Landscape
THE HYPERIONS A self-sustaining urban utopia to achieve two
major objectives: energy decentralization and food deindustrialization
‘H
yperions’ is the new Agritectural Garden Towers for Jaypee Greens Sports City in New Delhi, India. Designed by Parisbased Vincent Callebaut Architectures in collaboration with the Indian agroecologist Amlankusum, the design is for a self-sustaining urban utopia that not only grows organic food, but also produces more energy than it consumes in a closed-loop system. Conceived with the double objective of energy decentralization and food deindustrialization, Hyperions is very holistic as it combines the best of low-tech and high-tech instead of systematically opposing them. The designers’ aim is to reconcile urban renaturation and small-scale farming with environment protection and biodiversity. The Hyperions is named after the tallest tree in the world ‘the hyperion’ – a sequoia semperviren found in northern California whose size can reach 115.55 metres (close to 380 feet). It comprises six 36-storey connected towers built from crosslaminated timber, providing the best environmental footprint
42 January-February 2022 | www.b-i.biz
Artist impression.
(Source: Vincent Callebaut Architectures)
Artist impression.
(Source: Vincent Callebaut Architectures)
