Canary Wharf's Giant Sculpture
Graduate Work
This architectural proposal seeks to address the increasing challenge beset upon cities by the emerging vertical environments and the monotony of office working life. By taking a high-rise site in London as the design setting, the proposal will establish a new environment for office workers to relax and find peace as a simple daily exercise; a creation of elevated wellbeing within a structure of connections and technology.
The urban green sky farm is a sprawling set of green planter box inserts, which are plugged into the main structural skeleton. The green will grow vertically as the building rises up; bringing it to the centre of the space - connecting the users visually to it to aid in the de-stress exercise. Water collected at the roof garden will be harvesting the farm. There will also be an emphasis on recycling waste from the office towers to supply nutrients for the green network of the proposal, as well as through the harvesting of greywater collecting from the canopy design on top. The proposal’s farm will produce fresh, sustainable and healthy food and can utilise drone technology to monitor the plantations.By creating beautiful spaces of urban nature that will in turn support a healthy environment for the city.
