Sustainable masterplan in progress
Sustainable masterplan in progress
Schmidt Hammer Lassen - SHL
The intention is to create a modern, multifunctional, mixed-use development with all the possibilities and services required of a diverse and vibrant community, including housing, schools, local shops, businesses and daycare centres.
Sustainability is the driving force behind ECOBAY for the team of architects, urban planners and consulting engineers working on this ambitious masterplan.
This sustainability agenda has led to a number of concrete initiatives. For instance, a multiple mix of many different functions within the community dramatically minimizes the need for transportation – most key destinations are just a walk or bike ride away. Also geothermal energy (i.e. earth’s heat), wind energy from small scale wind farms and surplus energy from nearby wastewater facility will all be utilised in ECOBAY.
Another factor which will ensure low energy consumption is the careful spacing of buildings, maximising solar gain and at the same time minimising heat loss due to overshadowing.
This has created a masterplan with buildings of varying heights. In other words, climatic studies of sun and wind have been taken into account from the very start to ensure a sustainable basis for the new community.
The actual housing in ECOBAY will have different degrees of energy-saving features – some houses will achieve as much as 70% energy reduction.
Though the masterplan seems organic and almost romantic in shape, it is actually quite rational in the way it deals with the harsh winds blowing in from the Baltic Sea. Instead of a rigid urban grid, a system of “dunes” spreads across the entire site.
The developer, ECOBAY OÜ, is planning a full scale development of the 481,000 square metres large masterplan within a period of the next 15-20 years. The scheme will accommodate up to 6,000 people living and working in ECOBAY.
The ECOBAY masterplan is developed by schmidt hammer lassen architects in close collaboration with Buro Happold Consulting Engineers and Møller & Grønborg.
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