Converted entry by arquivisuals

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I think both buildings have architecture representative of the old, but will there be one that can meet the challenge of being converted to a greater extent?
both buildings are in Manhatan NY

The red building (Delmonico’s Restaurant) is a restaurant and departments
The white building (German Bank Building) was a bank but today works as departments as well

May be to choose something I need create some sketches to develop the best option
I would like read your opinion to help me to decide

Cheers

The challenge of Tomorrow entry by arquivisuals

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PERSONAL DIARY BY JOEL WILLIAMS
June 18th, 2044. Before leaving.
Hudson Yards, New York.

The day started by letting me see a pale but visible sun; I already want to walk through the Metropolis and see under the light of the rays the happy face it will make.
I will take advantage of this “outside day” by buying a NS2 from Ellie, there are more purchases ahead and I have to replace my mask that now seems completely obsolete, like the many I have discarded…
I call my atte

DIGITAL CHRONICLE.
Hudson Yard, New York. June 18th, 2054.
By Greta Thunberg

The change is articulated in two variants: the first one, the appearance of “uncertainty”; For society as we knew it, a phenomenon called the Coriolis effect detonated it, which meant for our planet the decrease in the rotation of its winds, accelerating climate change, concentrating enormous amounts of pollution, which had been generated through years by humanity and coupled with toxic air clouds, affecting agriculture, living beings, worsening respiratory diseases and thereby affecting millions of people in the world.
The second variant, that I consider the most important “the action”. Due to the multiple problems resulting from this abrupt climate change (in my opinion, a consequence of our inaction in the past), today and thanks to the efforts of all people, the “REINICENT” program is launched, which involves the construction of powerful air in the architecture of the Metropolis and the erection of new hybrid buildings capable of symbiosis with the environment, generating its own oxygen and giving space to self-consumption agriculture, thanks to its structure and technology implemented in these buildings.
We also have NS3s, prepared since their launch to improve people’s quality of life by optimizing a functional society, which have been the tool to maintain the infrastructure of millions of people.
Even with all of this, it is clear that we still have a long way to go, but there is a very close light for all of us, for all of humanity …

PERSONAL DIARY BY ELLIE WILLIAMS
June 18th, 2054. The end and the beginning.

I haven’t done this in a while…
But to this day, for many years, I feel really free. With great nostalgia I remember him, because in a day like today he gave me my first NS2, I remember well the emotion and happiness I felt, ironic, it would be the only thing I would interact with for a long time, and now I give one to my daughter; But things are very different, we are different, after difficult times then came years of reflection on past and future actions, so many things to change but we are already one step further. Life as we knew it change from being able to go out a little we never went out, from being able to see people to only seeing automata, from consuming the unnecessary to fighting for the necessary, from generating waste without control, to controlling waste to procure the environment , and all this as we knew it came to an end once again…
Today I came out and glimpsed the result of what we call SIMBIOTEC (Symbiosis between Environment, Technology and Humanity),
It is the new beginning…
The intense green of the trees touches my pupils, The air with its purity breezes fill me, Now I have faith, in what I never had, the hope of a better tomorrow …

The challenge of Tomorrow entry by arquivisuals

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Manhattan County continues to important rank on lists of most polluted cities
“Millions of New Yorkers are at risk of unhealthy ozone levels, putting them at risk of premature death and other serious health effects such as asthma attacks, treating symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiovascular damage”
Results released by the local Health Department indicate that there are significant amounts of airborne pollutants in considerable amounts, especially on highways and in major traffic areas in Manhattan.

In addition current buildings suffer from Sick Building Syndrome
It is known as SBS in a set of symptoms and diseases caused or stimulating by air pollution in closed spaces.

These data make my vision of the future grim, however, today there is the constant development of new technologies that can be the hope of a better tomorrow
but getting there won’t be overnight.

My concept will present a scenario where the outdoor spaces will be little inhabited by people due to the unhealthy environment, on the other hand it will be traveled by drones that will help with the operation of the city
Autonomous robots working on the construction of sistems to improve the surrounding air as well as the infrastructure of more ecological and intelligent transport systems.