Mexico has found a solution to the lack of green spaces and energy. The design team of Rodrigo Ambriz, Michael Smith and Erik Cosio, collectively known as Jorge Hernandez de la Garza Architects, have fashioned the Vertical Park just to answer the aforementioned hitches. In the city of Coyoacan, a huge edifice with steel frames holds fitted in solar panels. Accordingly, this self-reliant off-grid with an unmatchable mechanism to recycle and reuse water proves itself a miracle of modern architecture.
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Lending it more flexibility, this stackable solar skyscraper has various modules for assorted utilities. The modular units extend sufficient space for urban farming. Sky gardens are there to help raise crops. Along with it, the stacked units provide ample living and working spaces since these can be relocated when required. So, in a way, they rearrange to fashion ample urban space for commerce, public walk and sightseeing even.
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