Um, yeah. What else to say but, when can we start?
Can the Dubai real-estate slump be blamed on ambitious projects that tried to recreate mini magical kingdoms? Don’t know, however that’s not stopped the designers from their creative thinking so let’s overview a challenging project that’s aimed for Boston residents. Christened The Boa (Boston Arcology), this floating city isn’t worried about the threat of rising oceans, because it’s equipped with “techniques of today and has been researched to be totally feasible.” Read on to know more…
Highlights of the Boa:
* It will be capable of housing 15,000 people distributed in hotels, offices, retail, museums, condominiums, and a new city hall.
* The massing of Boa takes its cue from the built environment of Boston proper and as such exudes a rigorous geometric format. That format is further emphasized by the scaling of the golden rectangle whose proportions are: 1: 1.618.
* Within this golden rectangle, Boa’s design alignments have a unique relationship with the Boston common.
What appear to be random projections of massing are actually fashioned as a vertical construct of the “common.” These diagonals are held in check by a fixed border as if a rigid urban edge.
* Because of its scale, Boa is positioned perpendicular to the waterfront, preserving view corridors and general development massing
* Sky gardens will be inserted into the three main towers every 30 floors. These sky gardens provide landscaped glass enclosed atria. In addition to their practical application of additional sunlit units, the “sky gardens” will create a sense of neighborhood presence and support a range of sustainable initiatives
* Vertical commuting within Boa will be supported by a series of local and express transfer floors
… Etc.
I’m in. You?
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