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Orchid City

Global

Urban Planning

Developed the world's first regenerative real estate framework achieving 140% net-positive carbon reduction.

Serenity Farms

Serenity Farms

Saudi Arabia

Urban Planning

Designed the world's largest self-sufficient greenhouse complex, saving 9.2 billion liters of aquifer water.

EISAP aerial visioning (impression)

Estonian Industrial Symbiosis Agro-Park (EISAP)

Ida-Viru, Estonia

Urban Planning

Planned Europe's most innovative 1,500-hectare circular agro-park on former industrial land.

WWF review: Dockside Green, Canada

Sustainable Urban Districts: 2015 Global Review (WWF)

Eleven districts worldwide

Urban Planning

Reviewed eleven exemplary districts worldwide and published what actually makes sustainable urban development work.

Regen villages

ReGen Villages Oosterwold

Oosterwold, Almere, Netherlands

Urban Planning

Masterplanned 203 self-sustaining homes on 25 hectares, approved July 2018.

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Shanghai Urban Masterplan

Shanghai, China

Urban Planning

Masterplanned lilong regeneration where each intervention feeds 50,000 people.

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Cool Neighbourhoods

Netherlands, Belgium, France, Luxembourg

Urban Planning

Greening 30,000 m² across nine pilot neighbourhoods to cut urban heat stress.

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Boston Fort Point Masterplan

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Urban Planning

Masterplanned a 10-acre downtown Boston site to Barcelona density with 40% open space.

Almere Pampus

Almere Pampus Scenarios

Almere, Netherlands

Urban Planning

Produced research-by-design scenarios for future-proof urban expansion using Orchid City principles.

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