The Eco Project in Emirates

Artificial Island (United Arab Emirates)

Architect Alexander Krasinski has presented materials of the project of artificial island in Persian gulf (United Arab Emirates), developed for the purpose of creation of the alternative agglomeration, capable to solve a problem, actual for the given region for today.

Futuristic Island in Persian Gulf

The architectural conception of the futuristic green project is inseparable from a solution of a problem of globalization of influence of the person on environment, and also rising of sea level and taxes.
Differently, on this urbanistic island it's possible to create the whole new state with powerful Eco-system, own the legislation and an advanced policy of economic structure.

The Futuristic Eco-project

The futuristic island is located in territory of ocean and has internal seaport and the airport in immediate proximity from a Eco-zone with areas of smart ecology.
Also, the original architectural project provides ultra-modern office, administrative, governmental and academic centers, comfortable inhabited apartments, territory for walks, rest, sports.

The New Type of the City Sculptures

Majestic Skyscraper in Toronto

Representatives of architectural company Hariri Pontarini Architects assert that they managed in the given architectural project to embody the design concept on a degree of quality of a modern city sculpture.

The Universal Structure

One Bloor Tower will be used in the various purposes. In a tower 690 premises will be located.

The building facade is finished by wavy balconies. Balconies which will function as well as elements of front drawing, allocate a building against all other modern high-rise constructions.

Olympic clouds

The transparent bubbles will soar over the main stadium of Olympic Games '12. This digital cloud will serve as a viewing platform, and also will be the stand for the huge plasma display.

Clouds over London

The Cloud — this enterprise advanced by the international command of architects, designers and the engineers, including one of known laboratories — MIT SENSEable City Lab. The project "The Cloud" is the applicant for the best ornament of the Olympic park proclaimed Boris Johnson (the mayor of London).

Olympic games is a fine occasion to introduce something not ordinary and innovative in shape of conservative London.

Clouds by Tomas Saraceno

Initiators "The Cloud" say, that the thought on a congestion of manned bubbles "has sprouted" from works of the German designer of the Argentina origin of Tomas Saraceno which built time and again inflatable sculptures and installations of a thin transparent film.

In all cases the plan provided interaction of object and spectators who were offered to plunge into a construction, and even to "do some flying" in clouds.

National Ecological Institute in South Korea

The company «Samoo Architects» together with Grimshaw Architects have presented to the world the project on area Sochhon arrangement in South Korea. A part of forthcoming changes — building of National ecological institute by the area more than 33,000 sq.m.

The interconnected domes

The project includes erection of the interconnected domes representing triangular hothouses from a tree and plexiglas.

«The national ecological institute is a building of the future, solving problems of the present. Universal researches of a climate, safety and harmonious existence of the person and the nature Here will converge. Besides, this establishment will promote education of the population in the field of a modern condition of world resources and ecological systems. To carry out it it is planned by carrying out of scale exhibitions and lecture halls» — the press-secretary «Samoo Architects» has told.

Buildings of the future

The structure of a building, especially, at a sight from above, expresses the relation of architects to interaction of the person and the nature. Light, smooth lines, the harmonious structure reminding inflow of the river, the thought over landscape design — all it gives to the project the present and corresponds the last to tendencies in building of buildings of a similar orientation.

Design kilometre

The given architectural decision for Hua Qiang Bei Road in the Chinese city of Shenzhen command WORKac has offered. The design project corresponds to growing commercial value and character of territory — this tendency has led to a problem of transport congestion and stoppers. Architects have suggested to make a series of strategic crossings of road.

5 Exclusive Lanterns

The project consists from “5 conceptual lanterns”, each of which has the function. Lanterns are visible from apart — by the way, during day heat they create a shade.

Night Chinese Street

Each of lanterns carries out the own social program; in one the electronic museum, in other — information centre, in other — viewing pavilion is organised. Under the earth lanterns are connected with each other, in this zone has been created four additional metro stations.

Rising of the New Moon

The Economic Moon

Financial crisis — not a hindrance for scale building of the landscape park Zabil. «The new Moon» becomes the central construction of the project. The construction in the form of a half moon — a symbol of force and energy of the countries of the East — will tell about today's prosperity of the United Arab Emirates.

The New Moon in Dubai

Monument interiors contain 5 floors. Everyone symbolizes one of five postulates of Islam: belief, a pray, mercy, mutual aid and pilgrimage. The design contains in itself a conference hall, cafe, children library and an information desk.

The New Moon Monument

The external part of a building decorated by the Arabian inscriptions represents a steel skeleton with emptiness. Such decision will give the chance to supervise illumination and air temperature on all platforms of the New Moon, will protect an interior from a direct sunlight and will provide free circulation of air streams. Inside there will be a special microclimate which will unload the central systems of safety. The project completely corresponds to ecological building standards. Solar batteries will be built in a building covering, and it considerably will lower energy consumption.

