Yitan Sun and Jianshi Wu win 2016 Skyscraper Competition with sunken Central Park concept
Yitan Sun and Jianshi Wu secured first place in the 2016 Skyscraper Competition with their New York Horizon project, an imagined design featuring a sunken Central Park encircled by a 300-meter-tall glass residential tower that exposes the park's underlying geology. Organized by eVolvo Magazine, this annual award has recognized ambitious large-scale architectural proposals since 2006, specifically those that reconsider vertical architecture's interaction with natural and urban settings. Second place went to Hadeel Ayed Mohammad, Yifeng Zhao, and Chengda Zhu for their vertical control terminal designed for advanced flying drones. Valeria Mercuri and Marco Merletti earned third place for their sustainable Icelandic skyscraper concept intended to house Internet servers.
Key facts
- Yitan Sun and Jianshi Wu won first place in the 2016 Skyscraper Competition
- Their project is titled New York Horizon
- The design imagines a sunken Central Park in New York
- A 300-meter-tall glass skyscraper for housing surrounds the park
- The design reveals geological formations beneath the park
- The competition is organized by eVolvo Magazine
- The award has been given annually since 2006
- Second place went to Hadeel Ayed Mohammad, Yifeng Zhao, and Chengda Zhu for a drone control terminal
- Third place went to Valeria Mercuri and Marco Merletti for a sustainable server skyscraper in Iceland
Entities
Artists
- Yitan Sun
- Jianshi Wu
- Hadeel Ayed Mohammad
- Yifeng Zhao
- Chengda Zhu
- Valeria Mercuri
- Marco Merletti
Institutions
- eVolvo Magazine
Locations
- New York
- United States
- Central Park
- Iceland