The Skyscraper of Stories is an architectural rebellion, rising in stark contrast to the hollow monuments of capitalism that dominate our urban landscapes. Rooted in the critique of Rem Koolhaas’ Content and Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth, this project transforms the skyscraper into a vertical oral infrastructure—a living archive of stories, voices, and collective memory.
Drawing on poetics and theory, from Gayatri Spivak’s Can the Subaltern Speak? to David Harvey’s Spaces of Hope, the skyscraper rejects the capitalist race for height and spectacle. Instead, it grows only when needed, shaped by the voices of the oppressed and the forgotten. Each level is a response to societal needs: forums for debate, archives for knowledge, and arenas for the silenced to scream and be heard. The architecture melds steampunk aesthetics with biopunk materials like bamboo and timber, embodying resilience and sustainability.
This is a skyscraper that listens. It rises not from greed but from humanity’s longing for connection, justice, and liberation. At its core, the Skyscraper of Stories is a poetic challenge to the structures of power—a testament to storytelling as resistance and architecture as a canvas for revolution. It is a building that grows as its community grows.
