HE Andrey Zakharov, UAE Ambassador of the Russian Federation (left) today visited Cityscape Abu Dhabi to give official government seal of approval to the massive Metropoliya project, planned for the Russian capital.
The ambassador met with Metropol officials including founder and CEO of the Metropol Group Dr Mikhail Slipenchuk (right).
The imposing Metropoliya project is a colossal "city-within-a-city", 1.5 million square metre mixed use development just three kilometres from the Kremlin.
Metropoliya will utilise cutting edge "green" technologies developed by the world’s top architectural practice and global leader in sustainable designs, Nikken Sekkei of Japan.
The focus of the Metropoliya project – grouped around ten buildings connected by green public spaces - will be sustainability and energy efficiency with a low carbon footprint. Using technologies tried and tested in Japan, Nikken Sekkei is aiming for a development that uses up to 60% less energy than equivalent projects.
The only Moscow project on such a scale, construction on Metropoliya is due to begin in 2009, with a completion time frame of seven to eight years. The main feature of the project will be a signature 364 metre tall tower of strikingly simple design with smaller towers arranged in lotus flower pattern providing residential, office and commercial space with commanding views over central Moscow.
