Skyscrapers of the future projects. Giant skyscrapers of the future
Established in 2006, the annual Best Skyscraper competition is one of the world's most prestigious awards for high-rise architecture. The idea of the competition is to recognize outstanding ideas that consider skyscraper design through the introduction of new technologies and methods to solve the economic, social and cultural problems of a modern city, taking into account the scarcity of natural resources and infrastructure, increasing population, pollution and unplanned urbanization. The purpose of the competition is to explore the relationship between the skyscraper and the natural world, the skyscraper and the community, and the skyscraper and the city.
First place - LO2P skyscraper
Conceived as a giant turbine, the LO2P skyscraper will be located in New Delhi, one of the most polluted cities in the world due to the exponential growth of population and cars. The idea behind this skyscraper is to recycle old cars and use them as building material for a new structure. The building is designed as a giant lung that will purify New Delhi's air through a series of large-scale greenhouses that act as filters to absorb airborne particles. The processed heat and carbon dioxide will be used to grow plants that produce biofuels.
Skyscraper LO2P
Second place - Flat Tower
Flat Tower is a new high-density typology that deviates from the traditional skyscraper. The building is based on a medium-height dome structure that covers a large area while maintaining its beauty and previous function. The dome is perforated like cages with skylights that provide direct sunlight to the interior space. The large surface area of the dome is designed to allow the collection of rainwater and solar energy. Residential and office spaces are planned on the upper floors, and retail and entertainment infrastructure on the lower floors. An automated transport system will connect all parts of the building. The project can be used in any medium to large city, although it was designed for the old industrial area of Rennes in France.
Third place - Re-imagining the hoover dam
The current amenities of the world famous Hoover Dam in the United States consist of an observation deck, a bridge and a gallery scattered on both sides of the dam. This project aims to rebuild these structures by merging them into a single vertical super structure with the addition of a vertical aquarium and gallery.
Re-imagining the hoover dam
NeoTax
NeoTax is a three-dimensional network infrastructure formed in a horizontal and vertical plane. The network is based on a system of modules, which can be considered as individual blocks or districts, and allows for the possibility of adding new modules.
NeoTax
PoroCity
PoroCity is a project to redevelop and rehabilitate the Dharavi area of Mumbai, India, one of the largest slums in the world. The basis of the design is the rectangular Sierpinski pyramid. The structure consists of blocks divided into 3x9 meters, forming housing compartments with terraces, where there will also be businesses, offices, educational institutions, shopping and medical centers. It will be possible to move around using elevators, escalators and funiculars moving in different planes.
Tower for the Dead – Tower of the Dead
Given overcrowding and land shortages, this project involves the construction of an underground vertical cemetery for Mexico City, where family members of the deceased can descend to pay their respects.
Tower for the Dead
Fish Tower
The fish tower is a prototype for a vertical fish farm that could be 30 times more efficient than traditional farms. It is assumed that there will be a fish market on the lower level. At the middle levels there will be fish farms, which were developed on the basis of research and analysis of the habitat of specific fish species. And on the upper levels are research laboratories where new technologies will be tested to achieve the productivity of 600 traditional fish farms across 20 levels.
Fish Tower
Sport Tower - Sports Tower
This project proposes a vertical complex that integrates various sports facilities in one place.
Sport Tower
RE:pH – Coastscraper
The concept behind the coastal skyscraper is to reduce the acidity of the oceans by adding fossilized coccolithophores (white chalk) to the water. The best location for the project is South East England with a huge geological strip of white chalk stretching from the outskirts of London to the White Cliffs of Dover.
RE:pH – Coastscraper
Iceberg Autonomy
The iceberg's autonomy is a "sea scraper", a drifting enclave containing oil reservoirs and separators and engaged in offshore mining.
Iceberg Autonomy
Tourist City Skyscraper
Tourism City is a group of megastructures in Cancun, Mexico that will eliminate unplanned urbanization and restore the natural landscape.
Tourist City Skyscraper
Rhizome Tower
Rhizome Tower - thousands of underground plateaus suggests the creation of an underground city. This is a response to sudden climate change and other environmental disasters. The main idea is to develop an "earthscraper" that uses underground and above-ground resources , creating a new typology of life. The project is divided into four different levels, organized around a central core. The first layer is above the surface, which will house agricultural farms, food production and recreational facilities. The entire facade is covered with a solar cell to collect solar energy, and individual sections are also equipped with wind turbines. The second layer, at about 60 levels, is the living area with a range of different living spaces to suit the size of the family. The third and fourth layers are used as service areas and offices, along with the deepest part of the project dedicated to geothermal energy exploration and collection.
