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2020 Skyscraper Competition
Milos Petrovic, Sara Stojkanovic

Italy

More than ever, the world is witnessing a high level of danger due to the constant increase in a number of natural disasters. Humanity is in demand of a fast-responding solution for evacuation and danger detection. Therefore, renewable energy and optimizing collaboration between program, technology, and architecture have come to the forefront of design approaches.
Giving an example of Tokyo, the project focus on tsunamis whose rapid growth has been reported in this region in the past decade. Earthquakes, the usual cause of tsunamis, aren?t uncommon in Japan as it sits within what?s known as the Ring of Fire, a chain of tectonic plate boundaries that hugs the Pacific basin. It?s home to around 90 percent of the world?s earthquakes. A decade ago, one of the deadliest natural disasters in history killed 227,898 people – nearly 170,000 of them in these regions. The people from Japan face an uncertain future as the next tsunami is predicted in a few years with 100% death rate in the area it affects, going 16 kilometers into the land. Is this country ready for the next one" Can it be saved by water force itself" In the deep ocean, tsunami waves may appear only a foot high, but as they enter shallower water they slow down and begin to grow in energy and height. Observing the divers in water during earthquakes and other disasters, it?s known that the effect it has on them i...