Horizontal City of No Nation

Academic, teamwork, 2019
Teammates: Zhichen Gong, Yong Chen, Yingzhi He, Congying He

Honorable Mention | eVolo 2019 Skyscraper Competition, 2019

Collected in eVolo Skyscrapers 4  | 2021

Paradoxical, 4C Architecture and Design Innovation Exhibition | 2021

︎︎︎eVolo 2019  results


The world is witnessing the highest level of displacement on record.

According to UNHCR, by the end of 2016, 65.5 million individuals were forcibly displaced worldwide due to persecution, conflict, violence, and human rights violations. That was an increase of 300,000 people over the previous years, and the world's displaced population is still at a record high. Also, 10.3 million people were newly displaced during the year, and the speed of new displacements was equal to 20 people every minute.

Under such circumstances, offering a "land" and resettling those innocent people in war properly, not only by providing temporary camps but also by enabling them to continue their everyday lives and the development of their society, is the core part of this proposal.






Diagrams to the left credit to Zhichen Gong
Rendering credit to Yong Chen





Credit to Congying He