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Pablo Baptista

Pablo Baptista

Rio de Janeiro, BR

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The city as a forest

Based on a essay of Crhistopher Alexander entitled "the city is not a tree" i changed the way how we can wee the future city planning adding a 3D layer to that, thinking as a forest and the building being something like a tree.

 

This way we can create species (uses) according to necessities and adapt the main use in building to create a ecosystem.

 
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Status: School Project
Location: Rio de Janeiro, BR

 
An example of how cities of today ressample of a big motherboard with components attached
An example of how cities of today ressample of a big motherboard with components attached
Scheme of sunlight
Scheme of sunlight
'Uses' of trees
"Uses" of trees
example of buildings
example of buildings
masterplan of 'forest' in Rio de Janeiro
masterplan of "forest" in Rio de Janeiro