Competitions » CityvisionWeb. About COMPETITIONS CityVision Competitions is an annual architectural contest that invites architects, designers, students, artists and creatives to develop urban and visionary proposals with the aim of stimulating new ideas for the future of our cities. All through innovative ideas and methodologies that can improve the connection between the historical, contemporary and future city vocation, thus promoting a positive evolution of the critical architectural historiography. CityVision Competitions is part of the homonimus architecture laboratory, CityVision, that every year proposes deep researches and studies with the aim of generating a dialogue between the contemporary city and its future image. Jury Members. Gurroo – A new generation of innovative minds. Red Bull Illume - Image Quest 2013. Competition. Honorable Mention 2014 Skyscraper Competition Henry Smith, Adam Woodward, Paul Attkins United Kingdom A cylindrical matrix of super tall structure centered on an electromagnetic vertical accelerator to eliminate the hydrocarbon dependency of aircraft during takeoff.
The radical re-interpretation of the skyscraper format provides hyper density in an organic and adaptive habitat. Commercial air travel is celebrating its centenary in 2014 and over the last 100 years aviation has made an unprecedented impact on the way people can experience an interconnected and relatively open world.
Looking ahead, we can see that in 2050 aviation is predicted to fly 16 billion passengers and 400 million tones of cargo. We must be able to manage that with sustainable technologies and efficient infrastructure. The future of Aviation is anticipated to rely on energy dense hydrocarbon fuels to provide the power required to make flight possible.