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LAND OF TOMORROW, CYPRUS FOSTER + PARTNERS
Foster + Partners is working with Petrolina Group to design a masterplan that will transform Larnaca’s seafront into a thriving and sustainable community for the city’s residents, future generations and new visitors. The Land of Tomorrow masterplan is designed to “enhances the land’s ecological value,” doubling the length of the waterfront that is accessible to the public. The development is “carefully stitched into the existing urban fabric and acts as a catalyst for expansion towards the north of the city,” commented Ben Scott, senior partner at Foster + Partners.
A network of shaded, tree-lined streets and landscaped plazas connect the different elements of the masterplan. The city’s canals are to be ‘rewilded’ to create new habitats for wildlife and “bring greenery towards the coastline.” The existing highway, Larnaca-Dhekelia Road, is to be transformed into a verdant and pedestrian-friendly street with new public amenities.
New developments are “sensitively located” between the “enhanced ecological zones” that connect inland areas to the coastline. Larnaca’s industrial heritage is celebrated through the architectural design and integration of industrial artefacts, “repurposed to activate the urban realm.” Fosters said the developments will create new opportunities for residents, attract people and businesses and enhance the “blue economy.” A sustainable mobility strategy is being developed, connecting the masterplan area with the rest of the city and the wider region.
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INNOVATION PARK ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (IPAI), GERMANY MVRDV
MVRDV has won a competition to design the Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence (Ipai) in Heilbronn, Germany. A mixture of business campus, laboratories, and a start-up innovation centre, plus housing, communication centre, and amenities such as a restaurant and kindergarten will also “allow visitors to see the development of world-changing technologies first hand.” The masterplan design was developed for a consortium led by the municipality of Heilbronn and the Dieter Schwarz Foundation. With its distinctive circular plan, MVRDV’s design aims to position the campus as a “world-leading site for the development of AI technologies,” said the architects.
Inside, the masterplan is “simple, flexible, and sustainable.” Two off-centre axes define the plan: a historical Roman path that provides the main north-south route, and the sport and health corridor that places a series of outdoor spaces in the east-west direction. A 1.2 km long path circumnavigates the campus buildings and incorporates various activities including a sprint track and skate park.
Most of the buildings are rectangular with an average height of 27 metres, making them efficient to construct, with modular grids and “bio-based” materials. At the heart of the plan, a number of buildings stand out from the crowd, with “unique typologies, iconic forms, and taller structures marking the campus skyline.”
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During operation, the energy consumption of the campus will be around 80% lower than a typical campus of the same size. Bioclimatic facades and energy-efficient building services help to minimise the energy required to run the campus. Including the carbon stored by the reforestation design of the landscape – by LOLA – and the embodied carbon in the buildings themselves, the plan is therefore projected to be 100% carbon-neutral over the course of its lifespan.
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