Everyone everywhere is crying hoarse about sustainable development, but when it actually comes to action, the very people who preach don’t practice. Balancing environment with cultural and economic developments is no doubt a very delicate issue, with very few today being actually able to avoid the lure of succumbing to vested interests and monetary gains. However, one such commendable environmental project is taking shape at Kaohsiung, Taiwan and deserves special mention. Designed by Toshihiro Kubota and Yves Bachmann with landscaping done by Remy Turquin, this project while promoting and projecting Taiwan’s natural beauty, while also doing justice to the global industrial hub it is now shaping up as.
It is a well known fact that the Kaohsiung Port and Cruise Service Centre of Taiwan is the busiest industrial hub of Taiwan with not just domestic and international travelers arriving at an ever increasing rate but also industries using it for their inward and outward bound cargo. And add to it the fact that Taiwan is internationally well known as a home to many bird species due to its rich environment as well. This concoction no doubt makes for an ideal case for environmental disaster. In order to ensure that this ecological balance is not disturbed, this project by Toshihiro and Yves attempted designing a large vegetative carpet with functional program boxes which would not just protect the island nation’s environmental and cultural beauty but also raise public awareness towards it.
While the vegetative carpet has been created such that the dominant north wind doesn’t hamper its existence, care has also been taken to create a micro-climate under its surface such that energy consumption is minimal and the overall green harbor is not disturbed either. Care and caution have been exercised while selecting the range of colors for this project as well, with each symbolic of its very presence. No doubt, the Kaohsiung Port and Cruise Service Center therefore not just accentuate the importance of sustainable development but also attempts to lead by example locally as well as globally!
Via: ToshihiroKubota
