Park 20/20: A Cradle to Cradle Inspired Master Plan

2010 ASLA Honor Award
William McDonough + Partners, Charlottesville, VA

Park 20/20 is a new model of sustainable development, conceived as the first large-scale urban development in the Netherlands to implement the Cradle to Cradle (C2C) design philosophy. Located within a man-made "cultural landscape" of a Dutch polder (land reclaimed from the seas), the planning concepts promote regenerative design agenda of C2C philosophy at all scales, from regional ecological connectivity to enhanced landscape biodiversity, and from workplace health and well-being to neighborhood connectivity. Integrated within the urban plan are highly effective district waste, energy and water system that eliminate wastefulness throughout the complex. READ MORE >>

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