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Urban Sequoia building for absorbing carbon by SOM
Nov 19, 2021
SOM Unveils Urban Sequoia
Design: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)
Locations – conceptual: NYC, USA / Lagos, Nigeria, Africa

Renderings © SOM | Miysis
At COP26, Som Unveiled Urban Sequoia, A Proposal To Transform The Built Environment Into A Network For Absorbing Carbon
Urban Sequoia building design for absorbing carbon
What if the built environment could be a solution to the climate crisis, rather than part of the problem" What if buildings could act like trees ? capturing carbon, purifying the air, and regenerating the environment" Taking inspiration from natural processes and ecosystems, Urban Sequoia envisions ?forests? of buildings that sequester carbon and produce biomaterials to create a new carbon economy and a resilient urban environment.
Today at COP26, the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) unveiled Urban Sequoia ? a concept for buildings and their urban context to absorb carbon at an unprecedented rate. SOM has developed the first step toward achieving this goal on a broad scale, with a prototype for a high-rise building that can be built today. Created by a global interdisciplinary team at SOM, with the advice of industry experts, the concept was presented by Kent Jackson, Partner, and Mina Hasman, Senior Associate Principal, live at...