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Winners of the 2021 eVolo Skyscraper Competition envision the future of vertical architecture

2021-05-05T19:05:00-04:00

It's that time of the year again: the Skyscraper Competition just revealed the winning design submissions from around the world. Hosted annually by eVolo Magazine, the contest calls for innovative tall-building concepts that challenge the way we understand vertical architecture.

From a pool of 492 entries this year, three winners and twenty honorable mentions were selected by the jury. The winning design teams from Ukraine, Israel, and China proposed genetically modified trees shaped into living skyscrapers, a rainwater-catching high-rise for Mexico City, and traditional wooden Hmong houses organized inside an adaptable stilt frame.

First Place: Living Skyscraper For New York City

Design team: Andrii Lesiuk, Mykhaylo Kohut, Sofiia Shkoliar, Kateryna Ivashchuk, Nazarii Duda, Mariia Shkolnyk, Oksana-Daryna Kytsiuk, Andrii Honcharenko (Ukraine)

First Place: Living Skyscraper For New York City

Project excerpt: "One of the main goals of the project is to grow a living skyscraper on the p...

Robots will be in charge of the design, manufacturing, and construction of the upcoming Seoul Robot Science Museum

2019-02-21T12:36:00-05:00

Turkish based architecture studio Melike Altinisik Architects (MAA) wins the first ever international design competition hosted by The Seoul Metropolitan Government. The first competition of its kind, applicants were asked to submit a design idea to pioneer the world's first robot science museum. The technology for robots to design the built environment is not new to the architecture and design community. However, what makes this competition win so different is the level of autonomy the robots are given and robotic construction techniques used. According to MAA's principal Melike Altinisik, "the new robot science museum which plays a catalytic role in advancing and promoting science, technology, and innovation throughout society is not only going to exhibit robots but actually from design, manufacturing to construction and services robots will be in charge."

Robot Science Museum in Seoul, Korea. Design by MAA MELIKE ALTINISIK ARCHITECTS Visualization by Ediz Akyalçın

During the mus...