Rhizome Tower
Borough no. 6
District No. 6 - New York. Situated above the existing cityscape, the building occupies the space between 22nd and 14th Streets and 6th and 7th Avenues in New York City. The size of the structure creates interdependence and allows for the formation of a new community within an already dense development. Woven into the fabric of residential buildings, large office towers provide work space for the structure's occupants. These towers are deployed to create a public park high above the city, providing public access to nature.
Borough no. 6
Singapore's Waterfront
The proposed building is located on Singapore's waterfront and will serve as an addition to the existing financial districts. Considering Singapore's climate and its scarce water resources, the design emphasis is on creating strategies to utilize natural ventilation, rainwater and sunlight. The tower is tilted 20 degrees towards the embankment. In addition, the project aims to create an ideal home with its own garden, in close proximity to the center of Singapore. The base, which resembles an area with rich vegetation, forms two outdoor swimming pools, public gardens, and sports facilities.
Singapore's Waterfront
Moonscraper
A lunar skyscraper is planned to be built on the outskirts of Shackleton Crater at the South Pole of the Moon.
Moonscraper
Floating Olympic Complex
The main idea of the Floating Olympic Complex is the creation of vertical inverted skyscrapers that will serve as hosts during the games, and will be further transformed into a floating city with residential buildings, recreation areas, offices and other infrastructure. This project is expected to be implemented at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Floating Olympic Complex
This is the ninth competition of this kind. 525 projects from 43 countries took part in it. Three winners and 20 laureates were selected by a strict jury, which included leading world experts in the field of architecture and design
The projects that you will see here will not be implemented tomorrow, or even the day after tomorrow. However, they provide a glimpse into how cities may change in the future.
The first prize was awarded to a project that combined the features of national Korean architecture with the features of a modern multi-purpose high-rise building.
Second place went to a skyscraper-city with residential premises, recreation areas and commercial offices - all of which fit into a giant cube.
The environmentally friendly skyscraper received third place. It is supposed to neutralize greenhouse gases and thus reduce their content in the atmosphere.
“Sandy Babylon” is a group of environmentally friendly structures that, according to the author of the project, should serve as scientific bases and attract tourists. The main building material for the construction of these towers will be sand, processed using 3- D printer using solar energy.
A new look at the idea of a greenhouse. This skyscraper will serve as a research center for weather forecasting and other scientific research.
This skyscraper rushed upward to rid aircraft of hydrocarbon dependence during takeoff using electromagnetism.
Vertical junction station for super-high-speed trains.
A giant water tower collects water during the rainy seasons and waters the land during dry periods.
The “New Tower of Babel” is a metal structure that the author proposes to build in the desert as an “open city.”
The Bamboo Forest project is intended primarily for Asia. The author suggests enclosing the building with permanent bamboo scaffolding as an additional reinforcement of the structure in case of an earthquake. Another advantage of this project is the possibility of growing vertical gardens.
The “Superfilter” skyscraper, which will “inhale” carbon dioxide and other harmful gases and “exhale” concentrated oxygen.
A structure in the shape of a giant umbrella that generates “green” energy.
In the event of a strong earthquake, this building, instead of collapsing, will sink into unstable soil.
Project for large cities. Designed to accommodate as many residents as possible right on the site of important transport hubs.
“Sky Village” is a project for Los Angeles. Connects several districts of the city.
Opened in 2010, the 828-meter Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai has become the tallest building on the planet, a symbol of the triumph of engineering genius. But she is not destined to be a record holder for long. In different parts of the Earth, preparations are already in full swing for the construction of even more tall and complex skyscrapers, each of which has a height at least a kilometer.
Sky City. China
The Sky City Tower, although it will have a height of just under a kilometer, is likely to be the first to break the Burj Khalifa's record of 828 meters from the base to the top of the spire. The project involves the construction of a stepped 838-meter tower in the Chinese city of Changsha, on 202 floors of which there will be residential apartments, hotels, educational institutions, hospitals, offices, and shops.
But what is interesting is not so much the record height of Sky City, but the incredibly fast pace of construction of this building. The Broad Sustainable Building company, which will build it, is known throughout the world for erecting high-rise buildings in just a few days. She plans to build this skyscraper in just 90 days plus 120 days of preparing the site for construction.
