Looks a lot like what Dubai will look like.
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Retro-Future NYC: What New York Could Have Become
May 31st, 2012 Read More: http://weburbanist.com/2012/05/31/re...d-have-become/ Quote:
Nuke-Proof Underground New York http://img.weburbanist.com/wp-conten...nuke-proof.jpg Colossal Hudson Bridge http://img.weburbanist.com/wp-conten...son-bridge.jpg Depression-era aesthetics crash into wild fantasies of New York in 1980, with massive 16-lane highways, vertical architecture full of terraces and lots of inexplicable ‘high-tech’ equipment. http://img.weburbanist.com/wp-conten...st-imagine.jpg Elevated Railway System Leading to Lady Liberty http://img.weburbanist.com/wp-conten...dy-liberty.jpg Buckminster Fuller’s Geodesic Dome http://img.weburbanist.com/wp-conten...k-geodesic.jpg |
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Building Smarter Cities…In the Year 2060
06/29/2012 Read More: http://www.cnu.org/cnu-salons/2012/0...0%A6-year-2060 Quote:
http://helmofthepublicrealm.files.wo...pg?w=490&h=345 The LO2P Recycling Center (Image: Bryan Christie in Popular Science, July 2012) http://helmofthepublicrealm.files.wo...0-02-35-pm.jpg |
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/elfk4...gallerycontent
Ted Givens, an architect with Hong Kong's 10Design created this prototype for a tornado-safe home. Hydraulic levers pull the Kevlar-coated house into the ground when high-velocity winds pass by. The high-tech structure's roof then locks so water and wind can't enter. Once the weather clears, the house unfolds and residents resume normal life. http://blogs-images.forbes.com/forbe...ebG5x2_526.jpg http://www.forbes.com/pictures/elfk4...gallerycontent Flying first class takes on a new meaning with this house, conceived by Switzerland-based designer Timon Sager. Durable cables suspend the living space in the air. With multiple decks, a state-of-the-art entertainment center and a luxury bedroom, the flying house has everything you could want. http://blogs-images.forbes.com/forbe...ejlehC_526.jpg http://blogs-images.forbes.com/forbe...3HD0jv_526.jpg http://www.forbes.com/pictures/elfk4...gallerycontent The heat of California was a definite consideration for Korean designer Christopher Daniel who came up with this roll-like home concept. Designed for arid environments, the house is secured with a carbon fiber truss frame and has a hydraulic powered automatic door. The upper half of the door opens overhead and the lower part unfolds onto the ground. Depending on the amount of sun, residents can make skylights and windows less or more transparent. Curtains and bookshelves act as dividers in the rooms. http://blogs-images.forbes.com/forbe...9MtdFI_526.jpg http://blogs-images.forbes.com/forbe...erMcSn_526.jpg http://www.forbes.com/pictures/elfk4...gallerycontent Imagine looking out your hotel window at a school of fish. A design concept by Deep Ocean Technology in Poland, includes an underwater area that would allow guest to do just that. The 11,000 square foot space would sit 33 feet below the surface of the water. Additional features include a diving center, open terraces above water and a spa. For safety the disc-shaped dwelling is can be detached from the main structure and used as a lifeboat. http://blogs-images.forbes.com/forbe...8NC4aM_526.jpg http://www.forbes.com/pictures/elfk4...gallerycontent Population growth and consequent crowding can leave little room to live in big cities. But Jason Lubutkah of Jason David Designs in New York City has an idea: Why not build houses that cantilever across city streets, using up space that would otherwise be wasted? The homes would be constructed off site and then raised to their new location. http://blogs-images.forbes.com/forbe...7kB7A6_526.jpg http://www.forbes.com/pictures/elfk4...gallerycontent Inspired by a child’s loom toy, the woven facade of this mixed-use building is designed for passive