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The Mega‐Void: Unleashing the Communicative Impact of Tall Buildings
Author(s) -
Schumacher Patrik
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.2613
Subject(s) - architecture , architectural engineering , mega , typology , the void , principal (computer security) , urbanism , roaming , megacity , archetype , civil engineering , engineering , aesthetics , visual arts , economy , archaeology , art , history , computer science , economics , telecommunications , epistemology , computer security , philosophy , physics , literature , astronomy
On a whistle‐stop tour of some of Zaha Hadid Architects’ skyscrapers around the world, principal Patrik Schumacher describes how the typology and philosophy behind high‐rise towers needs to change. Currently most towers have segmented, separated, sealed, blind‐to‐one‐another floors. He argues for an architecture that, like cathedrals, takes the viewer's mind soaring upwards, urges designers to encourage roaming, and speculates on the emergence of ‘interior urbanism’ in respect to these buildings.