With the objective of create a new city in the American desert (EU) to set a global standard for urban living, prominent Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has just unveiled his plans to fulfill the vision of businessman Marc Lore.
In this regard, Ingels’ architecture studio, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), recently announced the name of the city in the desert, called Telosa, taken from ancient Greek.
The place, will occupy a currently vacant site of 600 square kilometers in Nevada or Idaho, and it will become home to a population of 5,000,000 people by 2030.
Lore’s idea contemplates that the development itself will finance the city, where “Basically, the earth could go from being an arid desert, to a modern city worth billions”, says the businessman.
Because it is about to be built entirely from scratch, the city can become “The most sustainable” in the world, says Lore.
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In this sense, the use of Eco-friendly building materials that are used throughout the city’s architecture and autonomous electric vehicles and aircraft.
“The Telosa streets prioritize bicycles and pedestrians “, indicates the project website, as “slow-moving autonomous vehicles will share the streets safely with people and nature.”
In other respects, the site of the desert city in the US, indicates that “today’s cities are not inclusive, fair, open or sustainable. Some highlight the shortage of housing, water and the lack of transparency of the government ”.
The Telosa model, appears to be a sustainably built shelter opening, equity and inclusion for modern humanity. “We are not trying at all to create a utopia,” they say.
With an eye on a healthy environment, only renewable resources will power the city with an expandable and 100% ecological design.
The concentric design of the venture It will have a huge observation tower as its centerpiece, which is revealed in the representations of the city also made known through the City of Telosa social networks.
The city in the desert of the USA, idea of Marc Lore
On the creator of Telosa, the city in the desert of the USA, it is idea of Marc Lore, an entrepreneur and serial investor who served as President and CEO of eCommerce for Walmart US.
On the other hand, Lore is the most recent owner of the NBA who bought the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx with his friend and business partner, Alex Rodriguez.
In addition, is the principal and largest investor in Archer, an aerospace company that builds an all-electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft focused on improving mobility in cities and Wonder, a company that is reinventing the experience of eating at home.
Lore’s biggest project at the moment is Telosa, which plans to become a model city for future generations.
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