energy use. Prefabricated units lock together to form apartments.The overhang of each unit provides shade. Easy—and very quick—to build, the structure arrives from a factory in dozens of parts. Once on site, the pieces are hoisted into place. The concept was designed by Meridian105 Architects of Denver, Colorado. http://blogs-images.forbes.com/forbe...9ZD511_526.jpg http://blogs-images.forbes.com/forbe...evL3T1_526.jpg http://www.forbes.com/pictures/elfk4...gallerycontent Look once and you’ll see a hill. Look again and you’ll see an entryway into that hill. Patkau Architects in Vancouver, Canada conceived of these underground dwellings. Tucked into grassy mounds, the small homes blend with the landscape and provide a minimal-footprint approach to living while attending to basic needs. http://blogs-images.forbes.com/forbe...6QNh2s_526.jpg http://www.forbes.com/pictures/elfk4...gallerycontent Designed by Royal Haskoning Architechten in Nijmegen, Netherlands, this transparent home concept was designed for lunar living. It has no stairs, since the moon's low-gravity would allow residents to float or bound from one level to the next. The house has enormous rotating shades that regulate the extreme temperatures of outer space. An underground bunker is also included in the design, just in case a dangerous solar storm should arise http://blogs-images.forbes.com/forbe...2p979x_526.jpg http://www.forbes.com/pictures/elfk4...gallerycontent Designed by New York City’s Victor Vetterlein, this POD house is completely computer-controlled in order to maximize energy efficiency and comfort. Every inch of its exterior surface acts as a solar energy collector. A wind-powered elevator and water-treatment plant are included and the rooftop collects rainwater that is stored in holding tanks. Natural air-flow is provided via vents that residents operate themselves. http://blogs-images.forbes.com/forbe...8XLg1t_526.jpg http://www.forbes.com/pictures/elfk4...gallerycontent Living in cities is rarely a green experience but San Francisco-based designer Joanna Borek-Clement has come up with a sky-scraping solution. The neuron-like collection of towers she designed would reach elevations of 1,600-feet and would be inter-dependent, each structure supporting the others. People would reach the amphitheaters, pools, fields and parks via elevators from the street. The design was conceived with Tokyo in mind. http://blogs-images.forbes.com/forbe...asoanL_526.jpg |
http://zombiesafehouse.wordpress.com/z1573/
The Eiffel Tower adapts to provide all basic human needs with a wind turbine, rain water collection, vertical farming, and electric legs forbidding any zombie to climb the tower. http://zombiesafehouse.files.wordpre...pg?w=614&h=921 http://zombiesafehouse.wordpress.com/z1611/ The Oil Silo Home reuses abandoned Oil Silos to create a self-sufficient, zombie proof multi-family complex. http://zombiesafehouse.files.wordpre.../z1611_web.jpg http://zombiesafehouse.wordpress.com/z1672/ The Zoasis living complex provides zombie incineration to produce energy, a vertical farm and aquaponics system for fine dining, a driving range facing zombie infested land, and hybrid airships connecting families of the zonation worldwide. http://zombiesafehouse.files.wordpre...z1672_web1.jpg http://zombiesafehouse.wordpress.com/z1622/ The Submersible Z House allows tenants to live a luxurious life uninterrupted, with a built-in greenhouse, fish farm, tidal powered turbines constructed of razor blades, and a fully-armed luxurious escape pod for backup. http://zombiesafehouse.files.wordpre.../z1622_web.jpg http://www.archdaily.com/310542/arch...28ArchDaily%29 New York Cityvision context envision a New York City as Heritage Site, protected from the elements with a barrier-wall. http://ad009cdnb.archdaily.net/wp-co...apocalypse.jpg |
^^^ Yep, an example of "crazy shit that might never happen". I know the whole point of the thread but I couldn't resist.
