Vertical City - a short documentary film that illustrates the importance and practicality of developing vertical cities - was recently released. To celebrate this significant step towards the creation of sustainable vertical cities our organization held a film release party at the Yale Club in New York City.
This event was jointly organized by our teams in New York City and Portland, Oregon. Those in attendance included:
Ken King, Vertical City Founder (right) & Lennon Richardson, Vertical City Marketing Coordinator (left). Shown here with Ming Tang who also helped to organize the event.
Corrie de Groot, Y.K. King & Susie Wang (from left to right)
Ray King, Summer Fang, Karen Zhang and Xu Yanping also deserve recognition for helping to organize this event.
Special thanks to:
Brad Nemeth of ThyssenKrupp
Shown here speaking about the ropeless elevator innovation known as MULTI.
Shown here speaking about the ropeless elevator innovation known as MULTI.
Dr. Jerry Cammarata who helped to facilitate this event and took many wonderful photos.
Shown above with Ken King
Shown above with Ken King
Lauren Hauser and another event manager at the Yale Club.
Lauren provided excellent service to us and was able to accommodate all of our needs.
Lauren provided excellent service to us and was able to accommodate all of our needs.
Many important contributors to the film also attended including:
Craig Leon, Film Director (second from right) and Alexander Leon, Soundtrack Composer (right) of Future History Films. Shown here with Sebastian Leon, Laura Donoso and Ken King.
Professor Dickson Despommier (right) of Columbia University and VerticalFarm.com who warned us of the rapid depletion of farmland due to humanities urban expansion.
Shown with Jerry Cammarata (left) and Ken King
Shown with Jerry Cammarata (left) and Ken King
Didi Pei of Pei Partnership Architects who gave us the confidence that Vertical City will someday be a reality.
Maria Sevely of Pei Partnership Architects who outlined how podiums and sky-lobbies in vertical cities can enhance the inhabitants quality of life. Shown above with director Craig Leon.
We’d also like to recognize Dennis Poon of Thornton Tomasetti the structural Engineer who assured us that the construction of a mile high building is possible and Rick Barker of Barker Mohandas Vertical Transportation Consultants who inspired us with the ropeless elevator technologies. As well as Corban Monger and Derek Zivolich for developing the 3D animation shown in the film.
This film would not have been possible if it were not for the numerous experts who contributed to the development of the vertical city book including:
Kellogg Wong (second from left) co-author and Dr. Janet Strong (right) editor of Vertical City: A Solution for Sustainable Living
Gregory Kiss (left) of Kiss + Cathcart Architects who expertise in architecturally integrated photovoltaics contributed greatly to the development of the vertical city concept.
Shown speaking with Brad Nemeth and Lennon Richardson
Shown speaking with Brad Nemeth and Lennon Richardson
We’d also like to thank Liu Thai Ker master planner of Singapore and Adrian Smith of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture who contributed generously to the vertical city concept.
Many other important and distinguished guests were also in attendance including:
Shu Ching and Robert Silin shown with Y.K. King
Anh Thu, Tom Piano and Tom Vogl
Lawyers Tim Satvisky (left) & Sam Israel
George Fan & Robert Silin
Michael and An Loeb shown with Y.K. King
Kathy Chow and Ed Jabbour of Kick Design Partners
Dr John and Susie Wang with Y.K. King
Michael Abtams, Kathy Chow and Henry Smedley
Eric and Eva Aeschlima
Anki King, Ken’s Norwegian “Cousin” shown with Dr. Jerry Cammarata
Karen Wang and Kelly Balthazar
Alice Bolocan and Emily Liu
We would like to thank everyone - especially those of you who are not mentioned above - for attending this historic event.
As our population continues to grow and our farmland is rapidly depleted, we recognize the need for an urgent solution.
The vertical city concept is not based on available technologies and leading experts from diverse fields say that it can be done. Building and maintaining vertical cities will allow us to save significant amounts of energy, time and money compared to conventional cities. Most importantly, we can save our land for nature or to grow food.
We are deeply grateful to all of you who supported this concept.
All photo credits belong to VerticalCity.org
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