No Smoging in Paris: Building That Eats Smog & Cleans Air

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1-29-2008 11:56 AM

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tags:

smog, sustainable, clean air, architecture, paris, no smoging

urbanlife says:

To absorb and recycle smog from the intense traffic near Paris in an "Innovation Center for Sustainable Development."

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1-30-2008 11:44 AM

ColoradoRight

In following the links I couldn't get an idea as to whether this is just some blue sky design practice, or something that someone is actually proposing to build. It hardly seems likely that Parisians will allow this thing to be built in their city, would they?

1-30-2008 11:47 AM