Thousands of ideas span the vast extent of human imagination every second, but even the last idea to strike is unexceptionally the penultimate. The Riparian Urbanism is one such concept. It is exactly what is needed, keeping in mind today’s scenario of acute environmental doldrums and urban space problems. The concept used Michigan as an inspiration. It ushers in wonderful opportunities to maintain a balance between industries and Mother Nature.
The concept utilizes the idea of optimal energy production from things as natural as a ball of algae. Here, algae would be used as bio fuel and fertilizer, thus catering to the dual need of industry and farming. The architecture would be designed and planned out in a fashion so as to encourage the allotment of adequate space for urban farming. Research laboratories serve as a prime aspect which means an ample and adequate opportunity of extensive research.
Environment has been taken into special consideration so as to ensure a sustainable development pattern. Algae cultivation and urban farming would naturally treat wastewater and purify it. It would also play the role of carbon dioxide absorber through the continuous process of photosynthesis.
The plan brings in an increased sense of novelty since the architecture provides for large spaces and high-end technologies to attract human capital. People would be free to devise out ideas and spur out innovations to encourage new products and industries. These new industries are expected to utilize abandoned land areas and infrastructure, thus saving the huge initial investment in land and resources.
The microclimates would be regulated by their thermal and office spaces, biomass and research labs all combined into a symbiotic combination, so that the heat generated can be regulated aptly based on the proposed design variations. The most striking feature is the fact that the building swells and subsides in stimulus to its climatic extremes.
The main motive behind such an unpracticed infrastructure is the densification of resources: all kinds of resources, live or inert. In today’s era, when technology is laddering at a lightning speed, giving a thunderous effect on the environment, Riparian Urbanism is a welcome concept from all prospective angles. Be it culturally, economically or socially; once accomplished, it would exhibit an iconic figure at a distance from the City Center in Detroit.
Source: eVolo
