{"id":54969,"date":"2019-10-07T08:45:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T12:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/?p=54969"},"modified":"2019-10-03T12:33:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T16:33:14","slug":"post-apocalyptic-shipwreck-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/post-apocalyptic-shipwreck-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"Prague&#8217;s Post-Apocalyptic &#8220;Shipwreck Tower&#8221;: Genius or Nonsense?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Architects: Showcase your next project through <a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/register\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Architizer<\/a> and sign up for our <a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/architizer\/newslettersubscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">inspirational newsletter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve had neoclassicism.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve had postmodernism.<\/p>\n<p>How about post-apocalyptic mimesis?<\/p>\n<p>Renderings have been revealed for a skyscraper with a difference in Prague, the Czech Republic. Designed by architecture firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blacknarch.cz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black N&#8217; Arch<\/a> \u2014 a studio that includes provocative Czech sculptor David \u010cern\u00fd \u2014 the 443-foot-tall \u201cTop Tower\u201d features a full-scale shipwreck that appears to have crashed into an otherwise regular office block in the capital city\u2019s <em>Nov\u00e9 Butovice <\/em>neighborhood.<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-embed widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TOP TOWER\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gl3mQH_jLvQ?start=353&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Accompanying the renderings comes a video, produced by project developer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trigema.cz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trigema<\/a>, that illuminates the startling \u2018inspiration\u2019 for the tower \u2014 global warming, climate change, environmental crises \u2026 and the impending apocalypse. With global ocean levels rising to potentially catastrophic levels and impacting cities around the world, the designers aimed to create a shocking yet functional symbol that serves as a conspicuous reminder of our environmental plight. This comes in the form of a naval \u2018ruin\u2019 that forms an inhabitable extension to the adjacent skyscraper, as if it had been co-opted after the waters receded.<\/p>\n<p>While the project looks like an extreme example of adaptive reuse, the structure would actually be new, with sustainable credentials to match. According to the designers, the tower would have a comprehensive rainwater collection system, and should achieve LEED Gold certification when (and if) it is completed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy lazy_media_item aligncenter wp-image-54976 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-03-at-12.00.00-PM.png?resize=1481%2C1068&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"shipwreck top tower prague david cerny\" width=\"1481\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-03-at-12.00.00-PM.png?w=1481&amp;ssl=1 1481w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-03-at-12.00.00-PM.png?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-03-at-12.00.00-PM.png?resize=768%2C554&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-03-at-12.00.00-PM.png?resize=1024%2C738&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many will argue that the shipwreck tower amounts to little more than a formal gimmick, akin to the abominations found in Janelle Zara\u2019s old but ever-relevant analysis of Disaster Regionalism. However, in this case, there is no cringe-worthy comparison with a present-day scenario \u2014 \u010cern\u00fd\u2019s ruined ship is predictive rather than referential, pointing towards a future that is dependent on our actions or lack thereof.<\/p>\n<p>A commenter on Archinect\u2019s coverage of the proposal spoke to the potential upside to such a project: \u201cThis strain of near-future apocalypse is crazy interesting. This sort of narrative architecture blows past green virtue-signaling projects and represents our future for what it actually looks like. It&#8217;s bleak! We are heading towards collapse! Pretending that incremental increases of facade foliage will save the world? Even more LEED buildings? Nowhere as impactful as this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy lazy_media_item aligncenter wp-image-54972 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/http___cdn.cnn_.com_cnnnext_dam_assets_190926115620-03-prague-top-tower.jpg?resize=727%2C727&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"shipwreck top tower prague david cerny\" width=\"727\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/http___cdn.cnn_.com_cnnnext_dam_assets_190926115620-03-prague-top-tower.jpg?w=727&amp;ssl=1 727w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/http___cdn.cnn_.com_cnnnext_dam_assets_190926115620-03-prague-top-tower.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/http___cdn.cnn_.com_cnnnext_dam_assets_190926115620-03-prague-top-tower.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These words give pause for thought; perhaps there is something to post-apocalyptic architecture after all? Well \u2026 perhaps indeed. The argument becomes problematic when you remember the fact that this \u2018rusty ship\u2019 is actually to be newly constructed, and merely designed to mimic an ancient wreck.<\/p>\n<p>The picturesque qualities of the &#8220;Top Tower&#8221; project \u2014 the way greenery winds its way up the side of the skeletal structure, culminating in a sculptural public observation deck \u2014 bring to mind a curious architectural trend that spread across Europe in the 18th century. Back then, numerous architects were tasked with creating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2018\/04\/fake-ruins-europe-trend\/558293\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">false ruins<\/a> for aristocrats to impress their friends and irritate their enemies. These \u201cruin follies\u201d were all the rage until war arrived on the continent, and real damage to cities meant people began to view the sham ruins for what they were \u2014 excessive and ultimately superficial structures they no longer had the luxury to enjoy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_54977\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54977\" class=\"lazy lazy_media_item wp-image-54977 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/lead_720_405.jpg?resize=720%2C405&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"shipwreck top tower prague david cerny\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/lead_720_405.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/lead_720_405.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-54977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Robert Rochfort&#8217;s ruin folly, entitled &#8220;The Jealous Wall&#8221;; image via Frank Bach \/ Shuttershock<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>While the premise of Top Tower is more serious and grounded in reality than those overblown follies, its intellectual value is surely questionable. As with climate change itself, only in the future will we know the true impact of this provocative piece of architecture.<\/p>\n<p><em>Architects: Showcase your next project through <a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/register\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Architizer<\/a> and sign up for our <a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/architizer\/newslettersubscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">inspirational newsletter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should David \u010cern\u00fd&#8217;s bizarre proposal be given a second thought in contemporary architectural 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