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THE.
BEST. URBAN. NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUILT IN .EUROPE |
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New Eco-Compact City |
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the occasion of the European Prize 2008, the Foundation for the Architecture and
A Vision of Europe will present the operating pattern for THE NEW ECO-COMPACT
CITY. This operating pattern has been designed on the basis of the best 88 urban neighborhoods built in the last 25 years. It allows the construction of a 250,000 inhabitants ECO-COMPACT CITY over a surface of 2,000 hectars. A NEW ECO-COMPACT CITY featuring all the most advanced facilities of a truly modern city: university campus, hospitals, museums, an international airport, an efficient system of public transportation including a tramway and a metro. The operating pattern for THE NEW ECO-COMPACT CITY includes clear boundaries towards the countryside and keeps an organic balance between the built and the natural environment. The operating pattern for THE NEW ECO-COMPACT CITY will be available, both in printed and digital format, together with the catalogue of the Philippe Rotthier European Prize 2008. |
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