Name:		Jose Antonio Antoli Salva (ARCHITECT)
Company: Address:		DESIGN plus ART

LIST OF MOST IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS
1. “New Urban skyline: Residential Skyscrapers”; Program Book, Spanish Architects Congress, 2009.
2. “Residential Skyscrapers”; The Urban Project, Delft University of Technology, 2009. EAAE Conference.
3. “Residential Skyscrapers: Divercity”; 5th Great Asian Streets Conference, Singapore University, 2008.
4. “Small House” of SANAA; Japan Houses, E.T.S.A.M. Polytechnic University of Madrid, 2008.
5. “Simulation Proposal Sant Julia Loria” (Andorra); Traffic Space Project, E.T.S.A.B. Polytechnic
University of Barcelona, 2004.

ABSTRACT FOR: ¨SUSTAINBLE DESIGN DAYS JEDDAH¨
New architectural concepts are born to give solutions to the needs of the current society and development of our cities. Investigations we made in Asia, where the growth of its population and its cities in the last few years has been and continues to be exorbitant, shows us that we are of the forefront of a change in the urban skyline; the example of China where in Beijing and Shanghai in
ten years 10,000 skyscrapers have been built, is relevant globally and we should study and analyze future propositions with urban mechanisms resulting in planned growth.

The megacities need to face up to the complex disorders of horizontal urban growth. A clear example can be found in the thousands of people that work in the centre of Tokyo that complete journeys of more than three hours every day from their homes in the metropolitan area or occasionally they don’t return and end up sleeping in capsule hotels.

These situations which provoke social change are causing urban transformations with proposals based on compression and densification of certain specific zones, existing neighbourhoods and new developments.

Observing the return of denser housing models, requires a valid option using the tall building, residential towers complexes substituting blocks of lower density. Making city from the section, using the skyscrapers model.

This investigation is based on a comparative study of the recently built residential zone of Sanchinarro, in the outskirts of Madrid, against an experimental model of vertical growth with linked units of tall buildings. This evaluation will help identify inadequate existing urban approaches and current planning trends that poorly address high density, as seen in many growing urban outskirts
that have became sleeping cities which are spatial and social vacuums.

This study can steer us to develop new parameters and rules to design a successful urban model that is sustainable and liveable. Some parameters include: green space, diversity, mixed use, building typologies, density per area, space programming, infrastructure, social integration, pedestrian and vehicular circulation, architectural and urban aesthetic design details.

The proposed model will promote successful integration between the various high rise towers together, these buildings with the block, and the block within the city. By Interrelating the city with these blocks formed by two or three towers, we aim to break with the current isolated block models which are closed enclaves.

This paper will try to demonstrate how within the proposed model, a greater amount of public and private green space can be obtained while maintaining the same or higher density. Furthermore, through the use of a mixed building typology of varying heights and forms, a desirable and diverse urban form can emerge as compared to previous developments. The proposed tower will function
as a vertical street with mixed uses and functions.

Finally, we will determine if high rise towers are a critical component of new urban projects and if so, how should they be organized within a city to promote successful urban design.