Abstract
In the current era the “future” becomes an increasingly uncertain question. Huge projects are being built right now all over the world supported mainly on the interests of Real Estate speculation. This capitalist driven urban expansion relies on a specific typology: the Skyscraper.
Simultaneously, the world population continues to increase, focusing on the urban. This problematic asks for new urban typologies that rethink verticality.
Through these projects, we don’t pretend to offer a better alternative, but to radicalize the question of verticality and to formulate a theoretical fertile-ground for a post skyscraper typology.
Site Context
Lynetteholm- Copenhagen, Denmark
Project Brief
- Started in 2022
- 30/50 Years in Making
- 2.8 km2
- Housing 35,000 People
Lynetteholm- Copenhagen, Denmark
Objectives
Lynetteholm- Copenhagen, Denmark
To secure the harbor against storms
Then why are they building so much?
To store 2.6 million tones soil surplus
By removing the biologically rich seabed?
To create a new urban district for a growing urban population
Or for a growing real-state speculation?
Proposed Site
Risks:
- Altering / contaminating ocean currents.
- Valuable edgelands and and wild habitats endangered.
- Construction and movement of materials to damage the environment.
Pseudocode
Parametric Shape Generator
The Cliff
The Loop City
Climate Analysis
Envelope Optimisation by Radiation
The Cliff
The Loop City
Voxel distribution optimization for equal distance
The Cliff
The Loop City
Renders
The Cliff
The Loop City
