Towards a New Futurism:

A reinterpretation of Futurism for an ecological way of life

Project Goals:
Create a reinterpretation and reaction to the Futurism of a 100 years ago, updated to a more environmentally informed society: New Futurism Use the concept of arcology to create an ecological, vertical city that exists more responsibly within the environment and becomes the preeminent form for this New Futurism Create a mutualism between technology and nature

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Area: Population:
Density:

Daily Mean Temperature: 50o F Average High: 56o F Average Low: 0o F

Annual Rain: 45 Inches Rainy Days Average: 166

City - 44.3 mi Metro - 1,111 mi2

2

City: 578,000 Metro: 2,116,000 13,817/mi2

Sunny Days Average: 289 Average Sunshine Hours: 1,928 July: 295 hrs December: 60 hrs

Annual Snow: 19 Inches Snowy Days Average: 11

Progessive nature

Site Limitations

Density Issues

Scale

East False Creek Flats

Science World Arcology Vacant lots

Rail Station

Warehouse

False Creek

Brewery Creek

Density

Most Dense

Least Dense

Downtown
Area: 1.5 mi2 Population: 43,400 Density: 30,000/mi2

Strathcona
Area: 1.5 mi2 Population: 12,000 Density: 8,000/mi2

Ealse False Creek Flats

Area: 0.5 mi2 Density: ?

Density transferral

Injection

movement (implied)

movement (physical)

transfering city center

tie into urban fabric of site

create urban node relating to greater downtown

Influence

Extending nature into site

tie into natural fabric of site

Scale

Grouse Mountain - 4000

Tallest Building - Living Shangri-La - 659

Arcology - 750

Average Building height - 300 - 500

Program Volumes
Live
16 % 32 %

Work

16 %

21,401 ft 16,4 t 200,000 f 17, 0 33,000,00 ft

36 %

00,000 ft 38,0

Leisure

Infrastructure
Energy

Infrastructure
Parks

Waste Water Circulation

Leisure

Recreation Shopping Cultural Dining

Live

Dwelling Units - 2.3 people average family size size Oce Education Industry Hospital

Work

Program Placement Parameters

Leisure 2: Shopping, Dining, Cultural

Live: Family Dwellings

Work 1: Office, Healthcare, Educational

Leisure 1: Parks and Recreation

Work 2: Shopping, Dining, Cultural

Program Orientation
Work 2: Shopping, Dining, Cultural

Live: Family Dwellings

Work 1: Office, Healthcare, Educational

Leisure 1: Parks and Recreation

Leisure 2: Shopping, Dining, Cultural

Integration

sectional relationships

Program: Live

conventional

arcology stacked and staggered units facing southern sun

final form

Program: Leisure 1

extension of surrounding natural context final form

Program: Leisure 2

conventional

arcology spiral ascension acting as circulation. connects live/ work

final form

Program: Work

metaphor for vertical ascension and bridging downtown with suburbs

Vertical Farming

farms become structure, circulation, and energy provider

Vertical Farming
Farm Orientation
Gravity fed, cyclical system of cascaded vertical farms and live units Bio Waste - Waste Water - Carbon Dioxide CONSUMPTION

FARM
PRODUCTION

LIVE

Food - Water - Oxygen - Power

1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3

Live unit consumption Farm processing Recycled Product

3 2

Elevation view

Section View

Farm Section
Direct Wind Power to interior leisure to live units to live units

Hydroponic Conveyor System Biological Waste Water Treatment - Living Machine Aquatic life for filtering and food - fish, snails, clams

to interior leisure

Hydroponic conveyor system

Powered by wind turbines and PV cells

Ensures equal light distribution

Living Machine: Filtering and recycling waste

Solids

Waste

Vertically Oriented, Gravity - fed

1. Filtration

Methane Digester

Liquids

2 - 4. Treatment

Solids

5. Settling

6. Polishing Energy Fertilizer Reusable Water for toilet flushing, hydroponics, etc

Solar Power

20,000 ft2 available for PV panels = 511,0000 KwH per year Enough to offset the energy consumptuion of 200 units

4 deep Intensive Green Roofing allows for most plants to grow on leisure deck. Reduces cooling loads in the summer.

ETFE Glass: 1% weight of normal glass, self-cleaning and recyclable

Native, small-sized, and shallow-rooted trees such as the vine myrtle

Creating Neighborhoods

all necessities within the 5 floor span between leisure decks

creates more social opportunities

More public exterior leisure spaces for larger outdoor events

interior skytrain station creates a destination and gateway to the city

Building on site

relate to stanley park in northern Vancouver

allowing nature to reclaim site organically