From destruction comes rebirth . Formosan architects Xiaomia Xiao , Lixiang Miao , Xinmin Li , and Minzhao Guo dream up a man in which a devastating asteroid has hit , and we use the crateras the land site of a thriving city .
The architects are largely interested in how to utilise the crater space rather than the why of building such a city in the wake of a regional disaster — aside from the symbolism of birthing a new type of home ground that visually “ heals ” the Earth . They visualise their “ Crater - Scraper ” as a grouping of towers build lower than the surrounding surface , each transcend by a opening to let sunlight , rain , and melody in . Each single tower would put up some community infinite — a ballpark , a library , a field of operations , a arena , a market , a museum — with residences and commercial-grade spaces around the border of each piston chamber . The solid dower of the ceiling would be used for vegetable gardening .
The notion of this cloak-and-dagger - ish tugboat life is mistily resonant of , among other things , the cloak-and-dagger silos in Hugh Howey ’s Wool series , except heart-to-heart to the air instead of ego - stop . And that get up some of the challenges of this variety of structure . The architects foresee a water system collecting gist on the bottom levels that feeds into a water redistribution ( and presumably water intervention ) plant . The body of water redistribution is leave pretty dim , but I imagine it would require a advanced and muscular organization to prevent drainage problems and flooding . I also wonder if they ’ve contemplated include some path to close up the openings to protect the towers from inclement weather condition .
It ’s also interesting that , while the architects picture this as a revolutionary new character of urban living , their concept art sees a rather established , sprawling urban center spread out around it .
Crater - Scraper is a poriferous construction to catch Light and Water[eVolo Magazine viaInhabitat ]
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