Construction of this skyscraper was supposed to begin in the summer of 2013, but has so far been postponed. True, preparatory work on the site where Sky City will grow is gradually underway.
Azerbaijan Tower. Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan also wants to build the world's tallest skyscraper. Growing revenues from the sale of oil and gas make it possible to implement very large social and infrastructure projects in this country, for example, the construction of the artificial Khazar Islands archipelago, the high-rise dominant of which will be the 1050-meter Azerbaijan Tower.
The construction of the archipelago began several years ago. Now the first public, residential and office buildings have grown on it, and the construction of the Azerbaijan Tower itself is expected to begin in 2015.
The project’s investors promise to put the Azerbaijan Tower building into operation in 2019, and to finish the entire artificial archipelago by 2020.
Kingdom Tower. Saudi Arabia
But still, most of the super-tall building projects are planned to be implemented in rich Arab countries. For example, Saudi Arabia lives with the idea of building the tallest building in the world - they are haunted by the Burj Khalifa in the neighboring United Arab Emirates.
Construction of the Kingdom Tower skyscraper began in 2013 in the city of Jeddah. The height of this 167-story building will be just over 1000 meters. The exact data is still unknown - they will appear only after the facility is put into operation. Investors are afraid to make them public, fearing that someone will build a structure just a few meters higher and break the record.
Kingdom Tower will be the centerpiece of the Kingdom Center mixed-use development, a city of residential, office, hotel, retail and entertainment developments that will cost $20 billion.
Madinat al-Hareer. Kuwait
They want to build a kilometer-long skyscraper in Kuwait. In June 2014, a building project called Madinat al-Hareer, whose height will be 1001 meters, was finally approved there.
The name "Madinat al-Hareer" translates as "Silk City", which alludes to Kuwait's glorious history as one of the world's silk trading centers. It was originally planned that this skyscraper would be built by 2016, but, apparently, this deadline will be postponed by at least two years.
Dubai City Tower. United Arab Emirates
Dubai is looking at the projects listed above with caution - in the very near future they could break the height record of the Burj Dubai skyscraper. But, on the other hand, in this city they don’t sit with their hands folded. There, work is in full swing to create a project for the world's first two-kilometer building.
The Eiffel Tower is used as the basis for the design of Dubai City Tower. But the dimensions of this Arab skyscraper will be seven and a half times larger than the French prototype. The height of the future tower will be 2400 meters.
The 400 floors of the Dubai City Tower will be connected not only by elevators, but also by a vertical train that can travel at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour and transport people from the bottom floor to the top in a matter of seconds.
Opened in 2010, the 828-meter Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai has become the tallest building on the planet, a symbol of the triumph of engineering genius. But she is not destined to be a record holder for long. In different parts of the Earth, preparations are already in full swing for the construction of even more tall and complex skyscrapers, each of which has a height at least a kilometer.
Sky City. China
The Sky City Tower, although it will have a height of just under a kilometer, is likely to be the first to break the Burj Khalifa's record of 828 meters from the base to the top of the spire. The project involves the construction of a stepped 838-meter tower in the Chinese city of Changsha, on 202 floors of which there will be residential apartments, hotels, educational institutions, hospitals, offices, and shops.
But what is interesting is not so much the record height of Sky City, but the incredibly fast pace of construction of this building. The Broad Sustainable Building company, which will build it, is known throughout the world for its construction in just a few days. She plans to build this skyscraper in just 90 days plus 120 days of preparing the site for construction.
Construction of this skyscraper was supposed to begin in the summer of 2013, but has so far been postponed. True, preparatory work on the site where Sky City will grow is gradually underway.
Azerbaijan Tower. Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan also wants to build the world's tallest skyscraper. Growing revenues from the sale of oil and gas make it possible to implement very large social and infrastructure projects in this country, for example, the construction of the artificial Khazar Islands archipelago, the high-rise dominant of which will be a 1050-meter tower.
The construction of the archipelago began several years ago. Now the first public, residential and office buildings have grown on it, and the construction of the Azerbaijan Tower itself is expected to begin in 2015.
The project’s investors promise to put the Azerbaijan Tower building into operation in 2019, and to finish the entire artificial archipelago by 2020.
Kingdom Tower. Saudi Arabia
But still, most of the super-tall building projects are planned to be implemented in rich Arab countries. For example, Saudi Arabia lives with the idea of building the tallest building in the world - they are haunted by the Burj Khalifa in the neighboring United Arab Emirates.
