Floating City
Speculative and built projects exploring cities that float, drift, or exist in unconventional spatial relationships to land and water.
Life Floats: A Floating Neighbourhood Built from Hulls for a Sinking Jakarta Shoreline
Four buoyant prototypes for housing, gardens and utilities gather around a central dock where subsidence has drowned the jl Pantai Mutiara district.
Afloat: A Floating Indonesian City That Uses Shared Housing to Ease Ethnic Tension
Timber gables, fishing grids and planted islets form a water district where a common way of living becomes the ground on which neighbors meet.
Afloat
Designing a water resilient neighborhood
When will we be able to see all of the entries?
Please go to the "Entries" section of the site, here:- https://uni.xyz/competitions/afloat/entries
Is the entry fee 33 per person or total 33 for all members
33 for all members upto a team of 4.
CityScraper
Sustainable Skyscraper Design Challenge
Hello I am Ali Kanani Yazdi from Iran. I wanted to know if I can participate in this competition or not?
Yes, you can.
Linear City
The increased presence and use of automation and artificial intelligence in society will create radical changes to the way people live and work This project provides new ways to live and work for both people with and without the skills still needed to hold a job By creating an adaptable and expandable city AI can begin to best serve the needs of everyone.
Rain
We live under towering skyscrapers, often feeling overwhelmed. To reduce this pressure, we propose a climate-responsive tower. Instead of rigid structures, the design embraces organic curves, creating a softer urban experience. With Singapore’s water agreement ending in 2061, the building integrates a rainwater system for self-sufficiency and security.
HYPERBLOCK
"At night we know these towers by their illumination in color. These yellow, red, green, blue and white towers tell us the sector we are entering and, along the approach, light is used to see by and give us direction in ideas of lighting in rhythm with our speed". Midtown Philadelphia, Louis I. Kahn.
Proximity Island Frame: A Floating Platform That Holds the Horizon Still While the Sea Moves
qiaoxi wu's Editor's Choice entry rides existing offshore columns with the tide, framing the sea-sky line as a fixed datum in a restless ocean.
Proximity Island: An Abandoned Oil Rig Reborn as a Vertical Cultural Ecosystem at Sea
Sasha Pokidova stacks galleries, research spaces and co-housing cells inside a sponge-like hexagonal skin, turning offshore industry into a micro-city.
Powerhouse Company Floats a 5,880 Square Meter Office on Rotterdam's Rijnhaven
A timber-clad, solar-powered headquarters for the Global Center on Adaptation proves that climate-resilient architecture can also be inviting.
The City Hub: A Copenhagen Bascule Bridge That Anchors a Floating Public Platform Beneath Its Span
A cycling bridge with two 50-metre bascule leaves and a two-level floating platform turns a Copenhagen canal crossing into a place to stay.
Lumino-City
Our goal is for our park Lumino-City to serve a purpose and become a destination, not just a well-planned, coherent space. Our park is in New York City at the Robert F Wanger Jr. Park. There are 5 follies located on the site with the focus being light and community.
Marina City
A hub for maritime research and education in Fredrikstad Norway at the mouth of the North-sea, Marina City utilizes fluid design techniques to integrate divesituated along the banks of the River Glomm. allowing for a dynamic curriculum focused on field-study and interactive research opportunities.
Original and interesting project. Great presentation. A bit oversized for the site/context, but definitely a place I would like to visit.
The flowing circulation of the building is inspired by water in an obvious but interesting way, and the proposal is nicely communicated through it's illustrations and supportive texts. The final outcome is a bit messy and strange to the site, but the programming and relationship to the river makes up for that.
Living Ledges
Adapting new systems for susantainable living by preserving the natural faculties we rely .
AFloat
Our design consists of one starshaped neighborhood with residential houses and additional services (community gardens, playground and park). One neighborhood fits the given site, but it can be multiplied in each side, so this concept can solve much larger area. In that scenario, a number of “stars” create a “constellation”.
A very strong analysis. Various building modules and plug & socket system offer a wide range and dynamic development possibility.
User oriented design which offers flexibility and versatility is relevant to Jakarta's ever-changing neighborhood. Rational orthogonal plan is complimented with different architectural forms which gives diversity in the neighborhood.