SkyCity Challenge

PIRANESI`S GARDEN

SkyCity is currently unoccupied and contains 17 hollow internal courtyards interconnected by a long spiral bike ramp that ends on the top of the 57th floor of the skyscraper. The goal is to create 17 public spaces that will interact with the future inhabitants of the tower. Afterwards we plan to convert the rest of the tower into an alternative co-housing / co-living complex we call SkyCity. There are spatial restrictions in regards to site, program or size. Each courtyard is 20m long, 16m wide and 11m high with adjacent balconies throughout three floors. Lit by efficient & low energy consumption LED lights. We have selected 6 different categories or themes the applicants must select for their design of their courtyards. The 17 spaces are all the same and their succession is irrelevant. The objective is to provide maximum freedom to the participants to engage the project without constraints in the most creative way. What is a courtyard in the middle of a vertical skyscraper in the 21st century? 

The garden is inspired by the architectural spaces of Piranesi.

It is formed by platforms at different heights and stairs that join them, which define an almost labyrinthine circulation, joining the three levels of the building that comprises the performance.

The platforms and stairs are metallic and suspended from the roof that will be covered by vegetation of climbing plants.

The blind wall will be a vertical garden with a water slide as a waterfall.

At the plant level there is a continuous winding seat that delimits a terrain with orange trees.

In one of the platforms we place a house of red color to be used as a meeting and play area.