Location: Budapest, Hungary
Program: Mixed Use
Year: 2010
Status: Completed
The Vizgyar Ecocity project, a collaborationwith Paulinyi & Partners Zrt, is an urban designcompetition entry focused on transforming a brownfield site into a self-sustainable and ecoconscious community. Envisioned as a model investment in Central Europe, the Vizgyar Ecocity aims to address 21st-century challenges like climate change and resource depletion using cutting-edge technology and research. Notable innovations include photo-bioreactors powered by microalgae, producing biofuel through sunlight, incorporated into office building facades. These ambitious and forward-thinking elements secured first place in the urban design competition.