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9 Crazy Skyscrapers That Will Shape The Skylines Of The Future
Read More: http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681603/9...-of-the-future Quote:
Created by Derek Pirozzi, the first-place-winning Polar Umbrella arctic skyscraper is a floating metropolis outfitted with ecological habitats, renewable power stations, a thermal skin, and most importantly, a system that "regenerates the ice caps using harvest chambers that freeze the ocean water." http://www.fastcoexist.com/multisite...-0-600x414.jpg The Phobia Skyscraper, created by Darius Maïkoff and Elodie Godo, took second place. The skyscraper, "a new form of modular suburban residential development," is made out of recycled materials. Stacked prefab units are grouped around green spaces, which have common areas outfitted with displays that broadcast messages for the community. The structure is designed to be located over Petite Ceinture, an old industrial site in Paris. http://www.fastcoexist.com/multisite...-0-600x406.jpg The Light Park Floating Skyscraper, designed by Ting Xu and Yiming Chen, took third place in the competition. In order to preserve green space on the ground, this skyscraper hovers in the sky with help from a helium-filled balloon and solar-powered propellers. Solar panels and water collectors cover the structure. http://www.fastcoexist.com/multisite...craper-0-1.jpg Designed by Antonio Ares Sainz, Joaquin Rodriguez Nuñez, and Konstantino Tousidonis Rial, Nomad: Terraforming Mars won an honorable mention for a concept that sees "nomad factories" on Mars using local minerals to seed the planet with the greenhouse gases that make Earth so lush. In other words, the project would make it hospitable for humans to live on Mars. http://www.fastcoexist.com/multisite...-0-600x464.jpg The Volcano Skyscraper, an honorable mention, consists of a structure on top of Mexico’s Popocatepetl Volcano that harnesses lava and other debris to create energy. The project was created by Jing Hao, Zhanou Zhang, Xingyue Chen, Jiangyue Han, and Shuo Zhou. http://www.fastcoexist.com/multisite...-0-600x377.jpg Symbiocity is essentially a prison skyscraper featuring plants, green spaces, renewable energy generation, and vertical farms. The inmates grow their own food, get paid for work, and are charged for accommodations. The project, an honorable mention, was created by Khem Aikwanich and Nigel Westbrook. http://www.fastcoexist.com/multisite...-0-600x498.jpg The Urban Earth Worm skyscraper, created by Lee Seungsoo, is inspired by--you guessed it--the earthworm. The worm-like structure harbors tubes filled with soil, trees, and plants, while an energy station near the bottom of the worm processes the city’s trash into energy. http://www.fastcoexist.com/multisite...-0-600x456.jpg This Shanghai skyscraper collects and purifies rainwater and river water--a solution to the city’s lack of groundwater and polluted water supplies. An underground structure collects and cleans rainwater, which is pumped upward to the tower’s green roof. The honorable mention was created by Zhang Zhiyang and Liu Chunyao. http://www.fastcoexist.com/multisite...-0-600x415.jpg An underground space in an abandoned Chinese coalfield is transformed in this project into a horizontal skyscraper. A vertical miner elevator (already in existence) is used to transport residents, while a vertical tube brings fresh air to the underground spaces. The project, an honorable mention, was dreamed up by Liangpeng Chen, Yating Chen, Lida Huang, Gaoyan Wu, and Lin Yuan. http://www.fastcoexist.com/multisite...-0-600x437.jpg |
A Super-Luxe Pad for Retired Popes
Read More: http://www.theatlanticcities.com/des...ed-popes/5068/ Project: http://www.1week1project.org/en/2013...11-ciao-papam/ Quote:
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In The Future We Will All Live In Photosynthetic French Sea Pods
Read More: http://www.popsci.com/technology/art...warning-system Quote:
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5 Imaginative Buildings That Breathe Pollution And Clean The Air
Read More: http://www.fastcoexist.com/1682151/5...lean-the-air#1 Quote:
Hydroponic farms on the roof absorb CO2. Ductwork in the cladding takes in particulate matter. And precast concrete panels, treated with titanium dioxide, deal with NO2 (another pollutant) and capture water. http://www.fastcoexist.com/multisite...iorrender.jpeg Shaped a bit like a seashell, Urban Oasis "seeks to be carbon negative and scrub CO2…while acting as a beacon for progressive change required to combat global warming," according to Arman Hosseini and Sam Rosen. It does this by pulling wind through tubes in the structure itself, cleaning pollutants using filtration beds. http://www.fastcoexist.com/multisite...fast-co-01.jpg This design, from Michael Buckley, Daniel Greenspan, and Ryan Koella, focuses not only on immediate pollution, but also on greenhouse gases from landfills outside the