Ocean-Scraper 2050

Evolo, USA

2010

 

A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building. There is no official definition or height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper. The most highlighted factor which the skyscrapers have followed during their history has been to re-defining the life-style regarding the futuristic need of Human!!!

The design work aimed to propose a new futuristic human life-style, based on some natural problems threatening human life in close future.
Problems
Some problems sound significant in tomorrow world much more than today. Global Warming increases in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans since the mid-20th century and its projected continuation. Global surface temperature increased 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.33 ± 0.32 °F) between the start and the end of the 20th century.
Other natural hazards as Earthquake, Flood, and Volcano are demolishing the houses and killing the people. By increasing the temperature of Earth the rate of these hazards are being grown up.
Moreover, the increase of population in the world is limiting the urban movements and growing up a new hazard for tomorrow: Traffic!!!!
Needs for new lifestyle
The aforementioned problems call for new Human life-style, and to find a new place for a longer life without afraid of temperature, earthquake, flood, volcano, and traffic. Maybe, it is time to leave the surface of Earth; but where to live!!!??
Design process
In the last few years we have seen hundreds of new skyscrapers been developed around the world without careful consideration to the context or environment. There is a constant lack of urban planning and poor architectural design without intellectual or perceptual enjoyment.
According to Evolo, the aim of the competition is to push our imagination to redefine the term skyscraper through the use of new materials, technology, aesthetics, programs, and spatial organizations. Globalization, environmental warming, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution are just some of the multi-layered elements that should be taken in consideration.

This stage has been done by preparing the sketches, 3D models, and poster established on the previous phases and the guidelines of theoretical design stage. Furthermore, all the buildings have been designed to provide their own energy from sources as: wind, solar energy, recycling the waste of materials (biomass), and wave power (wave of ocean), and geothermal energy.