ESCAPE FROM THAT BUILDING

This project is based on the discussion of institutionalisation and counterattitudinal behaviour in modern society. After interating with the stick figure in a immersive space, I hope players to rethink our relationship with society.

Escape From That Building

Obsession With Skyscrapers

Humans have a special predilection and obsession for skyscrapers. For a city that we have never visited, there is nothing more impressive than the skyline that remains in every image. Not only are they highly recognisable, but they are also an unmistakable demonstration of man’s technical ability: after all, pushing the limits of height in architecture is a fairly recent trend that requires a full range of technical foundations in terms of building materials, structural engineering and lift transport. The quest to build more and more tall buildings thus seems to be an undertaking in which a city wishing to integrate itself into the modern world must actively engage.

THE HISTORY OF HIGH-RISE BUILDING

The first high-rise buildings were constructed in the United States in the 1880s. They arose in urban areas where increased land prices and great population densities created a demand for buildings that rose vertically rather than spread horizontally, thus occupying less precious land area. By the mid-20th century, such buildings had become a standard feature of the architectural landscape in most countries in the world.

Food For Thought

FOUR TYPES OF HIGH-RISES BUILDING

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1885 1896

1913 1931 1998 1958

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2010

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COUNTRIES BY NUMBER OF 200M+ BUILDINGS, 2022 •

WHY ARE PEOPLE ALWAYS OBSESSED WITH SKYSCRAPERS?

THE IMPACT OF SKYSCRAPER?

WHO IS IN THE HIGH-RISE BUILDING?

SKYSCRAPER AND HUMAN RISING HEIGHT: SKYLINE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SKYSCRAPER

By the turn of the century the lower

Who

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At the end of the nineteenth century, a devastating fire in Chicago led architects to re-examine building materials and techniques. Plans to rebuild the city and the invention of lift technology led to the creation of high-rise buildings.

“The complex, interwoven social and economic patterns of this densely planned urban community are reflected in its architecture. ”

Skyscrapers were seen as an excellent means of addressing population concentrations and urban land constraints in 20th century.

Contemporary Social Issues

Tall buildings have always been a symbol of capitalist exuberance, displaying wealth as well as ego, and as a result, critics have looked to them as multi-storey barometers of economic boom and bust.

996 Working Hour System

The 996 working hour system is a work schedule, which derives its name from its requirement that employees work from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm, 6 days per week; i.e.72 hours per week. Critics argue that the 996 working hour system is a violation of Chinese Labour Law and have called it “modern slavery”.

NEW “INVOLUTED” GENERATION

Technological developments have led to an increase in the height of high-rise buildings and, at the same time, to creativity and performance in the construction industry.

Instead, 内卷, the Chinese term for involution, neijuan, which is made up of the characters for “inside” and “rolling,” suggests a process that curls inward, ensnaring its participants within what the anthropologist Xiang Biao has described as an “endless cycle of self-flagellation.”

OPPRESSIVENESS OF HIGH-DENSITY URBAN ENVIRONMENTS

More and more migrant chose to work in CBD and live in high-rise apartments in citys.

The Burnout Society

The “active life” attitude leads to anxiety and hysteria, and people not only fail to achieve freedom, but lose the happiness of contemplation.

The Edifice Complex

From the physical point of view, architecture fulfils the real functional needs of human beings. On a mental level, architecture creates specific spaces that influence man’s instinctive psychological feelings.

Skyscraper Height = Sign of Power

Sketch

Transform from 2D to 3D, am inspired by vertical constructions which helps to create an immersive space. As the height of buildings can partly block spectators’ views, these vertical elements can not only resonate with surrounding high-rise buildings, but also attract pedestrian’s attention and force a focus to spectacle before them.

Genius Loci

In the context of modern architectural theory, genius loci has profound implications for place-making. it shows a novel approach to interaction in a reality environment.

Small Scale Experiment

Visual Design Elements

• According to Eric Jaffe, our brains have evolved to perceive potential threat in sharp edges.

• Regular rectangular mirror-like windows are mainly used in contemporary architecture.

• The use of lighting highlighted seperate windows on each panel.

Modern Window vs. Classical Windows

Reflection oppressive feeling connectivity aloneness, isolation

• In case to show a cruel world with a attractive appearance, design elements could be more sharp, instead of soft warm tone. Also, with a focus of “institutionalizing“, these small figures should be simple and the same.

The spacial design is supposed to be more accessible to viewers. People are allowed to come close and walk in.

“the spirit of place”

Inspiration Interactive Flow

Spacial Design Place

earthbound atmosphere construction sensors architectural culture spiritual homeland

Institutionalize: a process intended to regulate societal behaviour within organizations or entire societies.

Counter-attitudinal behaviour: behaviour that is inconsistent with an attitude. With the increasingly fine division of labor in modern society, we have long been accustomed to mechanical activities all day long according to a predetermined program, repeating, monotonous notes in life again and again.