Skygrove is a
new high-rise typology conceived to operate in a wetter world. Part environmental
infrastructure and part vertical office park, Skygroves are designed to house
corporate employees and operations in a future where the environment is
predictably unpredictable. Today’s binary coastal relationship of dry land
opposing the sea will become blurred by rising sea levels, persistent coastal
flooding, storm surges and tsunamis.
Skygroves occupy this newly nebulous coastal zone and are calibrated to
both protect against its dangers and to capitalize on its potential. Every
floor is a self-sufficient entity designed for independent survival in a
maximum disaster. Floors are
connected through a compartmentalized infrastructural façade that captures all
services, from vertical circulation to water, energy, and air supply.
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