Skyscrapers of the Future Will Be Engineered to Copy Nature
By 2050, two-thirds of us wil be living in cities, so architects are taking inspiration from nature to build more sustainable skylines. How Eyes Evolved to See the ...
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Architects are constructing wooden skyscrapers and transforming high rises into living gardens. And these designs...could go a long way in improving how we live in the future. Skyscrapers are symbols of modern ambition. But the race to be the tallest is fueled by steel and concrete, two materials that account for an estimated 8% of global C02 emissions. Two countries in particular - Singapore and Canada - are attempting to transform the urban skyline. In Singapore, engineering firms like WOHA are coating their buildings with lush, native plants. “To deal with high densities in cities, particularly Singapore where we are land-limited, it is actually important to bring landscape greenery and nature very close to where people alive and interact.” Aside from the aesthetics of thi...
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Architects are constructing wooden skyscrapers and transforming high rises into living gardens. And these designs...could go a long way in improving how we live in the future. Skyscrapers are symbols of modern ambition. But the race to be the tallest is fueled by steel and concrete, two materials that account for an estimated 8% of global C02 emissions. Two countries in particular - Singapore and Canada - are attempting to transform the urban skyline. In Singapore, engineering firms like WOHA are coating their buildings with lush, native plants. “To deal with high densities in cities, particularly Singapore where we are land-limited, it is actually important to bring landscape greenery and nature very close to where people alive and interact.” Aside from the aesthetics of thi...
