Pratt student teams win “What If NYC” competition (x2)

SCALE: Sustainable Contemporary Adaptable Living Environment by David Mans Otto Ruano, Robert Wrazen

untitled by Adam Alter and Michael Tom

Two winning entries from the “What If NYC?” competition are recent Pratt Architecture grads. The team of Adam Alter and Micheal Tom are come from the Grad dept, class of ‘06, and Otto Ruano got his B. Arch last year David Mans is undergrad class of ‘08 (they won with team-mate Robert Wranzen). Congrats.

ArchiPORN and the city of the future.

Here’s some content from XEFIROTARCH, aka Hernan Diaz-Alonso – a re imagined Los Angeles of 2106. The entry received an honorable mention in the Discovery Channel, “City of the Future Competition.” It’s Archigram for the digital techniques crowd, full of kitsch, and possibly a little bit ridiculous.

Anyhow, more to come on Hernan – we’re transcribing a lecture from his Theory Mini-series from Spring 2007. In the mean time – What’s your city of the future? and if you’re looking for some parameters, here’s a link to the current AFHny competition – What if NY?

and

(old) City of the Future coverage in the Times