Grattacielo_Bio_meteor_city

Evolo Skyscraper 2012 New York / United States / 2012

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BIO METOR CITY REGARDING THE PROBLEMS THAT EVER GROWING METROPLITAN CITIES ARE LIVING , THIS YEARS THEME HAS SUGGESTED AN EXTRA CHALLENGE , PROJECTING THE CHOICE OF THE SITE IN AN UNEXPLORED PURVIEW : METEOR CITY , Ar .THE PROPOSAL CONSISTS IN PLANNING A NEW MODEL OF HABITAT SUCH TO INSPIRE CURIOSITY OF BEING ABLE TO LIVE A NEW AND UNIQUE RELATIONAL EXPERIENCE. THE SKYSCRAPERS THAT ARE BUILT TODAY HAVE NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM OF A NEW BALANCE BETWEEN MAN AND NATURE BECAUSE EACH SKYSCRAPER HAS BECOME A WORLD OF ITS OWN AND THIS CAN’T SOLVE THE EXTERNAL OVERALL PROBLEMS OF ALL THE CITY.SKYSCRAPERS ARE FOR US THE GENERATING ELEMENT FOR LIFE CONTAMINATING THE OUSTSIDE WORLD AND ENCOURAGING THE GROWTH OF A NEW CITY WHERE THE NATURAL AND MANMADE ELEMENTS COEXIST IN AN ORGANIC EQUILIBRIUM. IDEA THE BMC PROJECT BEGINS FROM THE IDEA OF RECOVERING A CRATER OF METEORIC ORIGIN FOR THE CREATION OF A NEW CITY WITH A TOURIST VOCATION .THE CHOSEN LOCATION FOR THE NEW CITY WAS THE METEOR CRATER IN ARIZONA A KEY CHOICE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT.THE USER WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE AN EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE LIKE THE ONE OF LIVING IN A FUTURE TERRESTRIAL COLONY IN A LUNAR CRATER. CONCEPT THE METEORITE THAT 50000 YEARS AGO DESTROYED LIFE CREATING OUR SITE OF TODAY BECOMES THE METAPHOR FOR A NEW LIFE : A MIX OF TERRESTRIAL AND METEORIC DNA. THE GENERATING MODEL IS THE HELICAL DNA FORM ,DEFINED BY FOUR BASIC ELEMENTS THAT ARE THE FONDAMENTAL FACTORS OF LIFE.THE ALIEN DNA STRUCTURE JOINS WITH TERRESTRIAL DNA TO BECOME A NEW DNA THAT WILL BE THE STARTING ELEMENT OF THIS NEW LIFE. THESE FOUR ELEMENTS ARE THE SKYSCRAPERS AND THE CITYS BASIC FUNCTIONS :RECEPTIVE,RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC AND SOCIAL SERVICES. MASTER PLAN THE GEOMETRIC FORMS USED TO DEPICT THESE SPACES ARE THE DNA MATRICES ,THE HEXAGON AND THE PENTAGON. THE FIRST DEPICTS BUILDINGS AND THE SECOND GREEN AREAS. BOTH MATRICES OF THE DNA CHAIN BECOME THE FORMAL ARCHETYPE TO DRAW THE CRATERS MASTER PLAN. THE SKYSCRAPER ARISES FROM THE CENTER OF THE CRATER AS THE GENERATING ELEMENT OF THE MASTER PLAN.WATER, FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENT FOR LIFE , BECOMES A LAKE THAT SURROUNDS THE SKYSCRAPER. THE MASTER PLANS FLOORPLAN DEVELOPMENT IS BASED ON THE DEFINITION OF 36 CIRCULAR SECTORS. EACH SECTOR HAS IN IT THE FOUR CITED FUNCTIONS THAT USE THE TWO GEOMETRICAL FORMS ALSO CITED : THE PENTAGON AND THE HEXAGON.THE PLANT OF THE VOLUMES ARE DEPICTED IN A RADIAL FORM. THE FIRST RING IS THE LAKE , THE SECOND ARE USED FOR PARKS , PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OTHER SOCIAL OR RECREATIONAL CONSTRUCTIONS, THE THIRD RING IS DEDICATED TOWARDS COMMERCIAL ,RECEPTIVE AND RESIDENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND THE FOURTH IS USED TO PRODUCE ENERGY THROUGH RENEWABLE SOURCES . SKYSCRAPER OUR SKYSCRAPER IS 1187 METRES HIGH , WHICH IS THE DIAMETER OF THE CRATER AND HAS AN ORGANIC SHAPE THAT DERIVES FROM THE ASTEROID.THE STRUCTURAL MODEL IS A RETICULAR CLINDRIC DOUBLE MESH MADE OF IRON RHOMBOID SECTIONED BEAMS.THE OUTSIDE SKIN IS INSTEAD MADE FROM AN IRON TRIANGULAR MESH AND PHOTOVOLTAIC GLASS. THERE ARE EIGHT MAYOR LAYERS ON WHICH WE HAVE PLACED ALL OF OUR FACILITIES:LAYER ZERO OPEN AIR ACTIVITIES, LAYER ONE SHUTTLE TERMINAL,LAYER TWO CIVIC AND EDUCATIONAL ,LAYER THREE CASINO’ , CINEMAS AND OTHER CULTURAL ACTIVITIES ,LAYER FOUR PARKS AND RECREATIONAL , LAYER FIVE OFFICE AND BUSINESS ,LAYER SIX BOTANIC GARDENS , GOLF PARK AND RESTAURANT ,LAYER SEVEN ASTRONOMICAL MUSEUM WITH AN OBSERVATORIUM AND PLANETARIUM. SHUTTLE BUSSES LINKS THE CITY TO THE SKYSCRAPER.
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    BIO METOR CITY REGARDING THE PROBLEMS THAT EVER GROWING METROPLITAN CITIES ARE LIVING , THIS YEARS THEME HAS SUGGESTED AN EXTRA CHALLENGE , PROJECTING THE CHOICE OF THE SITE IN AN UNEXPLORED PURVIEW : METEOR CITY , Ar .THE PROPOSAL CONSISTS IN PLANNING A NEW MODEL OF HABITAT SUCH TO INSPIRE CURIOSITY OF BEING ABLE TO LIVE A NEW AND UNIQUE RELATIONAL EXPERIENCE. THE SKYSCRAPERS THAT ARE BUILT TODAY HAVE NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM OF A NEW BALANCE BETWEEN MAN AND NATURE BECAUSE EACH SKYSCRAPER HAS...

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    • Year 2012
    • Main structure Mixed structure
    • Client Concorso Evolo sKYSCRAPERS 2012
    • Status Competition works
    • Type multi-purpose civic centres / Single-family residence / Social Housing / Office Buildings / Business Centers / Conference Centres / Pavilions / Interior Design / Custom Furniture / Graphic Design / Modular/Prefabricated housing / Exhibitions /Installations
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