стены из песка
20:48 | 16-02-2009 | Architecture | 1 Comment
желание переселиться в пустыню скоро будет выглядеть не так уж одиозно:
The first project as a result of the Masdar Initiative is a new 6 million square meter sustainable development that uses the traditional planning principals of a walled city, together with existing technologies, to achieve a carbon neutral and zero waste community. <...> The principle of the Masdar development is a dense walled city to be constructed in an energy efficient two-stage phasing that relies on the creation of a large photovoltaic power plant, which later becomes the site for the city’s second phase, allowing for urban growth yet avoiding low density sprawl.
слово за словом, глава за главой:
But you can still get you some damned good shrimp in the Projects… Catfish, too.
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