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Ecobay - New Sustainable City
Estonia
Set on the Paljassaare Peninsula overlooking the Baltic
Sea in Estonia, Ecobay is a masterplan for a sustainable
urban city located in a natural beauty spot in Tallinn.
This is a new, independent, mixed-usage district with
up to 15,000 people living within it upon completion in
15 years’ time. The district will include housing, shops,
schools as well as commerce and green recreation
areas. Work is also being undertaken to capitalise
extensively on the harbour front, with a harbour
promenade, quay berths, cafés and restaurants. It will
be constructed on 481,000m2 of land and will use a
combination of wind farms and combined heat and
power (CHP) systems to run its schools, houses, shops
and businesses – even surplus energy from a nearby
wastewater facility will be exploited.
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3D massing models ©Schmidt Hammer Lassen
Ecobay will be a benchmark project for sustainable
urban development of the future, and its starting
point is already at the cutting edge of forthcoming,
more stringent EU legislative requirements. The use
of alternative energy, low energy building methods
and establishing an appropriate green strategy for
infrastructure development. Expansion of public
transport with electric-powered buses and trams and
light railways is also under negotiation with the city
authorities in Tallinn.
Key Project Information
Client OÜ MALM Invest
Architect Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
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