Abu Dhabi’s future-thinking Masdar City is used to breaking the mould and it looks like it could happen again.
A global competition to design a landmark piece of art at a public park that produces clean energy is underway.
The Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) design competition received entries from 300 teams from 65 countries around the world.
The challenge was for designers was to create a large scale public art piece that was capable of producing clean energy.
Participants were encouraged to design a public artwork that could help power the city in a post-carbon world.
All the shortlisted proposals will go on display at the 24th World Energy Congress at ADNEC in September, but we have images of three of the ideas.
Shortlisted projects include an array of golden mirrors providing shade and solar thermal energy, named Spark by Antonio Maccà, a dreamlike canopy of color called the Polychromatic Courtyard by Sung Goo Yang, an energetic take on a sundial called Diurnal Shadow by Riccardo Mariano, and a larger-than-life clutch of jewel-like eggs teeming with plant life named Nest by Robert Flottemesch.
One of the shortlisted projects could be constructed within Masdar City in the coming years as a gateway to Masdar Park.
For more information on the Land Art Generator Initiative visit www.landartgenerator.org
