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Maldives Airport Economic Zone Mixed-use Development
New Indian Ocean Island Building – design by CAA Architects
23 Nov 2018
Maldives Airport Economic Zone Mixed-use Development
Location: Hulhumale, the Maldives
Oceans Paradise ? Maldives Airport Economic Zone Mixed-use Development
Design: CAA (Core of Architecture & Art) Architects
‘Ocean?s heaven’
In April of this year, the concept of ?Vitalizing Architecture?, led by CAA founder Liu Haowei stood out in the competition of ?Maldives Airport, Economic Zone Development,? and won the first prize. This project will complete construction at Hulhumale in the Maldives in 2021; afterwards, it will become a figurative landmark for the country of the Maldives.
As the world largest archipelago country, the Maldives are famously known as ?Paradise on Earth?, which is named after its jewel-like form that lay across the Ocean?s surface.
Behind this beauty is a huge environmental crisis; In a world of global warming and rising sea levels as result of glacial ice melt, there is a possibility that this country could disappear from the world forever.

According to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the data shows that 40% of the greenhouse gases that cause global warming are produced by large buildings. If our attitude towards urban construction and one-time energy use does not change, the fate of an island country like the Maldives wi...