Landscape Forum 2015
Ion Mincu University for Architecture and Urbanism
University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine
ASOP Romanian Association of Landscape Architecture
APUR Professional Association of Romanian Urban Planners
Poster exhibition
LE:NOTRE Institute
Linking landscape education, research and innovative practice
S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y
150 HA
UNIRII BOULEVARD
Bucharest
1363 HA
HARTSFIELD-JACKSON ATLANTA
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Atlanta
1248 HA
HONG KONG
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Hong Kong
1590 HA
KUALA LUMPUR AERO CITY
Kuala Lumpur
2300 HA
PALM JUMEIRAH
Dubai
The size of Aero City was dictated by several factors: the
difference in surface between
Kuala Lumpurs downtown
and Singapores downtown
(1590ha), the airport needed
capacity, the length, width,
numbers and disposal of
runways and taxiways, along
with other considerations
regarding airport planning.
Kuala Lumpur Aero City is
inspired by two utopias of
the 1930s (one idea proposing to build an airport over a
port - New York and another
one to build an airport over
the city center - London) and
by Malaysian traditional
architecture. Aero City is
inspired by local architecture
and is built in a specific Malaysian style, reinterpreted in
a contemporary way
The city is built on an 1109ha
suspended slab at a height of
55m, supported by 20 inhabitable pillars. Underneath
there is a port, water and
forest, while on top of the
city lies the airport. The city
has a height of 55m.
Aero City is built around aviation-oriented uses that already
thrive in Kuala Lumpur by
attracting global tourists: medical center, universities, campuses, R&D, malls, hotels, convention centers, golf courses,
etc. It has a strong vocation for
research, education, business,
events and high-tech industry.
Image:
Fetzer
ImageEllen
source:
creative commons
21st - 25th April 2015 | hosted by
Student project
Urban growth and peri-urban sprawl
What is sustainability?
Sustainability is the attribute of a city to be located at the
intersection of international (aerial) transport axes,
designed to facilitate cultural and economic exchange, by
attracting flows of people, products, capital and knowledge.
What is a sustainable city?
A sustainable city is the city that bases upon an aero-centric
development, able to increase its competitiveness through speed
and global accessibility, enhancing local economic, social and
cultural values, to become a hub of growth and opportunity in
the global network of megacities.
S U S TA I N A B L E C I T Y
Every generation should build its own city.
Antonio Sant Elia in Manifesto of Futuristic Architecture
I suspect that the airport will be the true city of the 21st century.
J.G. Ballard
Aero City is a self-sustainable passive-energy environmental-aware urban structure which performs as a global hub of
talent, business, tourism, transport and opportunities, built
around a strong local identity and culture, in the pursuit of connecting global opportunities with local endeavors.
Aero City is glimpse to the future, to the urbanity of the 21st century. In the mental geography of the future, distance will no longer
exist: airports will move to cities and cities will move to airports,
creating an arch competition at a global scale. Uncompetitive cities will
lose their connection and fade out on the world map, and along with
airline companies, people, jobs and economic power shall leave the
cities for more attractive destinations, some of them found at the opposite part of the globe.
The new nomads of the 21st century, who travel the globe searching for
better living and working conditions, will call the Aero City their home.
and working conditions for 195.860 residents and 280.000 employees.
What makes Aero City sustainable? It doesnt harm the environment, it
blends within it. It doesnt consume energy, but it produces. It is lively,
because it shelters economic and cultural life. It addresses local needs
and comes as a solution to specific problems: it is the city that
Malaysian emigrants want to return to and to live in, the city that can
help Malaysia become a high-income nation, the city specifically
created to innovate bringing a nation a step closer to an
innovation-based economy. Aero City is the city that displays a new
model of development a sustainable urban growth of Greater Kuala
Lumpur.
Kuala Lumpur Aero City is inspired by two utopias of the 1930s (one
idea proposing to build an airport over a port - New York and another
one to build an airport over the city center - London) and by traditional
Malaysian architecture. The city is designed to offer high quality living
