solar panelled building
PArADise CiTy
will be centralised to ensure inhabitants have everything within easy reach – a move to
keep carbon footprints in check. if there are vehicles, they will be hydrogen- or battery-
Working towards a non-polluting, hyper- powered, and all waste will be reused to minimise landfills. Farmland within the site
efficient city is the green architect’s will use organic methods to grow food.
dream, and for some, it’s more
appealing to start on a clean slate Abu Dhabi’s masdar City has even more ambitious goals in store
– by building a brand new city on green – it’s aiming to be the world’s first zero-carbon, zero-waste, and zero-
ideals. On China’s Chongming island, car city. Work has begun on the city, which will run primarily on solar
plans have been laid for the world’s first power and feature travel pods on magnetic tracks as part of its
eco-city, Dongtan, which is expected to public transport system. Wind towers will cool buildings naturally,
open its doors by 2010. it is to be a city and a solar-powered desalination plant will supply water. Whether
where the park is always nearby, where these projects will see success or spin off an eco-city trend remains to be seen,
buildings will be topped with green roofs but one thing’s for sure – what is learned during development will benefit green
and solar panels. And residential areas architects everywhere.
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