WILL THE NEW YORK HORIZON BE THE FIRST SKYSCRAPER TO BE REPLACED BY A SIDE STREET?

Consider the possibility of a central park that is buried under a horizontal “sidescraper” that surrounds it. The winner of the Evolo Skyscraper Competition in 2016 reimagines what the skyline of New York City will look like in the future… copy: Among the 489 submissions that were received from all around the globe, the “new york horizon” horizontal “sidescraper” that was conceived of by two young designers residing in New York, jianshi wu and yitan sun, was chosen as the winner of the first prize in the 2016 evolo skyscraper competition. The prize is given out annually to celebrate exceptional concepts that “redefine skyscraper architecture via the deployment of unique technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations.” Rather than constructing a conventional skyscraper by building upwards, “new york horizon” envisions a new paradigm by digging downward to the bedrock of Central Park. This will reveal the park’s rugged natural terrain, which dates back to its origins 150 years ago. Additionally, it will create a continuous wall of skyscrapers around the park’s periphery, which will house habitable spaces (apartments, retails, museums, libraries, and so on) that have unobstructed views of the new underground park. Accordingly, the wall of skyscrapers or megastructures that is 300 meters tall and 30 meters wide would generate approximately 18 square kilometers of habitable indoor space, while simultaneously introducing a greater natural diversity and verticality to the previously flat central park that is 3.6 square kilometers in size. In order to establish a new urban situation in which the newly created landscape becomes a coherent part of the city, it is recommended that the dirt that was taken from the park be used to add a more dynamic landscape (small mountains, hills, and so on) to undeveloped areas all over Manhattan. Main circulation cores, often known as elevators, are envisioned to be aligned with every single street in Manhattan, beginning at 59th Street and continuing all the way up to 110th Street. These elevators would be used to transport people to the park and to various other levels. Secondary circulation, which would include ramps and stairs, would link different areas that are located at different sizes between the cores. According to Sun and Wu, the purpose of their daring proposal is to invert the conventional link that exists between building and landscape. Instead of constructing distant, flat landscapes to surround and enhance particular architectural structures, the natural environment is now the focal point of the design. Even though it is very improbable that any of the items that were entered into the Evolo competition were submitted with the intention of being constructed at some point in the future, this did not dampen the excitement of those who took part in the competition. According to Wu and Sun, “we feel that it is the original thinking that lies beneath these designs that is significant.” They also believe that even the most abstract conceptions might contain the germ of a visionary idea that would otherwise never be uncovered. Here is a link to the photographs that can be found on indiaartndesign.com:

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