Liberland – Self-Contained Eco-City
In April 2015, the world’s “third smallest sovereign state” was established: Liberland. Founded on a small patch of unclaimed land created by the border dispute between Croatia and Serbia, the new country founded on the principles of libertarianism is currently battling for international recognition. The European micro-nation is seeking ideas through a global design competition on how to masterplan its seven-square-kilometer territory for living potential of some 340,000 residents. The winner of Liberland’s Architectural Competition has been recognized RAW-NYC for Liberland with their proposal to create transit-oriented eco-city with an autonomous power supply and utilization of waste.
The world’s first algae-powered micro-nation Introduction RAW-NYC envisions a micro-nation formed by an open source society that embraces freedom and provides equal opportunities to innovate. A value synonymous with freedom, innovation safeguards the needs of future generations. The systems of Liberland’s built and natural environment are integrated to create unlimited opportunities for its citizens regardless of their ethnicity, race, age, gender or profession, allowing them to reach their full potential and participate collectively in financial gains.
The urban environment is constructed in dense nodes around transport using Inverted Archeology, an urban design and architecture technique envisioned by RAW-NYC for Liberland, whereby the city-state is built in consecutive temporal layers to form a self-sufficient, compact, dense, integrated and transit friendly urban fabric. It is an eco-city state with a minimal ecological footprint that cultivates and grows algae on the underside of each city layer, producing power and supporting an urban farming strategy that does not require sunlight. Simply put, Liberland is the first algae-fueled nation-state.
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