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Artist/architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser had some similar ideas about burying highways and using parkland to absorb some of their emissions, both chemical a
by tonyg 12y ago
Artist/architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser had some similar ideas about burying highways and using parkland to absorb some of their emissions, both chemical and auditory - his "invisible, inaudible Green Motorway":
* http://www.pithandvigor.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/underground_tunnel_hundertwasser.jpg http://www.pithandvigor.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/under... (linked as part of this blog post: http://www.pithandvigor.com/diy-projects/materials/friedensreich-hundertwasser/ http://www.pithandvigor.com/diy-projects/materials/friedensr...)
* http://www.hundertwasser.com/arch/view-25slashXIII http://www.hundertwasser.com/arch/view-25slashXIII
* http://www.hundertwasser.com/arch/view-25slashXII http://www.hundertwasser.com/arch/view-25slashXII
* http://www.hundertwasser.com/arch/view-25slashV http://www.hundertwasser.com/arch/view-25slashV
- frik 12y agoIn Linz (Austria) there is a similar highway with a park above it (more than one kilometer long). Built in 2005, water leaks into the tunnel and there are high costs to fix it (including removing the park to fix the problems). http://derstandard.at/1310511908137/Undicht-seit-Eroeffnung-Sanierung-des-Linzer-A7-Tunnels-Park-soll-abgetragen-werden http://derstandard.at/1310511908137/Undicht-seit-Eroeffnung-... (German)
- nakedrobot2 12y agoWater leaks into all tunnels. Some have this issue in a more problematic way that others, admittedly ;-)