Hi everyone,

This is an appreciation post for one of Frostpunk fans from Korea, Eddy Choi (EddychoiBP) who also happens to be an architecture student. The game has served as the basis for Eddy's architectural reconstruction of London. We found his work very interesting and thought you might enjoy it as well. Below you can read an introduction written by the author:

"London has frozen.

After the sedation period from the 14th century, in the early 19th century, the earth's CO2 decreased, resulting in severe cold. The atmosphere was destroyed and strong winds in the stratosphere washed down into the troposphere, destroying everything and trapping it in ice. Londoners who fled to the alpine regions decided to return to the city due to the rapid increase in population density, and London, which eventually collapsed due to excessive industrialization, began to rebuild the city radically by using steam engines as a civilization.

Set in 1858, we propose a radical reconstruction of London based on steam engines, which is a major civilization of the First Industrial Revolution, and the theory of Laugier's primitive hearth. The existing building designed by Frostpunk was reinterpreted from an architectural point of view.

Analyzing the relationship between the number of sunspots and the Earth's axis of rotation, a new ice age scenario was written. A radial city is planned based on London's urban planning methodology and the movement of heat. It adds a new story that every building in London freezes and extend a new building on the roof.

The theoretical background of the Londoners' new glacial datum is suggested by citing the concept of a primitive hearth in Marc-Antoine Laugier, “Laugier’s three elements of architecture”. Based on this logic, all new buildings were designed by default, combining a primitive hut consisting of horizontal beams, vertical columns, and pediments with London's First Industrial Revolution, steam engines, and the material and morphological features of the time. Each building unit changes its kinetic characteristics according to its function and moves according to the direction of the sun in common.

The steam engine was directly cited and used in urban typology, as shown in Frostpunk. At the nodule point of the city of London, a huge steam engine, which is the center of the city and the main power, is deployed, which shapes a hearth, a community living base.

Londoners, where everything is frozen due to the Big Ice Age, live with the sound and smell of intense irons built on the glacier."






Here you can download Eddy's projects for additional notes and details:
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PNG download (smaller size)

Take care,
11 bit studios