Covid 19 Pandemic changed our lives greatly and forced us to reconsider a lot of aspects of our way of living, especially in the cities. It highlighted many delayed actions and decisions in design. Our project is addressing the need for green areas accessibility, daily fresh food and creating more space for other species to live together. Crown shyness, a phenomenon that occurs in many forest canopies, is believed to enable plants to share resources and maintain their health. In this project, It is used for describing a new way of housing. The Buildings' residential elements are placed at a distance from each other for enabling green areas, farming and space for both gathering and having private time. Besides supporting living areas The building's structural parts are acting as vertical gardens and carrying the solar elements. Circulation along these walls is enabling dwellers to raise their food and enjoy the green surroundings. Inaccessible parts of the vertical gardens are for flowers which help pollination. Main vertical circulation is provided by two cylindrical cores at the corners which also incubate the recycling and composting facilities. The composted material is transferred to the fields on the ground floor. Below the fields, there are commercial parts that serve both residents and other dwellers of the city. The building is connected to the transportation web and serves as an important node in the city's foresight transportation plans.
CROWN SHYNESS
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CROWN SHYNESS

Vertikal Habitat Competition Entry 2020 Beirut Lebanon - Conarrators: Ecem Incikli - Necati Seker - Ece Ilayda Yörük - Görkem Kinik

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