TOPIC:
Parametric Modular Skyscraper
BACKGROUND:
According to a lecture conducted by J. David Allan on Population Growth over Human History, it is predicted that the projection of population will reach an absolute eventual world population of eight to twelve billion by the end of twenty-first century compare to six billion people in 2010. There will be only little land left for human to step on with the nowadays models of density of both city and suburb. The decline in fertility is the major reason in such decay after the saturation. However, such an ideal graphical presentation is presupposed with the trace of the history despite other natural facts such as climate change, natural disaster, infectious virus, or the like. Nowadays, environmentalists and scientists have alarmed a warning of global warming which consequently bringing all civilisations back to zero ice age. Even doctors and pharmacists could not predict the evolution of hazardous latent virus which could kill human instantly. The urge in birth control and sustainability at a global scale has pushed to a critical moment where all specialists have to put in maximum effort to balance the current ecosystem in a balance mode of co-existence.
I am Legend by Will Smith
WALL-E by Pixar
For architects, we have been designing buildings with high sustainable qualities. But what if there is no more land for architects to design new buildings? What if the land is contaminated with hazardous substances? What if the climate change affects the global topographic properties? The question here is – how can we maintain a constant healthy population while allowing time for the nature to rebuild?
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