LANDSCAPING AND URBAN PLANNING PROJECTS - Energy Production

As climate change continues to wreak havoc on the planet, people are seeking more efficient sources of renewable energy. While new technologies are developed each year to combat the issue, one ancient source of energy continues to surpass them all. That’s right, wind power continues to be one of the most cost-effective and efficient sources of sustainable energy availabl...

Copenhill was conceived as an original urban hybrid, combining its core function as a power plant with a park, hiking trail, cafes, the world’s tallest climbing wall and—of course—a 400m ski slope. “The facility becomes part of the city and redefines the relationship between production and recreation,” David Zahle of the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) told ArchiExpo e-Mag...

At The Hotchkiss School in Connecticut, 2020 is the year for achieving a carbon neutral campus, and an important element in fulfilling that goal is the Biomass Heating Facility, designed by Centerbrook Architects and Planners. The plant burns sustainably harvested wood chips from regional forests. More importantly it does this job under an undulating green roof that make...

In 2010, BIG Architects was solicited to create a waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen. True to their forward-thinking style, the firm did not simply envision a plant that turns trash into electricity. They wanted to contribute something greater, something that would involve the community and bring awareness to the environmental problems that we are facing. The project br...

the three chosen firms are as follows: 3XN, gottlieb paludan architects and KHR architects, with bjarke ingels group / BIG and henning larsen architects missing out. the assignment included the design of a new energy unit that would use biomass as a sustainable fuel. named ‘BIO4′, the program also includes administrative, laboratory, workshop and welfare facilities. a...

It also doubles as an observation tower, offering visitors unparalleled views of the area. Modular and cloaked in steel frames, the Lausward Power Plant acts as a tourist attraction with a lift taking visitors to its highest point called "City Window". The structure is not a simple power plant, but a landmark that dominates the southwestern boundary of the city. Thanks t...

The power station is located on the site of the abandoned village of Val-Jalbert in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, which grew up around a paper mill at the beginning of the 1900s. The factory machinery was powered by waterfalls on the Ouiatchouan river that are now harnessed by the hydroelectric plant. The Quebec architecture studio designed the Val-Jalbert Be...

Situated by the running river of ouiatchouan, the ghost town dates back to 1901 where there use to be a pulp company. presently, a hydroelectric plant sits against the unspoiled landscape and its façade is characterized by a timber envelope. acting like a screen for the concrete structure, a succession of protruding porches punctuate the façade at various distances. T...

This end-of-world scenario was the basic premise for Qidan Chen from China, in designing his proposal for the eVolo Skyscraper Competition 2015. We are witnessing a dramatic increase in global deforestation, extinction of species and global sea level rise. In order to slow this trend down, Chen proposes to build structures which would serve as facilities for the artif...

built using low-cost technologies and simple materials, the design consists of a 70 square meter wooden base that floats on recycled plastic drums and supports a glass greenhouse for crop cultivation. inside the structure, a high-efficiency hydroponic harvesting method provides up to 70% of water savings compared to traditional systems, while required water is supplied b...