2024 Skyscraper Competition
Honorable Mention
Kai Xu, Fangyuan Wang, Shuyang Lin, Gaole Wei, SongLin Liu, YuHan Zhang, Jiayi Feng, Chengshuai Liu, Zijie Gao
China
In today’s context of escalating global air pollution, this issue has vastly exceeded the scope of individual cities to become a global challenge. Every day, hundreds of millions of people are forced to breathe polluted air, making air pollution a severe public health concern. As architects, it is our duty to take action and create a cleaner, healthier future for humanity.
Our proposed design philosophy is grounded in a green solution—the air catcher. We believe this strategy holds great potential. By integrating air catchers into the design of skyscrapers, we can leverage the height advantage of these buildings to more effectively capture clean air from higher altitudes. Air capture devices installed on the exterior walls or roofs can not only maximize the use of wind energy resources, reducing reliance on traditional energy sources, but also provide buildings with a unique appearance, creating iconic architectural forms with a sense of the future and environmental awareness. This enhances the eco-friendly image of skyscrapers while providing residents with clean air and renewable energy, contributing to urban sustainable development.
To achieve this goal, we rely on state-of-the-art simulation software. These tools assist us in simulating and optimizing our design solutions, ensuring the environmental friendliness of our architectural plans. With these software applications, we can precisely predict air flow, energy efficiency, and spatial layout, ensuring the efficiency and practicality of our designs.
Our spatial layout is designed with functionality, aesthetics, and environmental friendliness in mind, aiming to create open, ventilated, and natural light-filled living spaces that allow residents to enjoy fresh air and comfortable living environments. Additionally, our system integrates advanced technologies like air capture equipment, smart air purifiers, renewable energy devices, and meteorological data collectors to provide residents with a comprehensive environmental solution, creating a clean and healthy living environment.
Our solution is dedicated to addressing air pollution and advancing global environmental protection and sustainable development. Although we have chosen Xi’an, a city severely affected by air pollution—as the starting point for our solution, we believe our technology has global applicability and can bring clean air and healthy living environments to people around the world. Our efforts will make a significant contribution to the sustainable development of human society, leaving a better world for future generations. Through innovative design concepts and technological means, we believe the future air catcher skyscrapers will serve as a model for environmental protection and sustainable development, creating a better future for our cities.
