Skyscrapers of the future: Prestigious competition winning designs

How do you imagine the skyscrapers of the future? The future moves in the rhythm of sustainability, low energy consumption and ecology. eVolo Magazine has announced the best skyscraper designs for the 2022 Skyscraper Competition. The well-known American architecture magazine eVolo has been organizing this competition since 2006. Three winners and 20 honorable mentions, as selected by the jury from 427 submissions, “challenge the way we understand vertical architecture and its relationship with the natural and built environments.” Contestants were asked to consider technological progress, sustainability of systems, scarcity of natural resources, pollution, population growth, economic side, social issues and cultural issues of the contemporary world.

3 winning designs

First Place – Climate Control Skyscraper

Kim Gyeong Jeung, Min Yeong Gi, and Yu Sang Gu
South Korea

“The project investigates the use of a series of skyscrapers to modify weather conditions that would improve the global climate crisis and stop desertification, rising temperatures, and natural disasters.”

Second Place – Tsunami Park

Wang Jue, Zhang Qian, Zhang Changsheng, Li Muchun, and Xu Jing
China

“The project is designed as a man-made inhabited mangrove for the Tonga region to prevent tsunamis that would affect the Pacific Rim.”

Third Place – New Spring: Agro-ecological Skyscraper

Michał Spólnik and Marcin Kitala
Austria and Poland

“The proposal is envisioned as an aggregation of garden modules containing distinct flora and microorganisms that could be deployed to specific regions that would flourish with new life.”