Seeds of Life | Mekano Studio

Mekano Studio, from Egypt, shared with us their proposal for “Seeds of Life”, a skyscraper proposal that has  received an honorable mention in eVolo 2011 skyscraper competition.

Project Description From Mekano Studio:

The city of Cairo, in Egypt, has become one of the most polluted cities worldwide. The idea behind this proposal is to recycle the city’s waste and use it as building material for large-scale development that could eventually become a city in itself.

The project is composed of an exoskeleton where different types of living and working units could be plugged-in. Each unit is designed with a specific program in mind – from small ones for single families to large ones for recreational areas such as parks and sports facilities. Hundreds of terraces are used for agriculture and rainwater collection, while specific sites are used to bury organic waste and produce biogas, electricity, and fertilizers.

CONCEPT:

Environment is dead in this place, the idea of reviving the environment and that will happen when we revive it’s elements (human – plants – Animals ) and provide them with the necessary power to live.

Power: Using the garbage as seeds buried underground and life comes out of it (bringing the good of the garbage out of it) and it will be used to generate Biogas, electricity and fertilize.

Human: changing the society point of view towards the homeless people by making them helpful and productive to the community and this will happen by rehabilitate their lives and then by giving them the opportunity to be a real humans, make them ready to lots of available jobs and works varying from farming, animal husbandry and the completion of life elements.

Plants: The Seeds of Life skyscraper have lots of green slabs coming out of it, providing the tower with lots of organic elements, making the tower self-sufficient and to reduce the pollution.

Birds: Opening holes in the form of the skyscraper to put in some bird nests for some kind of birds that lives in this area.The bad image of the city will be rotated to make the idea of the skyscraper.

STORY BOARD:

1-homeless coexist with the garbage, sad society because of this problem and only one is happy with what’s happening.
2- Mr garbage, the only one happy because this authority is increasing on the lands of Egypt.
3-A homeless finds a book about our vision to the future of the garbage usage and Homeless skyscraper.
4-the idea and vision awakened the talents inside of the homeless.
5-the homeless then finished his dream to live as a real human, to seek a better life and be productive to the community.
6-After the dream came true, Life is just started to the poor homeless people (those were called zabaleen in the past)

Credits:
Mekano Studio – Egypt
Osama Mohamed Elghannam, Karim Mohamed Elnabawy, Mohamed Ahmed Khamis, Nesma Mohamed Abobakr