MAIDEN VOYAGE ON LAND
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The Future of Transport Zaha Hadid Architects partners with Hyperloop Italia to design the future of transport.
Ever since Hyperloop was announced as an open-
designs are expected to build on the architectural
source concept, designers across the globe have
firm’s acclaimed projects such as the London
been making use of the innovation to reimagine
Aquatics Centre, Beijing Daxing International
public transportation. Now, Zaha Hadid Architects
Airport and the Sheikh Zayed Bridge in Abu
(ZHA) has entered the realm too, having signed
Dhabi. Both ZHA and Hyperloop Italia state
an agreement with Hyperloop Italia to design and
that their system will pay great consideration
implement the system in Italy.
to the environment. “We are certain that Zaha
“We are looking forward to collaborating
Hadid Architects is the right partner to allow
with Hyperloop Italia; marrying transformative
Hyperloop Italia to promote design excellence in
architecture, engineering and urban planning
architecture,” comments Bibop Gresta, founder
with the most efficient and sustainable transport
and CEO of Hyperloop Italia, as well as co-founder
network to significantly improve accessibility,
of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies.
connectivity, and wellbeing in our cities,”
“Their decades of global experience in civic
explains Patrik Schumacher, Principal of ZHA.
and transport infrastructure will be essential to
“We share Hyperloop Italia’s multidisciplinary
ensure that Hyperloop Italia’s transport hubs
approach, which combines innovations in design
are intuitive to navigate, sustainable and fully
and operational technologies with advances in
integrated within their urban contexts. We are
ecologically sound materials and construction
committed to building the most accessible,
practices, enabling us to deliver future-resilient
convenient and safest transportation system
projects that are spatially inventive, structurally
in the world using the new generation of
efficient and environmentally sustainable.”
environmentally friendly materials with a high
While blueprints have not yet been unveiled,
076
recycled content.”
