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DIIISTOPIA

Cyber city in Kühtai, Austria
Studio project, 3rd semester · with Philipp Kaltschmid
Year
2024/25
Place
Kühtai, Austria
Type
Group project with Philipp Kaltschmid
DIIISTOPIA, the vertical city on the reservoir in Kühtai
01Abstract

A speculative vertical city set in the alpine valley of Kühtai, Austria. The project imagines a post-catastrophe future in which the valley’s hydroelectric reservoirs, high above the risen seas and shielded by steep mountain slopes, become a refuge for the few who remain.

What begins as makeshift settlements along the lakes grows into a dense, stacked megastructure of concrete and steel: towering spires, elevated bridges and ramps linking districts across many levels, and cubic platforms opening into the void.

An exercise in density, verticality, and the strange beauty of a city built purely for survival.

Section through a tower
sectiondrawn in 1:200
02City
Hand sketch of the vertical city
hand sketch
Street level between the towers
street level
Canyon between the towers
canyon
Self-sustaining greenhouses from above
self-sustaining greenhouses