Italian architect Piero Lissoni's studio has designed a conceptual skyscraper in New York as a self-contained community and vertical urban farm that would provide an example of living in the post-Covid era, and he imagined Skylines to be a self-sufficient  by providing its own energy and resources as well as facilities for occupants to live, like school, sports facilities and a hospital.

 

Designed for an imaginary urban plot in New York City measuring 80 by 130 metres, the scheme uses geothermal energy and photovoltaic panels for power and would use a rainwater recovery system and water use management for water.

 

A curtain of steel cables would form the tapered structure and would hold up hanging garden platforms that run around a glazed tower in the centre.

 

Within the glass tower, the living spaces would be arranged vertically, with public and cultural activities on the lower levels and the soilless vegetable gardens and sports facilities above this.

 

Next would be the hospital "which is also immersed in greenery and well-equipped to face any health emergency".

 

And there would be schools and a university and spaces for offices and co-working, which is an important part of the programme post-Covid.