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Sci-Fi Design for Stockholms Freeway

Urban planning of the future. BIGs concept for a new freeway in Stockholm: 

BIG, plus the firms Grontmij and Spacescape submitted the winning concept for Stockholmsporten, a competition sponsored by the city of Stockholm and the Swedish Transport Administration. The challenge issued was a familiar one for any major city: Two freeways will be knit together in the town of Hjulsta, north of Stockholm, creating a three-level interchange that divides the surrounding neighborhood, both visually and emotionally. To reunite the community and protect the environment, BIG and its team proposed a master plan they call the Energy Valley, a series of elements that create movement and beauty around this busy intersection. [fastcodesign] 

The site has a great potential in serving as a new entryway into Stockholm. This point is turned into a reflective, self-sustaining hovering sphere mirroring Stockholm as it is, new and old, creating a 180 degree view of the area for the drivers on their way in or out of the city. 30% of the sphere’s surface is covered with Photovoltaic film that faces the sun and produces enough energy to keep it floating while supplying 235 houses in the neighborhood with electricity. The Stockholm Sphere is an ever changing icon that marks an entry point to the city and reflects the passing seasons and the evolving urban life beneath it. [archdaily]

If they build this, I will get in a car, drive to Stockholm and ride around that freeway all day long!
For more info on the project check out BIG or archdaily