Xing Wang PORTFOLIO Selected Academic Work Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design GSAPP Columbia University
AQABA 2.0-SOLAR SOUK SPRING 2018 MSAUD Xing Wang, Ke Ren, Sonu Sharma, Yijie Hu
URBAN DESIGN STUDIO
What if we empower the forgotten people of Aqaba by giving them access to a social credit system based energy consumption? The Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) issued Gensler an American architecture, design, planning and consulting firm to create a master plan for the city of Aqaba. The master plan clearly indicates the priorities of ASEZA, which are luxury developments for the wealthy elite predominantly from the Middle East, investing in second homes. These second homes are surrounded by an array of amenities, amongst them a vast golf courses with highly engineered water lagoons that require continuous rotation of water, consuming a tremendous amount of energy.
KIT OF PARTS The unit can be customised furthermore by a series different pole typologies made to respond to various specific needs of the people. The basis of these pole conditions is fundamental to the main function of the app for example, training, health care, getting discount etc. During Ramadan, people could enjoy meals under the canopy.