Healthy living environments
The concepts GC develops have a healthy living environment on focus and always bring a positive impulse for cities and their surrounding countryside. We deliberately put our focus on healthy lifestyles, on the people who will be using it, living in it every day. How can we improve their living condition? We create cities and environments where people can eat more healthy, work and live in happiness, thanks to cleaner air, to sustainable generation of water and energy, by reusing waste, or smartening supply chains for food and logistics.
Hoi An - Vietnam
Due to an increase in severe storms and a rising sea level, parts of Vietnam’s middle regions are at risk such as coastal zones near the World Heritage listed ancient town of Hoi An. Tourism has already been hit hard here as hotels and resorts are slowly vanishing into the ocean.
GC has developed the Hoi An 2.0 concept that aims to realize a safe and climate adaptive future for the ancient town of Hoi An. A design with nature concept with a focus on healthy living environments based on:
Protection: restore the eroded beachfront of Hoi An, bring back a beautiful beach.
Restoration: an intelligent breakwater system. The barrier will be constructed in the form of a chain of islands.
Development: parts of the islands will be developed for new types of recreation and eco-tourism, the larger part is reserved for nature development and fresh water storage.
Operate & maintain the islands and the original coastline.
