{"id":479399,"date":"2010-03-27T01:54:25","date_gmt":"2010-03-27T05:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/solar-powered-living-loom-gateway-designed-for-nigerian-capital\/"},"modified":"2010-03-27T01:54:25","modified_gmt":"2010-03-27T05:54:25","slug":"solar-powered-%e2%80%98living-loom%e2%80%99-gateway-designed-for-nigerian-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/479399","title":{"rendered":"Solar-powered \u2018Living Loom\u2019 gateway designed for Nigerian capital"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/03\/27\/living-loom_1_7HCbu_69.jpg\" alt=\"living loom_1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco Factor:<\/strong> Sustainable gateway harvests solar energy and comes complete with green roofs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.s-ehrlich.com\/\">Ehrlich Architects<\/a> have unveiled the designs of a new solar-powered gateway that will soon welcome visitors and residents to Abuja, Nigeria. Designed in the form of a traditional Nigerian bow harp, the new development will feature a giant solar canopy and green roofs. Dubbed the \u201cLiving Loom\u201d, the sustainable gateway will be constructed from bricks made from the local laterite clay.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/03\/27\/living-loom_2_czgX1_69.jpg\" alt=\"living loom_2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The design <a href=\"http:\/\/archpaper.com\/e-board_rev.asp?News_ID=4366\">symbolizes<\/a> the weaving together of the country\u2019s many different people. On one side of the gateway is a public space where the arm of the loom reaches towards the sky. The plan also includes the development of an amphitheater and public spaces, where a PV canopy will provide shade and generate energy as well.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/03\/27\/living-loom_3_qjlF3_69.jpg\" alt=\"living loom_3\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/03\/27\/living-loom_4_oZSNb_69.jpg\" alt=\"living loom_4\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/03\/27\/living-loom_5_Un1Al_69.jpg\" alt=\"living loom_5\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/03\/27\/living-loom_6_e7Qz2_69.jpg\" alt=\"living loom_6\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inhabitat.com\/2010\/03\/26\/stunning-solar-powered-gateway-unveiled-for-nigerian-capital\/\">Inhabitat<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco Factor: Sustainable gateway harvests solar energy and comes complete with green roofs. Ehrlich Architects have unveiled the designs of a new solar-powered gateway that will soon welcome visitors and residents to Abuja, Nigeria. Designed in the form of a traditional Nigerian bow harp, the new development will feature a giant solar canopy and green [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-479399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}