archigk submitted:
Goztepe, Istanbul, Turkey
Ecological Bridge Corridor for Istanbul | worldarchitecturenews.com
“A dramatic master-plan has been unveiled to build major transportation route bridging the waterfronts of Istanbul to the Asian side of Turkey. The project includes the creation of a 2 kilometre continuous ecological corridor (with eco bridges) which in addition serves as a new urban park for the city. The creation of the corridor will make the area’s biodiversity whole again by linking the mountain and upland ecology to the north with the coastal ecology to the south.”
“The Meydan Retail Complex, built in Istanbul, Turkey by Foreign Office Architects (FOA), was constructed to represent a model of green policy in a large-scale shopping center. The 70,000-square-meter building uses a local geothermal heating system to save 1.3 million kilowatt hours of energy each year.”
Architecture of Change: 8 Real-World Examples Slideshow | Fast Company
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