In this competition, we encourage participants to come up with visionary concepts for a green skyscraper – Only 3 drawings, absolute freedom of scale and program dimensions. Participants are asked to propose conceptual ideas to bring biodiversity back to New York City, more specifically to Midtown Manhattan, through a futuristic green skyscraper. As the world becomes more urbanized, this competitions’ purpose is to emphasise the importance of providing a synergy between architecture and biodiversity. By imagining a world where nature and people coexist as much as possible, it’s up to the participant to come to a very high degree of interaction between these two entities in many possible ways.

Manhattan Wildscraper is one of the Non Architecture “Into the Wild” competitions. As designers, how can we bring biodiversity into architecture through the use of new technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations? What is a skyscraper in the 21st century? How can a skyscraper incorporate biodiversity? What are the historical, contextual, social, urban, and environmental responsibilities of these mega-structures? Submission can address some of these questions. The proposal should envision a high-rise structure that embodies biodiversity elements in the most creative way. Manhattan Wildscraper aims to answer those questions with a particular focus on the water crisis as a result of a global water shortage. Scale of intervention and program dimensions are not given, and they can be arranged by the participants to better suit their design.