By Nikki De Guzman:
With the aim of tackling China’s growing population and pollution problems, French firm Vincent Callebaut Architects has unveiled six 111-storey ‘farmscrapers’ (pictured), reported New York Daily News.
The skyscrapers, fitted with eco-friendly features such as wind turbines, solar panels, vertical farms and a water recycling system, will be built in Shenzhen and stand 1,300 feet high.
Each pebble-shaped level will have an exterior garden and comprises apartments, office units and leisure spaces.
But critics are doubtful whether this ambitious project will take off.
Nevertheless, the design firm said, “our view is to turn each constrain into an opportunity and convert waste into renewable natural resources”, adding that the project, dubbed the Asian Cairns, is “only a sign of what’s to come”.
“It is a prototype to build a green, dense, smart city connected by technology and eco-designed from biotechnologies. Its design is especially important during a time of hyper growth and accelerated urbanism.”
The firm’s principal architect, Vincent Callebaut, has designed many mega eco projects including the Lilypad – a ‘floating ecopolis’ which looks to house people displaced by climate change.
“It is a true amphibian, half aquatic and half terrestrial city, able to accommodate 50,000 inhabitants and inviting biodiversity,” he told CNN previously.
Nikki De Guzman, Junior Reporter at PropertyGuru, wrote this story. To contact her about this or other stories email nikki@propertyguru.com.sg
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