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Eco Buildings Eco Cities
Whether from a sense of altruism or more likely national pride / commercial gain, eco buildings and eco cities seem to be the next thing (and yes, sorry Adam, it's not local).
Here's a few to give a glimpse of what's round the corner.
The much-publicized Masdar Initiative (Foster + Partners) is a newly-planned, six-million-square-meter development within Abu Dhabi and aims to be the world’s first “zero carbon, zero waste” city. It will also be car-free, with surrounding land planned to contain wind farms and photovoltaic farms as well as research fields and plantations so that the city will be entirely self-sustaining. Completion date: 2015.
Foster + Partners sure are busy: Moscow's Crystal Island is a new development located on the Nagatino Peninsula, edged by the Moscow River, only 7.5 km from the Kremlin. The USD 4 billion "city inside a building", which would become one of the tallest structures on the planet, will reach 450 m into the sky, and house up to 30,000 residents. The exterior facade will be solar responsive and will include solar panels which, along with wind turbines, will generate electricity for the huge tower. Dynamic enclosure panels can be controlled to modify temperature inside the building—closed in winter for extra warmth and opened in summer to allow natural ventilation. Crystal Island is scheduled to be built within the next 5 years.
Dongtan is a new eco-city planned for the island of Chongming near Shanghai. Planned to open by the time the Expo 2010 opens in Shanghai, it will house 50,000 residents, while by 2040, the city is slated to be one-third the size of Manhattan with a population of 500,000. Dongtan will produce its own energy from wind, solar, bio-fuel and recycled city waste, and—in order to reduce its impact on the environment—will only allow hydrogen-fueled or renewable-energy-fueled cars on its streets.
The Bionic Tower is a proposed vertical, ecologically-sound city designed by Spanish architects Eloy Celaya and Cervera & Pioz, created to hold 100,000 people in a 300-storey tower of 1,200 meters high. The Bionic Tower has no governmental or financial backers at this time, though the city of Hong Kong is said to be interested.
Designed by Rem Koolhaas’ OMA office, The Gateway Eco City in the UAE Emirate of Ras al Khaimah is a planned eco city intended to be entirely sustainable. Solar technology will power the 1.2 million-square-meter city, built using locally-sourced Arabic materials and aesthetic styles to support the city’s overall ethos of sustainability. Development will take shape in five phases; the estimated time for completion is 2012.
Here's a few to give a glimpse of what's round the corner.
The much-publicized Masdar Initiative (Foster + Partners) is a newly-planned, six-million-square-meter development within Abu Dhabi and aims to be the world’s first “zero carbon, zero waste” city. It will also be car-free, with surrounding land planned to contain wind farms and photovoltaic farms as well as research fields and plantations so that the city will be entirely self-sustaining. Completion date: 2015.
Foster + Partners sure are busy: Moscow's Crystal Island is a new development located on the Nagatino Peninsula, edged by the Moscow River, only 7.5 km from the Kremlin. The USD 4 billion "city inside a building", which would become one of the tallest structures on the planet, will reach 450 m into the sky, and house up to 30,000 residents. The exterior facade will be solar responsive and will include solar panels which, along with wind turbines, will generate electricity for the huge tower. Dynamic enclosure panels can be controlled to modify temperature inside the building—closed in winter for extra warmth and opened in summer to allow natural ventilation. Crystal Island is scheduled to be built within the next 5 years.
Dongtan is a new eco-city planned for the island of Chongming near Shanghai. Planned to open by the time the Expo 2010 opens in Shanghai, it will house 50,000 residents, while by 2040, the city is slated to be one-third the size of Manhattan with a population of 500,000. Dongtan will produce its own energy from wind, solar, bio-fuel and recycled city waste, and—in order to reduce its impact on the environment—will only allow hydrogen-fueled or renewable-energy-fueled cars on its streets.
The Bionic Tower is a proposed vertical, ecologically-sound city designed by Spanish architects Eloy Celaya and Cervera & Pioz, created to hold 100,000 people in a 300-storey tower of 1,200 meters high. The Bionic Tower has no governmental or financial backers at this time, though the city of Hong Kong is said to be interested.
Designed by Rem Koolhaas’ OMA office, The Gateway Eco City in the UAE Emirate of Ras al Khaimah is a planned eco city intended to be entirely sustainable. Solar technology will power the 1.2 million-square-meter city, built using locally-sourced Arabic materials and aesthetic styles to support the city’s overall ethos of sustainability. Development will take shape in five phases; the estimated time for completion is 2012.
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