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SHENZHEN TRANSPORT HUB, CHINA GRIMSHAW


Grimshaw, alongside Mott MacDonald, have been selected as the winner of an international competition for Shenzhen Airport East Integrated Transport Hub, following an assessment by a bid evaluation committee of 13 experts in urban planning and design, architectural design, aviation, railway, urban rail, and integrated transportation. The architects commented: “The masterplan has been designed to promote active travel through provision of intuitive routes, active frontages and enriching landscape features.” The flowing architectural forms and naturally daylit spaces within the hub will “help to guide people on their journeys through the interchange.” The project will be an exemplar of environmental sustainability and will achieve LEED Platinum and Chinese 3 Star rating, through a “highly economic architectural solution that uses materials efficiently and maximises repetition of components.”


BOSTON FLOATING PIER, USA BACA ARCHITECTS/WATERSTUDIO


Two of the world’s leading experts on water placemaking and floating architecture have collaborated on a masterplan for Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston which will deliver a new residential neighbourhood on the water as well as a waterside public amenity. The intention is that the development will provide a template for “climate adaptive and resilient affordable homes” across the Hudson Harbour and along the entire US coastline, and to any other coastal city where land costs are high,” said the architects. The homes will be built on top of large floating pontoons tethered to the islands by flexible moorings, allowing the homes to rise and fall with the tide. The pier development will work with the dynamic tidal range of Boston’s Inner Harbour, “while also achieving a canal experience reminiscent of Amsterdam.” Sustainability will be key to the scheme which is aiming for 138 LEED Certified Gold and will include a water heat exchange, acting as a renewable “blue battery,” to provide heating and cooling. Solar pergolas on the rooftops will generate sustainable energy.


ADF MAY 2021


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