Potential Drone Companies

The potential uses for drones in the future will mean that most companies will require a fleet. New buildings will need to provide workshop areas, charging areas and virtual and real spaces to test/fly drones.

Timber Skyscrapers – The future

Timber skycrapers may become the structures of the future. A 350-metre hybrid timber skyscraper has been proposed in Tokyo. There are many other ply-structure proposals. Currently the tallest timber structure is 24m

Benefits of timber construction are:

• Strength to weight ratio
• It seals carbon dioxide
• Prefabrication is off site
• The construction process is quicker and less polluting
• Timber can be molded into curved forms
• Timber does not deform in heat
• The energy required to manufacture timber components is half that need for concrete and one percent of that needed to make steel components

Drone Atrium’s

Buildings of the future will be multiple use (vertical neighborhoods). Drone corridors could be created in central atrium’s that go down to access the underground network.

 

Future Offices

Virtual Communication

Biophilic Design

Flexible Workspaces

Digital Technology

Future  offices will be part of vertical campuses where buildings will have at least three different uses. Spaces will be flexible and work ethos will be flexible to match millenial working trends. Communication will be virtual and actual reality

 

Future Cities

Future cities will be green, smart, conscientious of human well-being and environmental impact. Vehicular usage and ownership will be minimal. Most aspects of daily living will be experienced through a combination of virtual and actual reality

Potential drone delivery services

In the future cities and buildings may be designed around the potential usage of drones.

Potential drone accessible buildings

Due to adverse weather conditions, drone deliveries in the uk may be limited. A way of engaging with the UAVs would be to design drone accessible buildings where deliveries are internal.

Underground drone networks

Large sewer systems could provide potential drone networks to distribute drone traffic across towns. Drones could enter via tall buildings or purpose built structures

Public Perception of Drones

Intel Corporation flies 2,018 Intel Shooting Star drones over its Folsom, California, facility, in July 2018. The drone light show set a Guinness World Records title for the most unmanned aerial vehicles airborne simultaneously. (Credit: Intel Corporation)

As drone applications increase and companies such as Amazon push for the unlocking of the lower altitude, public fear of drones will increase. The public perception of drones is fear and irritation. People fear invasion of privacy and surveillance by a moving object.  People also worry about them dropping out of the sky. Overcrowded skies may be an issue in the future, therefore my design aims to tackle this creating underground networks for drones and high level entry into buildings.

 

Examples of Bio-mimic Design

Working clockwise: The Eastgate Building passive ventilation was inspired by the termite mound, The form of Los Manantials was based on the lotus flower, the Termite Pavilion was inspired by the termite mound, St Mary’s Axe was based on a sea sponge and Waterloo Intentional terminal was inspired by the shell of the Pangolin