HIMALAYA WATER TOWER
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eVolo Magazine is pleased to announce the winners of the 2 0 1 2 S k y s c r a p e r C o m p e t i t i o n
Established in 2006, the annual Skyscraper Competition recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the use of new technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations, along with studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution.
The first place was awarded to Zhi Zheng, Hongchuan Zhao and Dongbai Song from China for their project Himalaya Water Tower. The proposal is a skyscraper located high in the Himalayan mountain range that stores water and helps regulate its dispersal to the land below as the mountains’ natural supplies dry up. The skyscraper, which can be replicated en masse, will collect water in the rainy season, purify it, freeze it into ice and store it for future use.