Friedrich St. FlorianElements of the Vertical City, project, Rome, Italy, Axonometric of torso 1966I
Friedrich St. FlorianElements of the Vertical City, project, Rome, Italy, Axonometric of torso 1966Ink, graphite, and gouache on boardMoMAFriedrich St. Florian’s Vertical City, a tower of three hundred stories, was a visionary urban proposal that he believed could actually be built. The cylindrical form of the structural components was intended to allow the city to soar above the clouds, thusa granting at least a hundred additional days of sunlight to those at the top. The regions beyond the clouds were designated for those most in need of light—hospitals, schools, and the elderly—which could be continually provided by solar technology. Like the modern linear city, the vertical version had centralized stations for transportation, communication, and energy. -- source link
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