Rain makers and sunken Central Park, are these the skylines of the future? 造雨機與泡在水中的中央公園是未來建築的輪廓？

(CNN)Rain-making buildings and a bee hive-like tower covered in buzzing drones -- these are the structures that could shape the skylines of the future.
造雨建築和如蜂窩狀停滿無人飛行機的高塔，這些都是為未來建築可能的模樣。


Both concepts were submitted to the annual eVolo Skyscraper Competition, which invites young architects and designers from around the world to identify technological and environmental trends or problems, and design skyscrapers that respond to them.

這兩個構想都參加了eVolo年度摩天大樓設計競賽，邀請了世界各地年輕的建築師與設計師，找出科技與環境的趨勢或是問題，並且設計一棟摩天大樓來作為對這些趨勢和問題的回應。

This year, 489 designs were submitted, from which 3 finalists and 21 honorable mentions were selected.
今年，489項設計報名參賽，從21位榮譽提名中篩選，最後選出三位得獎者。

Digging deep 向下深入挖掘



The winning submission was "New York Horizon" by American designers Yitan Sun and Jianshi Wu.獲獎的作品是“紐約地平線”由美國設計師Yitan Sun和Jianshi Wu所設計。

Their concept involves digging up Manhattan's Central Park and surrounding it with a 1,000-foot reflective wall, creating a mirrored "horizontal skyscraper" to reflect the park's greenery.他們的概念包含往下挖曼哈頓的中央公園，並用1000呎的反射牆包圍它，創造一個投射的“地平線摩天大樓”來反射公園的綠色植物。


By digging down, rather than building upwards, the designers hope to "reverse the traditional relationship between landscape and architecture"."The Hive" tower took second place.往下挖比向上蓋來的好，這些設計師希望“顛覆傳統地形與建築的關係”。而第二名是“蜂巢”高塔。



Conceived as a response to the rise of drone technology, the tower is covered in drone landing docks, and was designed by Hadeel Ayed Mohammad, Yifeng Zhao, and Chengda Zhu of the United States.
考慮到正在崛起的無人飛行機科技，這座高塔是被一個無人飛行機碼頭所包覆，是由Hadeel Aved Mohammad、Yifeng Zhao和Chengda Zhu三位美國設計師所設計。





In third place was the "Data Skyscraper" -- a green data center located in Iceland, which Italian designers Valeria Mercuri and Marco Merletti hope could reduce the carbon footprint of traditional energy guzzling data centers.
位居第三名的是“資料摩天大樓”—一個位於冰島的綠色資料中心，由義大利設計師Valeria Mercuri和Marco Merletti希望可以減少那些消耗大量傳統能源的資料中心所產生的碳足跡。

Dark side黑暗面

Some submissions imagined a darker future for mankind.
一些參賽作品想像人類的未來是個黑暗的未來。

The "Return to Nature" tower flips the dynamic between mankind and its environment.
“重返大自然”高塔翻轉了人類與環境之間的動態關係。






The creation of Thailand's Nathakit Sae-Tan and Prapatsorn Sukkaset is set in a world where mother nature is the primary consumer of buildings, while humans are reduced to "parasites of the planet".
泰國設計師Nathakit Sae-Tan和Prapatsorn Sukkaset的作品，背景設定為建築主要的消費者是大自然的世界，而人類則退化成“星球上的寄生蟲”。


Equally dystopian, "Cloud Craft", by Michael Militello and Amar Shah of the United States, inhabits a world exhausted by drought, where rain has to be purposely manipulated by frequent use of cloud seeding.
相當反烏托邦的作品“雲機(Cloud Craft)”由美國設計師Michael Militello及Amar Shah所設計，居住在一個因乾旱而筋疲力竭的世界，必須要常常播種，以人工操控的方法來造雨。
























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