2024-12-23T21:25:31-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150173462/luca-curci-architects-imagine-a-self-sustaining-vertical-city-building Sean Joyner 2019-12-06T08:54:00-05:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f9/f94881e4ad44611f129aa5b0375e11e4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>In an effort to explore the architectural possibilities in addressing sustainability and population density, <a href="https://archinect.com/lucacurciarchitects" target="_blank">Luca Curci Architects</a> have imagined&nbsp;<em>Vertical City</em>, a conceptual project proposal for a vertical "city-building" settled in a body of water.</p> <figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/61/615bd324855f0014279a117a588896bb.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/61/615bd324855f0014279a117a588896bb.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></figure></figure><p>The group began by analyzing the contemporary skyscraper, which it sees as "a compact element, smooth and alienated from the surrounding [landscape]" and reimagines it as an open structure, realized through modular prefabricated construction. The concept structure is encased by a membrane of photovoltaic glazing, intended to enable the city-building for energy-independence.</p> <figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/75/753baab83cc40a68acb4e78eb97aab9c.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/75/753baab83cc40a68acb4e78eb97aab9c.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></figure></figure><p>Green zones and exterior perforations encourage light on each level as well as a natural circulation of air. Standing 180 floors (750 meters) high, Luca Curci sets Vertical City at a total volume of 3,750,000 cubic meters, with over 200,000 square meters of green area. Aimed to host up to 25,000 people, the ambitious thought experiment is a what the architects call "a ...</p>