After designing and constructing a structure that spanned over a 22’ wide studio we were asked to create a building that incorporated this structure and create a section. Leading me to the year 2151…
Timeline from 2018 to 2151
Created with Photoshop, and After Effects.
Section through the New York 2151
Base Drawing created in AutoCAD, Photoshop, Hand-Drawn, and After Effects.
Base Drawing created in AutoCAD, Photoshop, and Hand-Drawn
The Library of the City Above
The Library of the City above provides a wealth of knowledge to its inhabitants. This space is filled natural light because of the unique design that reflects that of a suspension bridge. Through placing the supports upon the center axis of the space, the sides can be lifted to allow for windows to fill all walls.
The Grand Opera House of the City Above
The Grand Opera House of the City Above performs Les Miserables. Embellishment and ornament weigh this structure down, bringing this floating structure closer to the brink of collapse. Filling their minds with the fake realities of the world below, they are blind to the fact that the equivalence French Revolution is happening beneath their feet.
Base Drawing created in AutoCAD, Photoshop, and Hand-Drawn
Base Drawing created in AutoCAD, Photoshop, and Hand-Drawn
The Utilidor
The Utilidor of the City Above allows all maintenance to be brought away from luxury floating above. The equipment is taken care by the impoverished below. Based off of the underwater hydroponics of MIT, an inflatable structure is secured through a steel exoskeleton based off the typology of the physical structural system.
The City Below
The Slums of the Impoverished.Built with the leftover materials the Utilities of the City Above using a collapsed high rise building as its base, this underwater structure houses hundreds of people. In contrast to the City Above, the people below’s focus is to survive. They do not have the resources for the luxuries of life.
Base Drawing created in AutoCAD, Photoshop, and Hand-Drawn