BIG’s CopenHill integrates recreational space with energy infrastructure

Jerry Elengical
1 February 2024

CopenHill is a waste-to-energy power plant by Bjarke Ingels Group that doubles up as an urban landmark. It serves as a recreational space for Copenhageners and a habitat for flora and fauna in the region.

Tropical

BRAC University

WOHA’s floating university campus integrates ecology and social space

Jerry Elengical
21 December 2023

BRAC University’s new inner-city campus aims to transform a polluted lake in Bangladesh’s capital into a bio-retention pond surrounded by accessible urban green spaces to unite local communities.

Temperate

Liyumen Waterway Park

China
2020

Turenscape uses nature-based scheme to turn grey riverbanks green

Mrinmayee Bhoot
26 October 2023

The Liyumen Waterway Park is a pilot project in Shenzen (Guangdong, China) that aims to transform a polluted greywater channel into a popular community resource by banking on symbiotic nature-based solutions.

Arid

OSTIM Eco-Park Technology Development Center

Turkey
2014

Ankara’s Eco-Techno Park is a green oasis for business

Kruti Choksi Kothari
5 October 2023

Eco-Techno Park is a groundbreaking hub for sustainable research and technological innovation set in a biophilic environment within the OSTIM Industrial Zone, a bustling industrial precinct in Ankara (Turkey).

Temperate

Puyangjiang River Corridor

China
2014

Turenscape restores river ecosystem and creates immersive landscape

Himani Naidu
21 September 2023

Beijing firm Turenscape has restored the heavily polluted Puyangjiang River in eastern China and turned its banks into an alluring park, crisscrossed by an elevated network of colourful sinuous boardwalks.