eVolo 2020 Winners

John Hill

23. April 2020

Egalitarian Nature by Yutian Tang and Yuntao Xu (All images courtesy of EVOLO)

eVolo Magazine has announced the winners of its 2020 Skyscraper Competition. Three winners and 22 honorable mentions "challenge the way we understand vertical architecture and its relationship with the natural and built environments."

Epidemic Babel by D Lee, Gavin Shen, Weiyuan Xu, and Xinhao Yuan

First Place

Epidemic Babel: Healthcare Emergency Skyscraper by D Lee, Gavin Shen, Weiyuan Xu, and Xinhao Yuan (China)
"The project envisions a rapid-deployment healthcare skyscraper for epidemic outbreaks. The building consists of a steel frame in which pre-fabricated programmatic boxes would plug-in according to specific demands."

Epidemic Babel by D Lee, Gavin Shen, Weiyuan Xu, and Xinhao Yuan

Egalitarian Nature by Yutian Tang and Yuntao Xu

Second Place

Egalitarian Nature by Yutian Tang and Yuntao Xu (USA)
"The proposal imagines a man-made vertical park for recreational activities within high-density urban areas accessible to all its inhabitants."

Egalitarian Nature by Yutian Tang and Yuntao Xu

Coast Breakwater Community by Charles Tzu Wei Chiang and Alejandro Moreno Guerrero

Third Place

Coast Breakwater Community by Charles Tzu Wei Chiang and Alejandro Moreno Guerrero (Taiwan)
"The project envisions a vertical housing community for fishermen in St. Louis, Senegal where rising sea levels have forced the inhabitants to move inland. The proposal is inspired by the traditional wooden architecture- a system of pillars, arches, and tensile structures."