the skylines of the future

[n2doc]

Interesting contest. Many look like the covers of SF books...



Rain-making buildings and a bee hive-like tower covered in buzzing drones -- these are the structures that could shape the skylines of the future.

Both concepts were submitted to the annual eVolo Skyscraper Competition, which invites young architects and designers from around the world to identify technological and environmental trends or problems, and design skyscrapers that respond to them.
This year, 489 designs were submitted, from which 3 finalists and 21 honorable mentions were selected.





more

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/31/architecture/evolo-architecture-competition/index.html

[LongTomH]

1. Interesting concepts! Some of these structures are reminiscent of Paolo Soleri's arcologies

Soleri died in 2013 without ever completing his Arcosanti project in the Arizona desert; although Arcosanti could be considered a continuing work in progress.

The pictures below are Hexahedron, one of Soleri's more futuristic arcologies.

[hunter]

2. More realistically, I think we're looking at something like the rough and tumble neighborhoods of...

... Cairo or Mexico City, which is the world standard for "middle class."

I actually think organically grown communities are preferable to overly "planned" communities.

Most architects are fascists, the people who live and work in their monuments are serfs. It's the modern form of feudalism.

There's a sweet spot between chaos with raw sewage flowing down the gutters and tightly regulated urbanization, a sweet spot where people have the freedom to modify their own homes in pursuit of their own aimless happiness.

The happiness of sky-scraper and arcology builders, and their disciples, is just as aimless as the odd neighbors who will paint their homes in some eccentric manner, or keep chickens, or work on old cars in their driveway, for no other reason than that it makes them happy.