In Singapore's Skyline Soon Will Rise a Green City

Green buildings,green houses and now green city. In conclusion our planet will be transformed in a green planet!!,and that is a good thing.Today i discover that in Singapore skyline will rise a green city!wow!!,for few seconds i was astonished because i never heard before some news.

Adding greenery to Singapore’s skyline, here is a design that won an international competition to design a green complex. Architecture firm Partners + Foster is the winner of this design that aims to fill an entire city block in downtown Singapore. This complex will be on the leading edge of green design and will incorporate arrays of solar cells on the buildings’ facades.

Ribbon-like canopies (also covered with thin-film solar cells) will start at the base of the complex, and rise up the exposed east and west elevations of the towers, where they form a series of vertical louvers. These will filter the sun and will transform the towers into a series of vertically linked green spaces.
The buildings’ slanted facades are oriented to catch the prevailing winds and direct air flow down to cool the ground level spaces. The canopy will protect a series of internal streets, sunken courtyards and tiered gardens lined shops and cafes.

In this complex many other green elements are incorporated: there’s a geothermal heating system, a huge ice storage system for cooling, chilled beams and ceilings and a rainwater harvesting system.
I have a question: it is heaven on earth?











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