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Eco-Boulevard Project, Madrid, by Ecosistema Urbano
Inspired by the earth's natural air purifiers - the trees - the Madrid-based architects Ecosistema Urbano recently proposed an innovative and highly eco-friendly structure to contribute to urban bio-climatic conditioning. The award-winning Eco-Boulevard project of Vallecas, also referred to as Air Trees, does exactly what it promises and what its nickname suggests.
Constructed from recycled materials, the 'trees' are light, easily dismantled, completely autonomous, energy efficient through the use of solar photovoltaic panels and use natural vegetation to produce passive air conditioning. Three Air Trees - sponsored by the Life Programme of the European Commission - have been 'planted' in Vallecas, in the extension of the Spanish capital, running 550m long and 50m wide. Eco-Boulevard - described by its creators as 'an operation of urban recycling' - is only one of the many environment-orientated projects of Ecosistema Urbano, a collective committed to sustainable and ecological architectural research and design.
Inspired by the earth's natural air purifiers - the trees - the Madrid-based architects Ecosistema Urbano recently proposed an innovative and highly eco-friendly structure to contribute to urban bio-climatic conditioning. The award-winning Eco-Boulevard project of Vallecas, also referred to as Air Trees, does exactly what it promises and what its nickname suggests.
Constructed from recycled materials, the 'trees' are light, easily dismantled, completely autonomous, energy efficient through the use of solar photovoltaic panels and use natural vegetation to produce passive air conditioning. Three Air Trees - sponsored by the Life Programme of the European Commission - have been 'planted' in Vallecas, in the extension of the Spanish capital, running 550m long and 50m wide. Eco-Boulevard - described by its creators as 'an operation of urban recycling' - is only one of the many environment-orientated projects of Ecosistema Urbano, a collective committed to sustainable and ecological architectural research and design.
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