Architects from New York City to Sydney are working on designing skyscrapers that wo n’t cast a shadow . The easy - maximizing building pattern are a response to overcrowded metropolis landscapes , where looming buildings block out street - level sun .
Some cities , like New York , have had laws in place for X limiting the amount of light fresh constructions can block . But while many designer have always essay to follow regulation , these newfangled shadow - obsessed architect are actively essay to bestow more light to city streets .
New York Magazinerecently profiled several of these innovative architects , and their impressive ideas : There ’s Jeanne Gang ’s plans for Solar Carve , which is design to guide sunlight towards New York City ’s Highline Park ; Jean Nouvel’sOne Central Parkin Sydney , which is fitted with mirror that make it shine ; and NBBJ ’s marriage offer for No Shadow Tower , designed to project dappled light into the court between two buildings ( which we coveredearlier this yr ) .
“ Whether a building is a achiever bet on what it gives back to the public realm , ” NBBJ design director Christian Coop toldNew York Magazine . “ So the question is : Can we shape a whole building to meliorate ground base stipulation ? ”
From the commencement , the No - Shadow Tower was imagined as a wanton - maximize building , and was design with that rule in mind . New York Magazineexplains , “ NBBJ recrudesce a political platform to analyze the sun ’s flight and employ it to sculpt a form ideally become to minimizing shadows . ”
The net design imagines two London skyscrapers , one taller than the other , with a court in between . The taller building would get the sunlight as it streamed over the shorter one , and redirect it down into the courtyard . The building is designed to reduce phantasma by 50 per centum , and to filter small , moving pockets of light into the plaza , bathing it in a soft freshness .
The No - Shadow Tower , and other shadow - reduce building designs , seem to represent a promising trend : A concern among developer and architect for a edifice ’s impingement on its surrounding neighborhood . see out the concept video of the No - Shadow Tower below .
[ h / t : New York Magazine ]
