Tomorrow’s Skyline Blends Glass And Concrete With A Liberal Helping Of Green [Architecture]

From green roofs to tree filled corridors to entire high rise floors left to plants and wildlife, forward looking architects are combining technology and imagination to bring nature into modern homes and buildings.

Greening your own home or building will have a bunch of benefits. For Anthi Grapsa and Konstantinos Chalaris\’ entry within the Piraeus Tower Competition 2010, modern agricultural techniques are incorporated on the upper floors to be able to resolve the problematic green space to inhabitant ratio of the city. In MVRDV\’s \” Pushed Slab\” energy efficient office building, balconies and terraces will house potted trees, offering employees a soothing place to socialize.

An expansive green roof like that of Studio Shift\’s Stadt Krone concept provides an enormous area to utilize for agriculture, below which thousands of city inhabitants can reside. Other green roofs, like the Vivanta Hotel\’s, are more cost effective, providing reduced heating and cooling needs for the building below, along side a mechanism for capturing rainwater to later be used for irrigating the grassy roof.

Above is a taste of some current and possible future designs that embrace nature as much as they do technology and functionality. [Arch Daily]

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