Celebrating 2023 Architecture, Engineering and Landscape Architecture Projects 

As 2023 comes to a close all of us at The Credential have decided to share optimism, gratitude and eye candy. Following are a few of the outstanding architecture, engineering, landscape architecture and construction projects from around the world. They are or will be incredible examples of your labors. Thank you! We can't wait to see what 2024 holds. 

Great Man-Made River Project 

Location: Libya

Total Cost: US $25 billion

The Great Man-Made River (GMR) is a colossal infrastructure project consisting of a massive subterranean network of pipelines and aqueducts that transport high-quality fresh water for domestic consumption, industry, and agriculture from ancient subsurface aquifers buried deep beneath the Sahara to the coast of Libya. 

 

The GMR has rightfully earned the title of the world’s biggest irrigation and water supply initiative. (In fact, the government of Libya hailed it as “the Eighth Wonder of the World.”) Since its commencement in 1991, this construction project has played a pivotal role in providing much-needed irrigation and drinking water to the densely populated cities and vital farming regions in the northern parts of Libya. Prior to the project’s implementation, these areas faced water scarcity and relied heavily on energy-intensive desalination facilities and depleting rain-fed aquifers.

The origins of the Great Man-Made River project trace back to the 1950s when water was unexpectedly discovered during oil exploration in the Al-Kufrah region of Libya’s southeastern desert. This discovery led to the identification of the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System, an extensive reservoir of “fossil water” estimated to be between 10,000 and 1,000,000 years old. 

 

 

800 Fulton Market

Completion Date: 2021

This structure is almost all new and calls itself “the smartest building in Chicago.” This bold claim is undoubtedly supported by the receipts. Some outstanding health and sustainability credentials of 800 Fulton Market: The design of this smart building has earned LEED Platinum, WELL Gold, and platinum certifications from SmartScore and WiredScore, two smart building standards. More than 8,000 IoT sensors for recording occupancy data and a cloud-based management platform connecting 12 distinct building systems are just a couple of the smart features the building has to offer. The building’s website, a smartphone app gives renters access to a digital space where they can arrange meetings, manage the atmosphere, sign up for fitness courses, and get alerts about discounts at nearby restaurants.

1881 Farm Park (Conceptual Design)

Client: Windler Public Improvements Authority

1881 Farm Park is a 10-acre community and regional flex space located on the centennial homestead of Henry and Anna Windler. In collaboration with Shape Architecture Studio, Superbloom is developing a vision that seeks to reconnect Coloradans with the delicate agricultural systems of the American West.

 

Leveraging ancient holistic practices and innovative new sustainable technologies, 1881 will be a working agricultural campus and destination for local food. The architects imagine this park as a dynamic ecosystem of people, plants, and animals that work in harmony to build healthy soils and systems. This project broke ground in September 2022, a step closer to bringing this vision to life. 

 

The Windler Homestead and 1881 Park will be an iconic agricultural exploratorium for the Windler community, the City of Aurora and the Denver Metropolitan region at large. The design imagines a regenerative landscape that incorporates restored prairie grasslands and pasture, agriculture, food production, greenhouses and permaculture.

 

As a new center for communal and collaborative life, the community will experience history and nature through a direct connection to their food.  They can see, taste and even participate in growing and harvesting an abundance of foods that are uniquely adapted to Colorado’s climate and seasons.  The rich experience and deep connection with food production and the land becomes a lifestyle at Windler. The farm will serve as a living seed library, expanding access to diverse and exciting heritage varieties; an on-site market and farm-to-fork restaurant offer seasonally rotating produce, meats, cheeses and flowers. The park in turn will be a catalytic center for the new walkable and bikeable neighborhoods at Windler, providing a circuit of play spaces throughout for visitors to explore and to encourage active lifestyles. A diversity of landscape types are created using native trees, shrubs and perennials that are highly adapted to the plains landscape of Aurora.

 

To ensure the success of the farm park, water and soil conservation are essential. The design team continues to research additional ways to design site-appropriate sustainable resource systems for flexible, dynamic and porous spaces and surfaces that amplify the availability of water resources.  The designs will synthesize closed-loop, water-optimized systems and rotational planting strategies based on best practices for dryland land management.

 

Construction Magazine August 29, 2023, 

https:Top 17 Largest Construction Projects in the World; 2023 Reviews

Washington Report June 9, 2023,

https://www.wrmea.org/north-africa/natos-intervention-threatens-libyas-unique-man-made-river.html

Construction Magazine August 10, 2023, 

https://neuroject.com/smart-building-examples/

Archinect News May 30, 2023,

https://archinect.com/news/bustler/9327/2023-world-landscape-architecture-award-winners-announced 

 

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