A nine-month study commissioned by Pres. Sarkozy to make Paris the first sustainable “post-Kyoto city” (aka post Kyoto Treaty) has resulted in 10 plans by both French and international achitects. The aim? To create a plan for a greener, more sustainable city, and to break down the isolation between the outlying neighborhoods and the historic center. Those outlying neighborhoods include the poor immigrant neighborhoods that erupted in violence in 2005.
One design calls for a massive greenbelt to circle the city and all new construction to be limited to that space. Another promotes the idea of a new elevated train system...my fav was proposed by Richard Rogers, whose amazing work (i.e. Bodegas Protos, Spain and Lloyds Register, UK) has made him an architectural superstar. His design is pictured above and includes a underground rail system that would cut the city into pie-like wedges that all converge on a singular center. I wish there were more pictures!!!
PS: apparently Pres. Sarkozy is often dismissed as President "Bling Bling". Must sound even more ridiculous with a French accent.
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