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Continuous City
A continuous city always changing and never static. This theoretical proposal challenges our current preconceptions of modern living in the year 2100. The future is all-encompassing, all-sharing and all-knowing so a new dwelling to fit these non-stop lifestyles needed to be radical.
The proposal predicts space to be the new currency. Exponential growth in population and urban development means that urban density will create more problems than it solves. Current methods of living feature an out-dated model of static space that becomes wasted when its users are elsewhere.
The project proposes the endless plan. A plan where the entrance is obscured and the boundaries are blurred. The plan is fluid and versatile, suiting the needs of the urban nomad. The space proposed can change function depending on the user, and morph its program when a new user comes along. The continuous city is a type of ‘future hostel’ where no space is ‘owned’, yet all space is used. Ideas of public and private are pushed to create an experimental future living scenario.
Team: Koen Meijman, Sonya Falkovskaia
2017
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Context model scale 1:1000
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The future plan pushes the idea of ‘open-plan’ to the limit - testing out the possibilities of what this typology could bring. The Continuous City lives above existing cities with large cut-outs to bring light to the cityscapes below.
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The proposal consists of 6 elements. Using Grasshopper, parameters were set up to control the frequency and placement of the elements whilst preventing collision and repetition of elements.
Calculated to give each user 35m2 of space, there are:
4 people per toilet, 4 people per shower, 5 people per kitchen
10 people per patio, 4 elevators per 100 person
3 boundary columns per person.
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Perspective, changes with time
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Detail section of construction
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Floor mechanism detail model scale 1:5
