Minjie Liang, Kaylin Yee Yeoh and Hongyu Wei

‘Co₃Dependency – Growing Lives in the midst of a burning waste’

The project focuses on how architecture can provide humans with an alternative way of thinking and shaping the city and landscape while dealing with tragedies beyond their control. In our ark, everybody is working towards a goal for survival. The Ark provides more than just a model for surviving, it aims to sustain humans to be able to live a comfortable life, where people can still enjoy themselves and coexist with nature in a respectful way.

Manifesto

1. We will now live in The Ark, protected from the heat, smoke and pollution;
2. The Ark provides a new life, only certain urban programs will be retained;
3. We will be self sufficient, each individual responsible for producing their own food for survival;
4. Lifestyles will change. We will practice a living style with limited resources, where access to all things is made in moderation;
5. We will strive to live a comfortable and enjoyable lifestyle while coexisting and respecting Nature.

The Ark traps people inside in a never ending loop in which to survive you must accept you’re living in a prison where work is forever ahead of you. The façade is burnt and scarred by the marks of the burning landscape after decades of environmental abuse. As the colourful interiors fade away, humans eventually forget about a time where they were free to roam the landscape, consume everything as they please and live a life of multiple choices. Our Ark represents a condition in which we are the prisoners of our own actions and the punished subjects of our human condition.