Rainforest Elevations

Internationally renown architectural company LAVA (Laboratory for Visionary Architecture) took part in a major international competition for the design of an ecologically friendly urban settlement in Malaysia. A group of buildings step down towards this green public center and are an architectural interpretation of the rainforest, with various layers of program and vertical stratification. Each of them is an independent unit but interacting in symbiosis, each connecting and supporting each other.

Forest City, by Chinese developer Country Garden, is a new 20 square kilometer green smart city in southern Malaysia. Located on reclaimed land between Malaysia and Singapore, it will house 700,000 people with office towers, parks, hotels, shopping malls and an international school.

The international design competition for the mixed-use green development attracted over 500 international entries with the twin themes of ‘integrating businesses and the city’ as well as ‘urban innovation’.

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