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XERO Project Wins Re:Vision Design Competition for Zero-Energy Development in Downtown Dallas

XERO Project, a proposal for a new urban agriculture district and zero-energy, mixed-use development in downtown Dallas, earned one of three first-place prizes in the Re:Vision Dallas design competition.

Designed by San Francisco-based David Baker + Partners Architects and Fletcher Studio, the proposal will be considered for implementation by the competition's development partners as early as fall 2009.

The juried international competition-led by the City of Dallas and Urban Re:Vision in partnership with Central Dallas Community Development Corporation and building community Workshop-sought to spur bold visions for sustainable urban development by asking, "What if one block in Texas became the sustainable model for the world?"

Urban Re:Vision received more than 125 proposals.

XERO Project reaches beyond the one-block competition site located near Dallas's city hall to propose a new district that enacts a symbiosis of agriculture and daily life.

Two intersecting greenways, pieced together from open space and disused sites, connect existing public amenities and provide a framework for future development and cultivation.

At the greenways' intersection, the zero-energy development and a new public square with orchards and garden plots serve as the district's heart.

The mixed-use development is designed to meet density and sustainability requirements while catalyzing the broader district vision.


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