Easy to build children's nurseries proposed for Paris's parks

If all goes according to plan, the parks of Paris could soon be dotted with wooden tipis designed by French architects, Djuric Tardio.

Still only a concept, the designers feel that if the design could be mass produced, then they could serve as nurseries for Paris’s parks. The project, titled STICKS, will look at building such infrastructure among the natural surroundings in an easy-to-set-up manner.

STICKS is made up of three circular levels, with the second floor holding classes for around 12 children. For the conical shape, wooden sticks will encircle the structure at an angle to create a sort of screen. The lowest floor can be used for teaching and children’s educational activities while the top-most level will feature a terrace that looks out onto the park’s landscape.

Children’s nurseries can be expensive to build though the demand for construction can be high. As such, parents are left with little option but to send their wards to pricey nurseries. With STICKS, the trend can be reversed as construction is fast and cheap.

Djuric Tardio came up with the idea for the project after realizing the dearth of nurseries in Paris. Unlike other centers, the designers wanted to build one out of natural and eco friendly materials that don’t leach toxic chemicals. The concept was also devised to by-pass the complex decisional process that accompanies any infrastructural aspect. Being simply built means that the makers don’t need to go through arduous red tape that tends to hamper development.

For those wondering if constructing a nursery in the middle of a park is sustainable and environmentally sound, Djuric Tardio are of the view that STICKS will only be built in unused areas of parks. During breaks, the children can be made to enjoy the greenery and serenity of the surroundings off-peak hours.


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Parks marine eolicos: approve the first in the U.S. after ten years

United States is a country that definitely needs to be accessible to other more developed in the generation of renewable energy.  A good step in that direction is the final approval of Cape wind, which will be its first wind farm marino, a project that took 10 years to be approved.

 
The new marine wind park will be located from the town of horseshoe shoal, in the State of Massachusetts, is in the South-West of the country on the Atlantic coast. It will be with 130 turbines that will give you the ability to generate 420 MW of electricity which will be sufficient to provide 75% of the energy needs of 75% of the peninsula of Cape cod and its nearby islands

He is expected that the construction of the marine wind park begins next fall. However still needs to move forward in more commercial contracts to allocate 50% of the wind energy that will produce. At the time, the first half of the total quota has already been reserved for the national network.
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Urban Crash, solar energy in the parks

We bring you an interesting design where the generation of solar energy is integrated with community life. It is still a project, but for its simplicity, versatility and design hope that you can eventually materialize in a prototype and then be manufactured. It has been called urban crash and it offers is a solar device ideal for areas of recreation community, such as parks or squares.


Thanks to its design, these solar panels become in turn a rest, ideal area provide a fresh shadow over the games for children or banks of the Park. At night, the urban crash is perfect as a Center for a night walk or even a small event or a party (with lights, music and everything). The glass roofs that make up the structure are photovoltaic cells have been inserted, that produce solar energy during the day and her stored in batteries. Thanks to this energy, you get power supply for the operation of the LED lights and sound system.

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