city. The team would divert organic waste to make both biogas and biochar (a way to sequester carbon). Then, they would draw up air from the street, so that "passers-by are directly exposed to the functioning system." http://www.fastcoexist.com/multisite...iew-render.jpg Probably the most outlandish of the five, this design from Jinglu Li and Jayson Potter is fully modular: you add and pull parts away, depending on air quality at the time. The idea of the "pixel cloud" is to maximize surface area and capture as much pollution as possible. The air is driven downwards and heated in pressure tanks, breaking down the CO2. Steam then escapes and envelopes the building in a fog--hence "the cloud." http://www.fastcoexist.com/multisite...streetview.jpg Formula (A)lgae is a building surrounded by algae tubes (a bit like this one). Air drifts up from the street, following walkways to the top, where it is captured and fed into the gunk. Through photosynthesis, the algae multiplies, producing biomass that can be burned for energy. The project was conceived by William Bintzer and Sisi Xi. http://www.fastcoexist.com/multisite...ine-view-1.jpg |
Rethinking Urbanism Through Vertical Cities
Read More: http://sourceable.net/rethinking-urb...rtical-cities/ Quote:
The Mirador building concept, by MVRDV http://sourceable.net/wp-content/upl...ng-concept.jpg FLIP/CITY concept http://sourceable.net/wp-content/upl...ty-concept.jpg Aerial view of different FLIP/CITY clusters inserted in Shanghai’s cityscape http://sourceable.net/wp-content/upl...t-Flipcity.jpg FLIP/CITY – Cross sections of one possible city-cluster http://sourceable.net/wp-content/upl...s-sections.jpg FLIP/CITY – Detail of long section http://sourceable.net/wp-content/upl...ng-section.jpg FLIP/CITY – View from inside a city cluster http://sourceable.net/wp-content/upl...ty-cluster.jpg |
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The Future Architecture Designs are Poetry for Human Living Tomorrow
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Sweaters for Skyscrapers – this is an idea for Burj Khalifa to be covered with sock-like cover that would be super- lightweight, reflective and semi-transparent material by the OP-EN. This way the tower will reflect as a massive mirror.
I thought we were trying to make our giant glass skyscrapers less like massive mirrors. God help anyone living within a mile of this thing. |
FLOATING CITIES: IS THE OCEAN HUMANITY’S NEXT FRONTIER?
Read More: http://www.factor-tech.com/future-ci...next-frontier/ Quote:
With almost 20% of the world’s population living in China, it is no surprise that the People’s Republic is one of the keenest countries to translate Fuller’s idea into a modern reality. http://www.factor-tech.com/wp-conten...014/08/at2.jpg The Seasteading Institute aims to take the idea of floating cities even further, creating communities that have political autonomy whilst existing under the sovereignty of a host state. They are currently in discussions with several potential host countries and are aiming to establish their first seastead by 2020. http://www.factor-tech.com/wp-conten.../seastead1.jpg It’s hard to categorise Freedom Ship International at first. On one hand, the intended MO of continually moving around the world, mooring off the coast of different ports for weeks at a time would suggest it to be a rather large boat. http://www.factor-tech.com/wp-conten...dom-Ship-1.jpg |
How An Architect Who Has Never Left North Korea Imagines The Future
Read More: http://io9.com/architect-who-has-nev...e-f-1617758452 Quote:
Mountain Conical Hotels, with ski runs in the pipes connecting the buildings http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/...dt5guypjf5.jpg Hotel for the port city Nampo http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/...jfcuc1bc6q.jpg A pedestrian bridge would let travelers walk through the mist of the Diamond Mountains http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/...9wmb8kzfkn.jpg An "Aerial Hotel" that allows guests to enjoy views of nature http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/...wcu1v7g6f5.jpg A tree-shaped hotel at Mount Kumgang http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/...hyvpvm4aia.jpg Villas overlooking a waterfall near Mount Kumgang http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/...hnmy1mkmhk.jpg A guest house inspired by a bird's nest http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/...7u7lel6atz.jpg http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/...xepcrk6ijq.jpg A flying residence for holidays on the go http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/...mbl7owogtq.jpg |
^How strange! A 90s revision of 70s pop sci-fi?
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Forget Vertical Farms, This Is a Vertical Rice Paddy/Fish Nursery/Transit Center/Nuclear Plant
Read More: http://www.citylab.com/design/2014/0...-plant/376051/ Quote:
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