Magazine: On the Sustainability of Ecological Model Cities
A serpentine construction area, whose layout reminds one of Le Corbusier's plan for Algiers and Emile Aillaud's large-scale developments in the Parisian banlieues, winds its way around the hills of Montecorvo and La Fonsalada in Spain's La Rioja wine-growing region (ill. 4). Although some formal aspects are reminiscent of concepts from the 1940s to 1970s, MVRDV's plans for a new district in the north of Logroño can claim to play a pioneering role in the urban construction of the future. The 3,000 housing units that follow the guidelines of social housing construction are not simply scattered over the landscape, on the contrary, in their compactness, they only take up 10% of the total area. Photovoltaic parks in the park beneath, and wind power plants on the hill above the settlement are intended to guarantee a CO2-neutral supply of energy.
