Desert City

Desert City is an exploration of building high-density cities in the Desert to reverse the hollowing out of villages. The goal of the project is to create a symbiotic relationship between oases, landscapes, and farms in the urban system.

The project is located on the edge of the Taklimakan desert, at the foot of the snow-capped mountains in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Relying on melting water from icebergs to build water networks and store water, the desert will gradually be transformed into a sustainable city.

The building adopts an interwoven spatial language, interspersing Living space with gardens, farms, and production spaces to create a multi-orientational experience while preserving the building’s sense of transparency. Build a social factory to reduce the division between workplace, home, and leisure space.

AI farms use the vast amounts of data collected by farm computers to make important decisions, such as how much water each plant needs to irrigate, how much light it needs, and when to harvest it.

Traditional architectural combination forms are broken, diversified Spaces are created, and vegetation and farms are introduced to achieve the regeneration of deserts, reduce the hollowing out of villages, and realize the sustainable development of urban and rural areas.