PARIS SMART CITY 2050<\/a><\/strong> is the result of a study that was conducted during the summer of 2014 for the City of Paris by “Vincent Callebaut Architectures” and “Setec B\u00e2timent”. They envisaged a green town, functional and eco-friendly, with zero carbon emissions and zero waste!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
The scheme offers 8 eco-friendly projects that are coming through in some of the most iconic areas of Paris:<\/p>\n
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1. In Paris’ historic center: “MOUNTAIN TOWERS” <\/strong>
\nRue Rivoli, 1st arrondissement
\nSolar and hydrodynamic plant towers. The project aims to triple the number apartments on each Parisian island, and to densify and make this type of urban planning more natural.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
2. Paris’ little belt: “ANTISMOG TOWERS” <\/strong>
\n14th arrondissement
\nApartment blocks covered with plants and greenery and with an architectural flare, along a 23-km eco-corridor.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
3. Central Park in Paris: “PHOTOSYNTHESIS TOWERS” <\/strong>
\nTour Montparnasse, 15th arrondissement
\nA\u00a0central park spiraling upwards, with green algae bio-facades covering the Montparnasse tower and the building C and the Express Tower.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
4. A new field of social innovation: “BAMBOO NEST TOWERS” <\/strong>
\nEnsemble Massena, 13th arrondissement
\nThis project aims to make the thirteen tower blocks of apartments in Massena (the highest concentration of towers of Paris) more natural.
\nThe thermodynamic towers covered in greenery will have vegetable garden balconies, and the residents will grow their own organic food.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
5. Apartments to make bees jealous: “HONEYCOMB TOWERS”<\/strong>
\nPorte des Lilas, 20th arrondissement
\nA hive of apartments offering to double the height of buildings using this parasitic architecture. These apartments are eco-friendly and will have vegetable gardens and hanging orchards.
\n <\/p>\n6. The farm in the city: “FARMSCRAPERS TOWERS”:<\/strong>
\nPorte d\u2019Aubervilliers, 19th arrondissement
\nThis vertical farm will recreate the countryside at the edge of the city.
\nThis part of Paris will reduce transport use and make public and private spaces more natural.
\n <\/p>\n7. Apartments in an urban Mangrove “MANGROVE TOWERS”: <\/strong>
\nGare du nord, 10th arrondissement
\nThese branched, light-sensitive towers will be located directly above the platforms of the Gare du Nord. They will be home to offices, hotels and apartments for international and traveling clients.
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\n8. Apartments with zero waste and zero carbon emissions: \u00ab BRIDGE TOWERS \u00bb: <\/strong>
\nPont Aval, 16th arrondissement and Pont Amont, 12th arrondissement.
\nThese bridges covered in amphibian apartments will span the Seine on the Pont Amon and the Pont Aval.
\nThey represent a new kind of urban and social innovation in terms of collective housing.<\/p>\n
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