Artificial island
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about artificial island
Project • By kalbod design studio • Hospitals
Dubai Healthcare
The idea of designing Ring Island Dubai is based on the approach and looking to the future and providing a multi-functional complex centered on medical services. The creative integration of a digital approach, sustainable architecture, geographic and social conditions of the region, as well as attention to the future needs of Dubai, are indicators that have been considered in all stages of ideation and design and have led to the formation of the final result.
Kalbod Architects
Access to this island will be underwater. Transportation systems like monorail and electric cars are planned, and different stations are designed to access every part of the island. Because of a pedestrian-oriented approach, the entrance to the island is located... More
Project • By Taller Proyectual • Coasts
Great Barrier island
The initiative arises from the need to connect on the basis of a bridge or a series of them the great barrier island with the neighboring islands of the Hauraki Gulf.This proposal on the contrary seeks primarily to create the necessary means to contribute to the regeneration of an aquatic ecosystem belonging to the marine park of the Hauraki Gulf which has been significantly affected over time due to pollution and overfishing altering in this way the existing trophic and environmental system. That is why the interrelation between the gulf, its islands and basins is necessary to maintain the vital support of the environment which is a matter of national importance, besides that the marine park of the Hauraki Gulf is clearly different from ot... More
Project • By Taras3D • Offices
Timeless Building
A skyscraper twisted for 180 degrees. It creates a silhouette of a sand clock when viewing from the front.
Design ideas: Sand Clock, Spiral Of Time, Spiral Of History, Ephemerality Of Time, Infinity.
Spiral of development where new becomes old and old becomes new. To connect old style architecture like the 1930s US skyscrapers and modern glass and metal design. Top of a sand clock is filled with old style floors constructed from huge stones with massive columns and small windows. These windows look like sand particles inside a sand clock. They flow naturally to the bottom of the top part of a clock and then through the bottleneck to the lower part, forming a visual effect of a sand clock. The sand particles fly, collide and bounce while f... More
Project • By Mal-Vi Architects • Bridges
Bridge on Thermaikos gulf
The proposal for the New Bridge at the gulf of Thermaikos, Thessaloniki manages to adapt to the specificities of the area, through thorough analysis, in order to resolve and overcome numerous limitations. The realization of the proposed connection, spanning 7 km of open sea, is the response to the needs and requirements of the metropolitan center of Thessaloniki and to the necessities of its inhabitants. While becoming part of the freeway “Via Egnatia” the project aims to improve the highway infrastructure system of the city. The new highway that will connect “Via Egnatia” with the freeway “New Egnatia” is the result of observation and survey of the contemporary architecture and urban planning worldwide.
The design is guided by the require... More