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High Rise by Theo Deutinger, Johannes Pointl, Beatriz Ramo
Out of the 191 countries that are counted by the United Nations only 81 (42%) to have a building that is higher than 100 meter. Still, lining up the highest buildings of these 81 nations according to their geographical proximity creates
an impressive skyline.
I really love this visualisation. Firstly it is great how they collate all
the high rise buildings and they layer it with a little design/illustration with
a silhouette of a sky line. Then there's also the gradient from blue to white
for the sky. It tells you the height of each building and its name, location and
they're sectioned Asia, Europe, Africa & America. It then has outer rings
showing scale at 200 metres & 300 metres to offer comparison between.
I kept questioning why circular, would it work better along a straight scale
to serve as like a bar chart? But I think it is served best as a circle because
it gives me the sense of the earth, rhetorically emphasized with the orange/red center
core (contrasting brilliantly with the blue sky), and the buildings grow out of
it trying to reach the planes in the sky and even satellites in space to give
you a sense of scale.
created by by Theo Deutinger, Johannes Pointl, Beatriz Ramo. through Theo Deutinger Architects
featured here: visualthinkmap.ning.com/photo/photo/show?id=2168552:Photo...
High Rise by Theo Deutinger, Johannes Pointl, Beatriz Ramo
Out of the 191 countries that are counted by the United Nations only 81 (42%) to have a building that is higher than 100 meter. Still, lining up the highest buildings of these 81 nations according to their geographical proximity creates
an impressive skyline.
I really love this visualisation. Firstly it is great how they collate all
the high rise buildings and they layer it with a little design/illustration with
a silhouette of a sky line. Then there's also the gradient from blue to white
for the sky. It tells you the height of each building and its name, location and
they're sectioned Asia, Europe, Africa & America. It then has outer rings
showing scale at 200 metres & 300 metres to offer comparison between.
I kept questioning why circular, would it work better along a straight scale
to serve as like a bar chart? But I think it is served best as a circle because
it gives me the sense of the earth, rhetorically emphasized with the orange/red center
core (contrasting brilliantly with the blue sky), and the buildings grow out of
it trying to reach the planes in the sky and even satellites in space to give
you a sense of scale.
created by by Theo Deutinger, Johannes Pointl, Beatriz Ramo. through Theo Deutinger Architects
featured here: visualthinkmap.ning.com/photo/photo/show?id=2168552:Photo...