Underwater Architecture
During the next few days we will showcase 5  proposals for sustainable underwater architecture. These projects were submitted for the Annual Skyscraper Competition from 2006 to 2009.

Project 1 of 5

Keith Dewey, Clayton Cowan, Robert Jakovina
Canada

Gyre creates a new class of eco-tourism by bringing scientists and vacationers together to understand the least known environment of our planet.  As much as a skyscraper is an economical method of reducing footprint on land, Gyre goes a step further by juxtaposing those footprints to the ocean. Its unique design permits the simultaneous application of wind, solar and tidal energy generation technologies. Peaking at a depth of 400 meters, its ample space provides for a comfortable living and working environment, including areas for shops, restaurants, gardens, and recreation. Read the rest of this entry »

Green Skyscrapers
In the next few days we will showcase 25 innovative proposals for green skyscrapers. These projects were submitted for the Annual Skyscraper Competition from 2006 to 2009.

Project 25 of 25

William Erwin, Dan Fletcher
United States

Seascraper

As global population continues to rise, urban centers are becoming increasingly dense. It will be necessary to develop areas previously believed to be uninhabitable. Seventy percent of the Earth’s surface is water; the Seascraper will provide a low impact sustainable living environment that reduces urban sprawl on land by allowing us to create dwellings in the ocean. The Seascraper is essentially a floating city. It will consist of homes, commercial space, and recreation areas. It will produce all of the energy necessary to support these functions. Read the rest of this entry »

Green Skyscrapers
In the next few days we will showcase 25 innovative proposals for green skyscrapers. These projects were submitted for the Annual Skyscraper Competition from 2006 to 2009.

Project 24 of 25

Vertical Streetscape

The main idea behind this project is to create a vertical city with the same qualities of traditional horizontal settlements. The goal is to define an outdoors vertical street that is connected to commercial, recreational, housing, and office areas. The vertical street would have a mix of escalators, ramps, elevators, and stairs with green parks and terraces. Read the rest of this entry »

Green Skyscrapers
In the next few days we will showcase 25 innovative proposals for green skyscrapers. These projects were submitted for the Annual Skyscraper Competition from 2006 to 2009.

Project 23 of 25

Epiphyte Architecture

The increase in the tropical belt calls for a tropical response to the problems of resources, energy, and global warming. While, also trying to increase the life of structures for the benefit of all, until advanced structural techniques and increased highly developed environmental sustainable buildings become available. Our response is “Mechanical Epiphytes” (ME). ME are environmental energy generators; structures that have a symbiotic relationship to their supporting structure, namely the skyscraper. In nature, epiphytes grow above the ground extracting their nutrients from the atmosphere while using other plants or objects for support. ME anchor to their supporting structure in high strategic locations providing its companion energy through the means of solar power, wind turbine generations, water absorption and carbon dioxide collection and transformation.

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Green Skyscrapers
In the next few days we will showcase 25 innovative proposals for green skyscrapers. These projects were submitted for the Annual Skyscraper Competition from 2006 to 2009.

Project 22 of 25

Nathan Shobe
United States

Wastescraper

The integration of a vertical landfill system in the Deonar Landfill will mitigate pollution entering the subterranean layers of earth. The absence of a clay liner / impervious membrane beneath the waste allows leachate to penetrate deep into the ground. Emissions of toxic fumes are present in landfills that have not been properly designed. It is these hazards that inspired the Wastescraper as a socially and environmentally responsible skyscraper. Read the rest of this entry »

Green Skyscrapers
In the next few days we will showcase 25 innovative proposals for green skyscrapers. These projects were submitted for the Annual Skyscraper Competition from 2006 to 2009.

Project 21 of 25

Mark Buenavista
United States

Could a tall building be a living machine rather than a machine for living or working? What are the implications of not just going tall, but growing tall? Cornell University is currently undertaking a program to develop midrise housing for students and faculty on New York City’s Roosevelt Island. The initial mixed-use program calls for student dormitories, market-rate faculty housing and additional, leasable office space. Currently the residents of Roosevelt Island have little or no access to food in the immediate vicinity. Residents must go to Manhattan, Brooklyn or Queens to buy groceries. What would happen if viable food systems were introduced to the island? What if agriculture on the island was encapsulated within a tall building? This solution would add new depth to experiencing ecological and climatic systems in an urban, living, and working environment. Read the rest of this entry »

Green Skyscrapers
In the next few days we will showcase 25 innovative proposals for green skyscrapers. These projects were submitted for the Annual Skyscraper Competition from 2006 to 2009.

Project 20 of 25

Domenic Cerantonio, Michael Wu, Wilson Tang
Australia

Voronoi Skyscraper

Poreux is a Project located in Docklands waterfront Melbourne, Australia. It is a proposal to Bridge Docklands to Melbourne centre activity district. The railway tracks split the two places, discouraging a fluid transition of urban life. A Voronoi network is used as the basis of the design concept as an attempt to evenly distribute density of population and programs horizontally and vertically, diffusing the hierarchical organization inherent in a city iron grid to encourage every network reaching its potential. The programs have been scrutinized at both the macro level and micro level to ensure it embraces and contributes to its surrounding to make Docklands a more accessible and a more pleasurable place to be in. Read the rest of this entry »

Green Skyscrapers
In the next few days we will showcase 25 innovative proposals for green skyscrapers. These projects were submitted for the Annual Skyscraper Competition from 2006 to 2009.

Project 19 of 25

Ting Ho Cheung, Yiju Lee
Canada

Megastructure - Urban Organism

The strategies of urbanization, especially the impacts of suburbia colonization, are a controversy. The hypothesis for this research is the influence of a higher population density in the Greater Toronto Area and how this will affect its inherent resources. The prosperity of cities depends on the smooth movement of people and goods and it is getting more difficult with the increasing sprawling developments where large portions of land are not utilized and houses, shops, and workplaces are very far from each other. Read the rest of this entry »

Green Skyscrapers
In the next few days we will showcase 25 innovative proposals for green skyscrapers. These projects were submitted for the Annual Skyscraper Competition from 2006 to 2009.

Project 18 of 25

Guillaume Letschert, Dorian Bernards, Myriam Cesaroni
France

Urban Farmlands

Today more than 50 percent of the world’s population live in urban centers, by the year 2050, it will be nearly 80 percent. During the interim it is expected that the population will increase by an extra 3 billion people. With today intensive farming practices, characterized by high inputs of capital, water, fertilizers, and waste; an estimated 10,000,000 hectares of new land will be needed to grow enough food to feed them. At the moment we have nearly reach the maximum of land that is sustainable for crops. Each year we are losing about 100,000 square kilometers of topsoil around the world, the majority with poor management and poor urban planning. Read the rest of this entry »

Green Skyscrapers
In the next few days we will showcase 25 innovative proposals for green skyscrapers. These projects were submitted for the Annual Skyscraper Competition from 2006 to 2009.

Project 17 of 25

Pierre Heuser, Markus Egle, Lars Junghans
Germany

Forest Vertical Living

The Forest
The aim of this concept is to reach a sustainable, ecological structure with a high living quality and a high population density. Therefore the skyscraper should not be seen as an expression of individuality but as an element of a larger system. In the forest (shadow, climate conditions etc.) it is possible to achieve special synergy effects. This proposal introduces a new layer above ground for symbiotic leaving with the forest.

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