocking pieces, creating a "billowing" interior. http://static3.businessinsider.com/i...g-interior.jpg "Times Squared 3015" is a vision for a mile-high skyscraper in the middle of New York City that's essentially a city-within-a-city. The plan calls for various "destination zones" like vertical farming, beach, mountain range, stadium, redwood forest, housing, and offices. http://static2.businessinsider.com/i...200/0745-2.jpg "Exploring Arctic" would completely transform the Arctic's remote Dikson City by creating a structure to revitalize and repopulate the port town that once existed there. http://static6.businessinsider.com/i...sted-there.jpg "Bio-Pyramid" is conceived as a biosphere and gateway from the Sahara Desert to Cairo, and an effort to reverse desertification as a result of climate change. http://static6.businessinsider.com/i...ate-change.jpg "Already There" turns traditional city planning on its head by considering three dimensions when conceiving new buildings. It "could be a good way of hyper-densifying cities even when they are extremely dense without affecting negatively the existing living conditions," says the architect. http://static3.businessinsider.com/i...-architect.jpg "Vernacular Sky-Terrace" envisions a horizontal skyscraper that would allow for recreation much like a street, in order to foster a close-knit community. http://static3.businessinsider.com/i...-community.jpg "Unexpected Aura in Chernobyl" is both a monument to the 1986 nuclear disaster and a skyscraper with air and water purification systems to allow people to restart their lives in the area. http://static1.businessinsider.com/i...n-the-area.jpg "Cloud Capture" would literally capture clouds and move them around the planet to alleviate effects of climate change. http://static3.businessinsider.com/i...ate-change.jpg |
1. Kind of a cool concept, but also kind of unecessary in NYC. They already have a non-urban enviorment you may have heard of called Central Park. B
2. Seems safe... D 3. I don't think I understand this one, but it looks horrible. F 4. Beautiful. A 5. Something like this could not fuction for long enough to survive a mass extenction event, so it seems kind of pointless. C 6. We have weather balloons for that. D 7. "so that old buildings can be demolished to make more public space." Did we learn nothing from the past destruction of our architectural history? F 8. Lets not waste waterfront on industy, also, lets not put polluting industry right over our freaking water. 9. Ugh. C- 10. Now this is a great idea. A 11. Looks like a bunch of pointy noses, also, no view. C 12. A nice concept for a vertical neighborhood. The NIMBYs would love it. A 13. I actually really like the idea of replacing crappy small towns with single beautiful structures. there is already a town that is kind of like this in Alaska. The whole thing is in one apartment tower. A 14. Yay! Lets ruin a world heritige site! D 15. Jenga! B 16. I always wanted to live in Old New York from Futurama. How long until we forget what the suns warmth even felt like? C 17. I didn't realize that Russia was so lacking for space that they needed to build on the site of the largest nuclear disaster in history. 18. You just went full retard, never go full retard. |
IN THE NETHERLANDS, A GIANT WIND TURBINE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE ON
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BIG, MVRDV + snøhetta unveil proposals for oslo's government quarter
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Ennead Architects designs a celestial museum experience in China.
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Everyone Has a Great View in a Spinning Apartment Building
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One 'Solution' to Urban Air Pollution: Let's Live in Bubbles
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