Individual Task Bamboo Land

MANIFESTO - Natalia Wolarek

Working on a Radical City of Dubai we had a great opportunity to look at architecture from a different perspective, on how architecture may look like in the future and how it looks right now. 

The basic reason for establishing and developing cities was the natural tendency to create social organizations that would increase the efficiency of human work. In various historical periods, economic formations, geographical regions and cities differed in function, size and form. 

Cities are a natural living environment for the modern human being. 

What shapes the city today on a "human scale" are factors directly affecting human psychology, a sense of aesthetics, security and comfort.

 While working with the  project we looked at the current situation in the world and our sense of sensitivity was moved by the pandemic situation that we have all experienced. 

We began to treat the city as a system that can be destroyed at any time and the question was – how can we avoid it? War conflicts, natural disasters, viruses…

That's why we decided to go to a very radical solution and raise our city in the air. 

Our elevated city has the advantage of being able to detach itself from society and the dangers that come with the greed for social hierarchy and conflict. During the wars and conflicts the destruction and devastation took lives of thousands and thousands more are forced to migrate, becoming displaced, as a result of war conflicts involving the United Arab Emirates and surrounding nations. The ‘Floating peace city’ is envisioned as a vertical mixed-use development to house the refugees that have been forced to flee their homes as a result of war.

 Our proposal provides a city free from the unjust social hierarchy and armed conflicts that these refugees may encounter on the ground.