Thomas Heatherwick | Green Prophet https://www.greenprophet.com/tag/thomas-heatherwick/ Sustainable news for the Middle East Fri, 25 Apr 2014 12:36:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-logo_center_black_big-2-32x32.png Thomas Heatherwick | Green Prophet https://www.greenprophet.com/tag/thomas-heatherwick/ 32 32 An urban park that embraces its desert environment https://www.greenprophet.com/2014/04/heatherwick-designs-an-urban-park-that-embraces-its-desert-environment/ https://www.greenprophet.com/2014/04/heatherwick-designs-an-urban-park-that-embraces-its-desert-environment/#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2014 23:26:05 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=103963 Sunken Oasis, Thomas Heatherwick, urban park, abu dhabi, desert, evaporation, desert park, urban planning, urban design

How many times have you seen a big old patch of lawn in the middle of Abu Dhabi and cringed?  Lush green grass does not belong in the desert, and trying to make it so wastes water. That’s why Thomas Heartherwick came up with the idea of covering up an existing park with a shaded canopy, and it looks […]

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