ArchiBLOG - Architecture, 3d design, models and renderings
Milan’s Stunning Green Super City
Milano Santa Monica is a lush green super city that is scheduled to sprout up just outside of Milan. Envisioned as a stacked series of high-rises overflowing with flowering terraces, the self-contained development will employ principles of bio-architecture in addition to photovoltaic panels and solar-thermal water heaters to cut down on energy use.
Designed by Polis Engineering, Studio Nicoletti, and the Marzorati Architecture Studio, Milano Santa Monica will comprise more than 2000 apartments centered around a 2 million square meter park. The complex will be completely... >>>
One idea for changing how levees are built, by integrating levees with housing, hopefully bringing taller, stronger levees within economic reach for the city.
