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B ARCH - VERTICAL CITY

Bachelor of Architecture (B Arch) final year architectural thesis research about Vertical City, a mixed-use skycraper in Mumbai, India. The project is a live proposal in the city of Mumbai.

 

Throughout the history of architecture, there has been a continual quest for height. Thousands of workers toiled on the pyramids of ancient Egypt, the cathedrals of Europe and countless other towers, all-striving to create something awe-inspiring. People build skyscrapers primarily because they are convenient -- you can create a lot of real estate out of a relatively small ground area. But ego and grandeur do sometimes play a significant role in the scope of the construction, just as it did in earlier civilizations.

 

Every country has a skyscraper to show how dominant and power, the particular country has. As there are not many Skyscraper projects in India, I took the challenge to design in the most dense area, Mumbai. Vertical City is a city planned vertically and it is the solution to mankind to solve the future urban migration problem. 

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