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Jardins Secrets Bioclimatic Shells / Vincent Callebaut Architectures

Andreas Luco — Sun, 10 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000

"The residences unfold as bioclimatic, shell-like envelopes shaped by the Mediterranean Sea, sun and wind, creating a breathable microclimate." Vincent Callebaut

The Green Arch Belgian Pavilion Expo 2020 Dubai / Vincent Callebaut Architectures + assar architects

Paula Pintos — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0000

As the philosopher, Gilles Deleuze says: « Believing in the world is what we miss the most. We have completely lost the world. We have been dispossessed of it. »

Tao Zhu Yin Yuan Apartment Building / Vincent Callebaut Architectures

Collin Chen — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

DNA Concept
The main target of « Tao Zhu Yin Yuan » project has been devoted to promoting carbon‐absorbing architecture, in order to decrease the temperature of the Earth. Faced with the crisis of global warming and climate change, it is must be participation of all enterprises in urging the governments to draft incentive programs that world lead to carbon reduction in the sector of industry, transportation and daily life. This project also carries out Fan’s Li philosophy and think of the world as one community. It makes changes that bring benefits to not only ourselves but to neighbor or even the entire world. The architectural concept is to eco‐design an energy selfsufficient building, whose energy is electric, thermal and also alimentary. The “Tao Zhu Yin Yuan” tower is directly inspired of the structure in double helix of the DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid), source of life, dynamism and twinning. Every double helix is represented in the project by two housing units forming a full level. Thus, from its base to the top, the 20 inhabited levels in double helix stretch themselves and twist themselves at 90 degrees.

Vincent Callebaut Architectures Creates a Futurist "Metamorphosis" of Luxembourg's Hotel Des Postes

Niall Patrick Walsh — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 11:00:00 +0000

Vincent Callebaut Architectures has released details of their competition-winning “Metamorphosis of the Hotel Des Postes” in Luxembourg City. The Paris-based firm’s proposition centers on propelling the historic site into a contemporary era, and to “reveal the intrinsic heritage qualities of the building.”

Vincent Callebaut Imagines Hyperbolic Shaped Forest Suspended Over River in Seoul

Sabrina Syed — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 16:00:00 +0000

Vincent Callebaut designs plans for forest-like ferry terminal over Seoul river.

Vincent Callebaut Architectures' Plans for Eco-Neighbourhood in Brussels

Niall Patrick Walsh — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 12:00:00 +0000

Vincent Callebaut Architectures has released plans for the development of a radical eco-neighborhood at Tour & Taxis, Brussels, Belgium. Covering an area of 135,000 square meters, the proposal will see the redevelopment of the early twentieth-century Gare Maritime, and the construction of three residential “vertical forests” reaching 100 meters in height. The architect’s ultimate vision is a neighborhood which embraces technological progress, sustainable building principles, and renewal of the built heritage.

Vincent Callebaut Architectures' Double Helix Eco-Tower Takes Shape in Taiwan

Patrick Lynch — Fri, 25 Nov 2016 15:00:00 +0000

Vincent Callebaut Architectures has released in-progress images of their Tao Zhu Yin Yuan sustainable tower, under construction in the Xinjin District of Taipei City, Taiwan. The tower’s rotating form draws inspiration from the double helix structure of DNA and will be covered in 23,000 trees in its aim to become a pioneering sustainable residential eco-construction that finds “the right symbiosis between the human being and the Nature.”

Città della Scienza Masterplan Predicts Future of Self-Sustaining Cities

Holly Giermann — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 15:00:45 +0000

Developed for an international planning and architectural competition, this proposed masterplan for the Città della Scienza by Vincent Callebaut Architectures, coffice - studio di architettura e urbanistica, and Studio d'Architettura Briguglio Morales fuses sustainability with history to propose a self-sufficient urban ecosystem in Italy. Operating on the principle of living facades, the Città della Scienza revitalizes the forgotten military district into a vibrant, continually regenerating living city.

Vincent Callebaut's 2050 Vision of Paris as a "Smart City"

Holly Giermann — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 01:00:00 +0000

Addressing Paris’ housing and density issues, French firm Vincent Callebaut Architectures has developed a proposal for multiple high-rise buildings with positive energy output (BEPOS). Comprised of eight multi-use structures inhabiting various locations within Paris, the plan strives to address major sustainability problems affecting each district, while providing key functions for the city.

Vincent Callebaut Designs Sustainable Mixed-Use Complex for Cairo

Sadia Quddus — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 01:00:00 +0000

French firm Vincent Callebaut Architectures (VCA) has unveiled a new multi-use complex for Nasr City in Cairo. Designed to obtain LEED Gold Plus standing, the building features a solar roof, green terraces, sky villas, and a vertical system of gardens and solar heating tubes. Composed of 1000 apartment units, the Gate Residence is also designed to include a health club and spa, fitness center, business center, restaurants and cafe, retail, and medical center.