Tuesday,
March 25, 2008
Italians to Build Russian New Supercity "
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ANNOTICO Report
Italian
architects are to build a new futuristic metropolis the size of Manhattan in
the Volga region of Russia, across the river from Russia's third largest city, Nizhni Novgorod, that will cost 100-billion-euro, and be
named "Globe Town"
The city gets its name from what will be its signature building - a huge
transparent, illuminated globe 120 metres in diameter
that will house a theatre, museums, a cinema and shopping centres.
Italians to Build Russian New Supercity for
500,000
Futuristic
(ANSA) -
March 25, 2008
Italian architects are
to build a new futuristic metropolis the size of
Milan-based firm Dante O. Benini won a tender earlier
this month to build the urban complex across the river from
The firm pulled out all the stops to meet the deadline for the design of the
100-billion-euro city.
''It took us just two months to come up with the master plan with a team of 50
people working round the clock,'' said Luca Gonzo, Benini's
senior partner.
The city gets its name from what will be its signature building - a huge
transparent, illuminated globe 120 metres in diameter
that will house a theatre, museums, a cinema and shopping centres.
G lobe Town will also have a public park four times bigger than
The regional government of Nizhni Novgorod hopes the
new complex, which will provide housing for 500,000 people, will act as a
spillover for the crowded industrial city.
Streets as wide as motorways will allow 250,000 cars to circulate in the city,
which will be connected to Nizhni Novgorod by four
bridges and an underground tunnel.
Snow covers the area where the city will be built for half of the year, and the
site is also vulnerable to being swamped by the
An underground system will pump hot water to heat the houses in winter and wil l store cold water and ice to cool the city in summer.
To make the city eco-friendly, the architects will use 'smog eating' material -
photocatalytic asphalt and cement that gobbles up
pollution from the air - and will also build a gasifier
to convert household rubbish into fuel.
Green spaces will cover around 15 million square metres,
or around half of the city's total surface area.
Nizhni Novgorod's regional government has already
stumped up 20 billion euros, which will include the creation of an underground
train system that will cross the
Work on the city is set to begin in 2010, with completion slated for 2020.
Benini, 61, studied in
He has designed industrial buildings, pharmaceutical laboratory complexes,
family homes, showro oms
and shops in
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