China Envisions a Futuristic Carbon Neutral City With a Technologically Innovative Highway

Lauren Crockett — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 08:00:00 +0000

Highways have been operating in largely the same way since the early twentieth century. In the Bao'an District in Shenzhen, China, rapid urbanization and industrialization within the built environment is not mirrored in its infrastructural spine, the G107 highway. In order to investigate the possibilities for this strip and its adjacent areas, a visionary open competition was organized earlier this year. A team lead by Avoid Obvious Architects (AOA) and TETRA Architects and Planners presented a redefinition of the highway typology, with a system complex enough to properly service the rich productivity it is connecting.

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China Envisions a Futuristic Carbon Neutral City With a Technologically Innovative Highway