All tagged rise

370 / Piermario D'Ortona and Ludovica Mochi: Finca Comunitaria

Submission #370 | Piermario D'Ortona and Ludovica Mochi: Finca Comunitaria — “The now planetary emergency of the climate issue - the rising temperatures of the planet due to the use of fossil resources - gives particular attention to the issues of indigenous peoples and the fate of the territories of which they are the custodian inhabitants. Moreover, it is precisely with respect to these extreme conditions that these communities have always shown extraordinary adaptive capacities - recognizable, for example, in the forms of the settlements and in the types of housing adopted - but also and above all in the organizational methods and statutory rules of life based on the sharing of territorial and village common goods.”

279_Matteo Gawlak and Riccardo Gialloreto: The New Yorker

Submission #279 | Matteo Gawlak and Riccardo Gialloreto: The New Yorker — “Opposite to the anonymous architecture of the skyscrapers that don’t take in account the context of the city, its identity, and the lifestyle, The New Yorker wants to be a specific answer for the city of New York, land where high-rise buildings were born.”

185_Eman Mohammed: Mixed Use High-rise

Submission #185 | Eman Mohammed: Mixed Use High-rise — A tower is an element that rises vertically accentuating its horizontal elements of floor levels while concealing its true vertical identity. So why not highlight a tower’s vertical identity and lessen its horizontal one.

115_Greg Sheward: RISE

Submission #115 | Greg Sheward: RISE — New York City’s population has continuously been on the rise, expected to reach 9 million people over the next 23 years. The need for affordable housing is playing a predominant roll in this growth. This increasing need for housing provides an opportunity for housing to play a prevailing role in the advancement of architecture. Housing has fallen victim to the standardization of the New York City building code.