Floating City

Urban Growth Model Based on Water Level Rise

Yimeng Ding
MAUD 2024
Esther Li
MAUD 2025
Hui Li
MAUD 2025
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1 Floating city typologies

For centuries architects and urban designers have been projecting the growth of our urban settlements based on the socio-economic development of the society. As we enter into the Anthropocene, what is the new model of urban growth heavily weighted on the projected ecological morphology and challenges?

Project video
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2 AI generated imaginaries
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3 Inspiration: Urban growth models
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4 GH Script
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5 Phases of floating city growth