Sustainability and the 21st Century Vertical City: A Review of Design Approaches of Tall Buildings

Sustainability and the 21st Century Vertical City: A Review of Design Approaches of Tall Buildings

As cities cope with rapid population growth—adding 2.5 billion dwellers by 2050—and grapple with destructive sprawl, politicians, planners, and architects have become increasingly interested in the vertical city paradigm. Given the large-scale problems of skyscrapers, any improve...

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Main Author: Kheir Al-Kodmany
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-08-01
Series:Buildings
Subjects:
form
passive design
greeneries
function
energy
aesthetics
sustainable design
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/8/8/102
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spelling doaj-7cadb7f150044b6896826c92027b47e92020-11-24T23:26:38ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092018-08-018810210.3390/buildings8080102buildings8080102Sustainability and the 21st Century Vertical City: A Review of Design Approaches of Tall BuildingsKheir Al-Kodmany0Department of Urban Planning and Policy, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USAAs cities cope with rapid population growth—adding 2.5 billion dwellers by 2050—and grapple with destructive sprawl, politicians, planners, and architects have become increasingly interested in the vertical city paradigm. Given the large-scale problems of skyscrapers, any improvements in their planning, design, and construction would be significant. This paper examines a new crop of skyscrapers that employs green design elements, including aerodynamic forms, greeneries, energy-saving systems, innovative renewable energy techniques, water-saving technologies, rainwater catchment systems, and the like. The examined projects illustrate foremost sustainable design features, strategies, and techniques that help to meet the functional requirements while resulting in attractive forms. They include towers that are completed, under-construction, on-hold, proposed and on the drawing boards. In an attempt to capture a wide-range of innovative ideas and concepts, this paper examines 30 major projects representing major world’s regions that have been active in constructing tall buildings including Southeast Asia and the Far East, the Middle East, Europe, and North America. The discussion section also engages the reader with additional buildings that have employed similar sustainable design. The paper concludes by identifying design approaches that could twin sustainability with iconicity, and highlights some of the shortfalls of intended sustainable design.http://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/8/8/102formpassive designgreeneriesfunctionenergyaestheticssustainable design
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title Sustainability and the 21st Century Vertical City: A Review of Design Approaches of Tall Buildings
title_short Sustainability and the 21st Century Vertical City: A Review of Design Approaches of Tall Buildings
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publishDate 2018-08-01
description As cities cope with rapid population growth—adding 2.5 billion dwellers by 2050—and grapple with destructive sprawl, politicians, planners, and architects have become increasingly interested in the vertical city paradigm. Given the large-scale problems of skyscrapers, any improvements in their planning, design, and construction would be significant. This paper examines a new crop of skyscrapers that employs green design elements, including aerodynamic forms, greeneries, energy-saving systems, innovative renewable energy techniques, water-saving technologies, rainwater catchment systems, and the like. The examined projects illustrate foremost sustainable design features, strategies, and techniques that help to meet the functional requirements while resulting in attractive forms. They include towers that are completed, under-construction, on-hold, proposed and on the drawing boards. In an attempt to capture a wide-range of innovative ideas and concepts, this paper examines 30 major projects representing major world’s regions that have been active in constructing tall buildings including Southeast Asia and the Far East, the Middle East, Europe, and North America. The discussion section also engages the reader with additional buildings that have employed similar sustainable design. The paper concludes by identifying design approaches that could twin sustainability with iconicity, and highlights some of the shortfalls of intended sustainable design.
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passive design
greeneries
function
energy
aesthetics
sustainable design
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