THE INTIMATE CITY (Space inside out)

 

The collapse of the american economy (during late 90's and recently) showed the fragile aspects of metropolitan cities:  its potential decadence and its obsolescence.  

It reminds us of a famous quote: All that is solid melts into air (by Marshall Berman).

 

This model explores and states:  

"Sell whole skyscrapers (probably for $100 grand,

tear appart all its interiors, all floors, and convert them into private residences.

This is the next step for the Jet Set lifestyle !! "

 

So that, a renovated skyscraper would have a couple of floors

(the dining, the living, a master bedroom, the family room, a terrace)

and some of those new floors could become moving platforms (moved by hydraulic energy).

 

It would be a suburban city in its purest form and its proper scale...

Individual space, Intimate city.