NYCkayaker year 2106 after the ice caps melt and we are flooded

[Dean Koga]

The scheme is by a firm called Architecture Research Office (ARO) who are 
good designers. I am working with them on a few projects, and they are 
good guys.

Another component of their scheme that intrigues me, besides the 
captivating idea of buildings spidering out on top of streets, are the 
towers out in the middle of the rivers, which will be much wider when the 
glaciers have melted. They should be good places to stop during a paddle.

All three schemes are shown here:

http://www.history.com/designchallenge/sweepstakes/aboutDesign.jsp

If you like this one the best, please vote for it. This is a shameless 
plug for people I like.

Best,
Dean

On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, mike wrote:

> http://polisnyc.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/new-york-2106/
>
> Overview
>
> What skyscrapers were to New York City in the twentieth century, vanes
> are in the twenty-second. Through the use of this new type of mixed-use
> building, the city has begun its recovery from flooding caused by the
> loss of the Earth's polar ice caps. When sea levels climbed, millions of
> gallons of water poured into Manhattan's low-lying neighborhoods. With
> the city starved for square-footage, architects built directly upon the
> flooded public streets. Vanes feather upwards and outwards through the
> streets of the Inundation Zones, creating homes, offices and shopping
> arcades but also parks and gardens. Their thinness promotes daylight and
> affords natural ventilation. Pier-like in form, vanes grant the city a
> dynamic relationship both with the riverfront and the luminous
> evaporation towers nearby. From airships overhead, vanes look as if New
> York's grid of streets has taken on a life of its own, making the city,
> in 2106, more like itself than ever before.
>
>