Landscape Forum 201521st - 25th April 2015 | hosted by

Ion Mincu University for Architecture and Urbanism University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine ASOP Romanian Association of Landscape Architecture APUR Professional Association of Romanian Urban Planners

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Every generation should build its own city. Antonio Sant Elia in Manifesto of Futuristic Architecture I suspect that the airport will be the true city of the 21st century. J.G. BallardAero City is a self-sustainable passive-energy environmen-tal-aware urban structure which performs as a global hub of talent, business, tourism, transport and opportunities, built around a strong local identity and culture, in the pursuit of con-necting global opportunities with local endeavors. Aero City is glimpse to the future, to the urbanity of the 21st centu-ry. In the mental geography of the future, distance will no longer exist: airports will move to cities and cities will move to airports,

creating an arch competition at a global scale. Uncompetitive cities will lose their connection and fade out on the world map, and along with airline companies, people, jobs and economic power shall leave the cities for more attractive destinations, some of them found at the oppo-site part of the globe.The new nomads of the 21st century, who travel the globe searching for better living and working conditions, will call the Aero City their home.

Kuala Lumpur Aero City is inspired by two utopias of the 1930s (one idea proposing to build an airport over a port - New York and another one to build an airport over the city center - London) and by traditional Malaysian architecture. The city is designed to offer high quality living

and working conditions for 195.860 residents and 280.000 employees.What makes Aero City sustainable? It doesnt harm the environment, it blends within it. It doesnt consume energy, but it produces. It is lively, because it shelters economic and cultural life. It addresses local needs and comes as a solution to specific problems: it is the city that Malaysian emigrants want to return to and to live in, the city that can help Malaysia become a high-income nation, the city specifically created to innovate bringing a nation a step closer to an innovation-based economy. Aero City is the city that displays a new model of development a sustainable urban growth of Greater Kuala Lumpur.

What is sustainability?Sustainability is the attribute of a city to be located at the intersection of international (aerial) transport axes, designed to facilitate cultural and economic exchange, by attracting flows of people, products, capital and knowledge.

What is a sustainable city?A sustainable city is the city that bases upon an aero-centric development, able to increase its competitiveness through speed and global accessibility, enhancing local economic, social and cultural values, to become a hub of growth and opportunity in the global network of megacities.

S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y S U S T A I N A B L E C I T Y

UNIRII BOULEVARD

HARTSFIELD-JACKSON ATLANTAINTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

KUALA LUMPUR AERO CITY1590 HA

1248 HA

2300 HA

150 HA

1363 HA

HONG KONGINTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

PALM JUMEIRAH

Bucharest

Atlanta

Hong Kong

Kuala Lumpur

Dubai

The size of Aero City was dic-tated by several factors: the difference in surface between Kuala Lumpurs downtown and Singapores downtown (1590ha), the airport needed capacity, the length, width, numbers and disposal of runways and taxiways, along with other considerations regarding airport planning.

Kuala Lumpur Aero City is inspired by two utopias of the 1930s (one idea propos-ing to build an airport over a port - New York and another one to build an airport over the city center - London) and by Malaysian traditional architecture. Aero City is inspired by local architecture and is built in a specific Ma-laysian style, reinterpreted in a contemporary way

The city is built on an 1109ha suspended slab at a height of 55m, supported by 20 inhab-itable pillars. Underneath there is a port, water and forest, while on top of the city lies the airport. The city has a height of 55m.

Aero City is built around avia-tion-oriented uses that already thrive in Kuala Lumpur by attracting global tourists: med-ical center, universities, cam-puses, R&D, malls, hotels, con-vention centers, golf courses, etc. It has a strong vocation for research, education, business, events and high-tech industry.