Park of the United Nations

The Global Green Project

The project of Park of the World has been initiated by a municipal government of the city of Chungju in honor of that now the Secretary general of the United Nations is the native of this city, Ban Ki-Moon. Having stretched on river Namhangang coast, the project becomes the new city center.

The UN Memorial Hall

The building in the form of an ellipse, the maximum diameter — 60 meters becomes United Nations monument. In a building of 8 floors + a basement floor. In the center — an audience on 1,500 places, and also additional conference halls. From an audience the fine kind on Tangeumdae Natural Park will open.

Rising up a spiral, the building becomes the house for an exhibition in which the history of the United Nations since 1945 till today will speak. The person who is the center of interest of missions of the United Nations, will be integrated into architecture and appearance of "globe". The building will be located in the center of a garden from 192 apple-trees which number is equal to number of the states which are members of the United Nations.

The Solar Energy Absorber

The Futuristic Structure

For the next addition to a sky of the city of Dubai architectural studio Graft Lab answers. The new object is called “Vertical Village”. This set of multifunctional buildings applies on LEED Gold Certificate.

The Architectural Generation

The architectural decision is optimized for climatic conditions of a place; the building minimizes heating from the sun and on-maximum uses possibilities for solar energy manufacture.
The building for itself creates a shade, in northern block, and on east and a West side is built in such a manner that penetration of long solar beams is complicated.

The Solar Energy in Dubai

Solar collectors in the south automatically rotate behind the sun. Crossing of intricate coal forms gives the chance to generate the internal block where pools are placed. The composite ensemble of separate buildings creates the integral project.

Multicultural shopping centre in Toronto

Remington Centre will put to a city of 74,000 sq. m. commercial and floor spaces and becomes the largest multicultural shopping centre in the North America. New complex will construct in northern area Toronto, here will take places more than 360 shops.

Grandiose shopping in Toronto

In new shopping centre traditions of east markets and the European boutiques will be mixed. Building of an additional tower with hotel which will adjoin the centre becomes the second stage of the project. The tower in height of 20 floors will give to interested persons of 475 hotel rooms of a class lux.

Shopping in Canada

In the centre there will be an underground parking with 6 levels where 3,500 cars can take places. On the external area (2,5 hectares) the fine pond which will turn to a skating rink in the winter in the summer will sparkle; here the constant scene with cascade falls will be constructed, planned to carry out weekly cultural actions (2,000 visual places).

New surprising hotel in Abu Dhabi

In Abu Dhabi is under construction new The Yas Hotel. The project realises architectural bureau Asymptote. The building is located around Yas Marina where new circle Formula One will lie.

Racing track in hotel

The racing track will be laid in a complex under the bridge which will connect two towers of hotel. A total area of a hotel complex — 85,000 sq. m.

Hotel complex in the United Arab Emirates

Total amount of investments into building of area Yas Marina — 36 billion dollars.

Park observatory

For the Korean city of Seongnam architects from bureau Changki Yun have presented the project of an observatory on competition. However, they have not won it.

Cloud 360

The dream of flights has in reality inspired authors of this project. «Cloud 360» is a platform, having risen on which (on one of the lifts integrated into"feet"of a design), you will be admired by full sensation of freedom… At top levels the restaurant, cafe, a media library are located.

South Korean observatory

New vision of office space for clerks

Architects Herzog & de Meuron have developed design of the central office for Spanish bank group BBVA.

Bank on suburbs of Madrid

The building, which building is planned to finish in 2013 year, will be on suburbs of Madrid.

The building is in new area, is surrounded by office centres, the commercial real estate and residential buildings. In this cold, reserved place architects have suggested to erect an artificial garden, an oasis which would involve outside inside. The linear structure of a three-storyed structure is laid out by a carpet, following district topography. The cool and damp microclimate is inside created.

Spanish bank BBVA

The design plan promotes dialogue: instead of spending time in lifts, employees can walk in parallel corridors and meet with each other. The big degree of a transparency creates sensation of a generality whereas rather small working compartments allow employees to keep feeling of own identity.

Zaha Hadid will construct Stone Towers in Cairo

Zaha Hadid Architects has shown the project office and shopping centre “The Stone Towers” which will construct in capital of Egypt, Cairo.

The Stone Towers by Zaha Hadid Architects

The architect was inspired by samples and structures of ancient Egyptian stone constructions. Lines of northern and southern facades of each tower will be with breakages and ledges that underlines effect of light and a shade on a surface.

Towers will be constructed around Stone Park in Cairo. A total area of 525,000 sq. m.; here business hotel, office and trading spaces, restaurants and cafe will be located.

The Stone Park in Cairo