28 Aug 2009

Sowing sustainable seeds of change

STREET lights triggered by pedestrian movement; giant shade umbrellas that move with the sun; driverless transport pods to whisk commuters around.

It could be a list of props from the Star Wars set, but these unlikely gadgets will soon take their place in a real city centre, designed by Sydney-based German architect Chris Bosse.

Bosse and his multinational practice LAVA beat several hundred applicants to design the heart of the world's first carbon-neutral, waste-free city, Masdar, in the United Arab Emirates.
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