http://www.barcelonahousingsystems.com/portfolio/8080-lakeshore/
CHICAGO 8080 LAKESHORE MASTERPLAN
Location: Chicago (IL), United States
Typology: BHS Masterplan
Status: Ongoing
Description: A project of 12,000 homes located in a new residential area in Chicago along the banks of Lake Michigan. An urbanization process has been designed which covers over 30 blocks and is divided into 4 phases of implementation, with around 3,000 homes in each phase.
This approach follows the BHS concept based on the city of Barcelona, allowing the land use to be optimized for infrastructure and improving the quality of life; it will allow residents to enjoy this new 21st Century urban planning concept, with extensive green spaces, sustainable internal mobility, high use of renewable energies, common social areas, digital urban and community processes, urban vegetable gardens, etc.
