Three Creative Methods for High-Rise Building Design

Abstract

This paper explores three innovative high-rise building design concepts to enrich urban environments by enhancing human perception, integrating cultural heritage and promoting sustainability. Runxin Fu’s ‘The Perceptual Condenser’ disrupts typical spatial experiences through composite wall systems and angled shear walls, encouraging active exploration and improving the human experience in vertical environments through Structuralism. Shiyao Feng’s ‘The Landscape City’ integrates elements of traditional Chinese shanshui gardens and paintings, using masking techniques and spatial contrasts to create a distinctive and culturally enriched spatial experience. Biaoqing Tao’s ‘Arching’ concept employs biomimetic modular methods, emphasising sustainability and reducing carbon emissions through the use of wood and modular construction. These approaches propose a transformative vision for high-rise buildings that aims to break free from homogenised urban architecture and foster diverse, sustainable and culturally rich urban spaces