Hypercity 2130

A visionary concept for urban growth corridors within natural spaces

Hypercity is an urban model that increases the natural space necessary for a healthy ecosystem to 50% by attaching it to existing mobility infrastructures. The hypothesis describes a futuristic agglomeration stretching along the A24 Berlin – Hamburg highway. Existing resources are efficiently used for new habitats and the Human is firmly integrated into stable ecosystems between plants and animals.

PROJECT DATA

Hypercity, free of fossil fuels and based on ecological principles. It regards infrastructure as a healthy and central element of our urban society

Growth programme I-V, Acrylic on foamboard panel, 10 x 4 cm, 2002

Urban agriculture along infrastructure and high density urbanisation

Protected Area for Biodiversity: Schematic cross section

Study on magnetically levitated forms of mobility

left: Renault ‚the Float‘, Study model of Yunchen Cai, Central Saint Martins, London, 2017
(Quelle: https://autodesignmagazine.com/en/2017/09/the-float-vince-design-competition/)

right: Highways Industry, Online Magazin, 2015
(Quelle: https://www.highwaysindustry.com/what-are-the-challenges-for-highways-engineers-of-the-future/)

Wildcat – adapting the human scale to the standards of animals and plants

Urban expansion along a superstructure. Creation of architectural boundaries in relation to the natural space.

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