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David Chipperfield Architects and Assemble reveal plans for residential neighbourhood on former dairy farm

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Dairy Road is a neighbourhood masterplan by David Chipperfield Architects, Assemble and Jane Irwin. Thirteen residential structures by David Chipperfield Architects, housing up to 700 residents across three and four-storey buildings, will be organised around a public square and wetland ecosystem restored by Jane Irwin Landscape Architecture.

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The most-read architecture and design stories of 2022

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According to the group, the concept was created to challenge the convention of phallic spacecraft design and "restore gender equality to the cosmos". Along with BIG, studios including Foster + Partners and OMA are masterplaning futuristic urban centres, which often claim to be designed with a focus on sustainability.

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Sustainable Practice: 7 Examples of Radically Resilient and Adaptable Architecture

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Not only does the masterplan reduce the risk to the site posed by heavy rains, the elements are finely balanced, creating a thriving inter-dependent ecosystem, where flora, insects, invertebrates and aquatic life support one another. This exemplary resilient design brings stability to the land and inhabitants while restoring habitats.

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Gent Design Museum, Belgium

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Led by urban development company Sogent in collaboration with Design Museum Gent, Carmody Groarke, RE-ST and TRANS Architectuur, the project aims to sensitively restore the museum’s existing buildings, extend the original masterplan and broaden the museum’s programme of design culture and visitor outreach.

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Gagarin Valley Vision by MVRDV, Armenia

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This forms the base of the valley masterplan, reducing evaporation while enhancing water buffers and biodiversity. The restoration of the route of the Hrazdan River is an important part of the vision: The patchwork of 10,000 different gardens will contain various facilities that will make a stay in the valley even more attractive.

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MVRDV launches vision for self-sufficient Gagarin Valley

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This forms the base of the valley masterplan, reducing evaporation while enhancing water buffers and biodiversity. By 2026, the country aims to attract some 2.5 On each plot, different species will be planted. This will not only make the landscape visually more attractive, but will also stimulate economic diversity. Source by MVRDV.

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MVRDV launches vision for self-sufficient Gagarin Valley

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This forms the base of the valley masterplan, reducing evaporation while enhancing water buffers and biodiversity. By 2026, the country aims to attract some 2.5 On each plot, different species will be planted. This will not only make the landscape visually more attractive, but will also stimulate economic diversity. Source by MVRDV.