Construction of the Kingdom Tower skyscraper began in 2013 in the city of Jeddah. The height of this 167-story building will be just over 1000 meters. The exact data is still unknown - they will appear only after the facility is put into operation. Investors are afraid to make them public, fearing that someone will build a structure just a few meters higher and break the record.
Kingdom Tower will be the centerpiece of the Kingdom Center mixed-use development, a $20 billion city of residential, office, hotel, retail and entertainment developments.
Madinat al-Hareer. Kuwait
They want to build a kilometer-long skyscraper in Kuwait. In June 2014, a building project called Madinat al-Hareer, whose height will be 1001 meters, was finally approved there.
The name "Madinat al-Hareer" translates as "Silk City", which alludes to Kuwait's glorious history as one of the world's silk trading centers. It was originally planned that this skyscraper would be built by 2016, but, apparently, this deadline will be postponed by at least two years.
Dubai City Tower. United Arab Emirates
Dubai is looking at the projects listed above with caution - they could break the height record of the Burj Dubai skyscraper in the very near future. But, on the other hand, in this city they don’t sit with their hands folded. There, work is in full swing to create a project for the world's first two-kilometer building.
The Eiffel Tower is used as the basis for the design of Dubai City Tower. But the dimensions of this Arab skyscraper will be seven and a half times larger than the French prototype. The height of the future tower will be 2400 meters.
The 400 floors of the Dubai City Tower will be connected not only by elevators, but also by a vertical train that can travel at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour and transport people from the bottom floor to the top in a matter of seconds.
Investors and authors of the Dubai City Tower skyscraper project expect it to be commissioned in 2025. The construction estimate has not been disclosed.
Currently the tallest tower in the world is the 828 meter Burj Khalifa in Dubai and it is an engineering triumph. It would seem much higher? But the world's brilliant minds consider it not the limit of their engineering capabilities. What should we expect in the next decade, and maybe even years?
Preparations are already underway for the construction of skyscrapers that will eclipse the Burj Khalifa with their height, which will exceed a kilometer.
1. Sky City Tower - this will be a stepped 838-meter tower in the Chinese city of Changsha, on 202 floors of which there will be residential apartments, hotels, educational institutions, hospitals, offices, and shops.
The most amazing thing about the construction of this skyscraper is that it will be built in 90 days plus 120 days of preparing the site for construction. The Broad Sustainable Building company, which will build it, is known throughout the world for the speed of construction, and is taking on the incredible.
Construction of this skyscraper was supposed to begin in the summer of 2013, but has so far been postponed. True, preparatory work on the site where Sky City will grow is gradually underway.
2. Azerbaijan does not want to lag behind advanced countries and plans to build an artificial archipelago Khazar Islands with a 1050-meter tower Azerbaijan Tower. Considerable income from the sale of oil and gas allows Azerbaijan to implement large infrastructure projects.
The construction of the archipelago began several years ago. Now the first public, residential and office buildings have grown on it, and the construction of the Azerbaijan Tower itself is expected to begin in 2015.
The commissioning of the Azerbaijan Tower building is planned for 2019, and they want to complete the entire artificial archipelago by 2020.
3. It is unlikely that anyone will be able to surpass the ambitions of Saudi Arabia, which lives by the idea of building the tallest building in the world, well, if only the United Arab Emirates.
This is what the Kingdom Tower skyscraper project in Saudi Arabia looks like.
Construction of the Kingdom Tower skyscraper began in 2013 in the city of Jeddah. The height of this 167-story building will be just over 1000 meters. Investors do not disclose exact figures, fearing that someone will build a structure just a few meters higher.
The total cost of the new skyscraper will be $20 billion.
4. In Kuwait, in June 2014, a building project called Madinat al-Hareer, whose height will be 1001 meters, was finally approved.
The name "Madinat al-Hareer" translates as "Silk City", representing the history of Kuwait at the time when it was one of the world centers of silk trade. Construction is planned to be completed by 2018.
5. But Dubai has no plans to give up its place to anyone as the builder of the tallest skyscrapers and, therefore, work is in full swing there to create a project for the world’s first two-kilometer building.
The Eiffel Tower is used as the basis for the design of Dubai City Tower. But the dimensions of this Arab skyscraper will be seven and a half times larger than the French prototype. The height of the future tower will be 2400 meters.
The 400 floors of the Dubai City Tower will be connected not only by elevators, but also by a vertical train that can travel at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour and transport people from the bottom floor to the top in a matter of seconds.
