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Life in the Dead
Rokib Al-Hasan, posted May 2013
"Life in the Dead" begins with an exploration into nature’s ability to reinhabit obsolete environments. This method is applied to the Gasometer, using technologies and design methods that harness the wind, water and sun. |
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L! iving +
Eva-Maria Friedel and Angela Koch, posted May 2013
The apartments are oriented both to the outside of the building and to the inside. The tower is exposed and aired through the continuous open yard hereby giving the apartments a “living through” concept.
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Cultural Center for All
Jong Han, Ha Lim Choi, and Sang Hyun Lee, posted April 2013
We envisioned a vertical structure being the environment of coinciding diverse cultures (or programs) alleviating tension and creating public interactions in the zone with high potential of conflict.
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Healing High-Rise
Noura Ghabra, Rong Xu, and Jing Huang, posted April 2013
This project aims to tackle both environmental and social sustainability through the design of a tall building that meets Passivhaus performance criteria while responding to the human needs of health and wellbeing. |
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Vertical Oasis
Clarissa Wenborn and Aaron Marriott, posted March 2013
The Vertical Oasis evolved from a consideration of water sustainability in the UAE. Water usage is among the highest in the world in the country and the lack of potable water and reliance on desalination makes water a vital element. |
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Slip_In Urbanism
Anesta Iwan, posted March 2013
Instead of continuing to build upon the given footprints, Slip-in Urbanism proposes to transfer the new and unbuilt air rights into a new high-rise typology located above urban intersections. |
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Spiny Lizard
Arash Kheiki, posted February 2013
This project is designed as a direct response to the harsh sun and hot semiarid climate of Abu Dhabi. Rejecting the curtain-wall-clad, fully-glazed tall building, so prevalent in the Middle East, it instead draws inspiration from nature. |
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Woven
Shawna Hammon, posted February 2013
Woven challenges the public's perception of wood as a viable structural material for skyscrapers. Wood sequesters carbon, requires less embodied energy to produce, has a fire rating and is a renewable resource. |
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Vertical Memorials
Tianwei Ye, Qian Zheng and Yuning Pang, posted January 2013
To be buried in the earth, is a long tradition deeply rooted in every Chinese mind. The building was turned upside down, to dig a “hole” into the earth. The ring shape provides loop circulation as well as a full experience of the “hole.” |
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Postitalo Torni
Gabriel Huerta, posted January 2013
The project is sited opportunistically at the cusp of the old city center and the developing cultural zone of Helsinki, making the tower an iconic beacon from the harbor waterfront. |
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