By the year 2050, around 68% of the world’s population will live in urban areas. Since 2016, already over 50% of the world lives within a metropolis.
Not only do cities like New York face a growing population, but the ever-growing threat of global warming will result in the need to house more people with fewer resources.
For this to be prevented, all buildings must reach net-zero carbon emissions in 28 years! To save New York while sustaining its growing population, 9-West has been devised as a net-zero super-tall skyscraper, adjacent to daily amenities such as markets, restaurants, and hospitals.
Designed to bend shadows away from central park and point solar panels towards the sun, 9-west is capable of producing more energy than it spends through the use of strategic photo-voltaic panel placement, combined with green roofs and efficient wall assemblies.
Comprising spacious residential apartments with minimal floor plans, 9-west assumes the office of the future to be within your apartment, giving each home a large collaborative area and office.
As a sustainable tower at 110 stories tall, our Buildings final EUI has fallen below the 5,000 kWh/m2/yr mark, allowing us to consider the building net zero.
Solar panels account for reducing around 65% of the total electricity loads, with an attached battery capable of sustaining a capacity of 200 kWh of electricity.
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it has been found that the global temperature is likely to rise by more than 2 degrees Celsius by 2050, creating unprecedented crises for port cities like New York.
This design provides a speculative solution to this problem, as a net-zero high rise building.
YEAR Spring, 2022
PHASE Paper Project
TEAM John Conrad, under ES2 with Prof. Timur Dogan
EXHIBITION 2022 Skyhive Skyscraper Competition