The Overnight City.Future Explorations of Density and Population Growth in a Diminishing World

Megastructure;Montreal City;Expo67;Three Dimensional Urban Settelment;Archigram;Yona Friedmen;Urban Speculations;Population Growth;Architecture

Malboeuf, Eric

University of Waterloo

关键词: Megastructure;    Montreal City;    Expo67;    Three Dimensional Urban Settelment;    Archigram;    Yona Friedmen;    Urban Speculations;    Population Growth;    Architecture;   

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瑞士|英语

来源: UWSPACE Waterloo Institutional Repository

【 摘 要 】

Landisourplanet’sscarcestresource.Withallthecombinedadvancesinour civilizationsandtheirrespectivetechnologies, wehaveyetasasocietytofullyunderstandour precarious situationwithinourdiminishinglivable planetary surface.We also live today within a world in constant stages of change.With rapid population growth on a global scale, and its resulting increases inurbandensity, ouravailableusablelivingspace isgreatlybecomingsmallerandourlivesmore crowded and condensed.Following upon our urban centers,thisthesisaimsatexploringtheeffects oftheseglobalphenomenaofovercrowdingand overpopulation especially withinthe time remaining before we, as part of a developed society, witness the ground below our feet gradually disappear.Montreal City is one developed world urban centerreadytoreceivethis next evolutionarystep inurbangrowthanditishistoricallynostranger toarchitecturalexperimentation.Expandingthe city’sinfrastructuresthroughthethirddimension will allow greater freedom in the urban sculpture of thisfutureface of our growing urban worlds. This will betheinsertion of a new population-absorbing building and urban typology.This will be the return ofthemegastructureandtherevivalofanoldvisionaryarchitecturallanguagethatwilladvance the exploration oftheimpact of growth and urban concentration.