City of Telosa
, United States
Client
Marc Lore, Junto Group
Typology
Urbanism
Status
Idea
STARTING WITH A BLANK SLATE — Desert land is donated to a community endowment
THE FRAMEWORK FOR SUCCESS — Community endowment owns land during hyper growth and infrastructure is built
THE FRAMEWORK FOR SUCCESS — Community endowment owns land during hyper growth and infrastructure is built
CITY BUILDING — People create value
CITY BUILDING — People create value
LAND VALUE INCREASES AND THE PEOPLE BENEFIT — City generates income from ground leases and appreciation
A VIRTUOUS CYCLE — Community engagement helps determine how money is channeled
A VIRTUOUS CYCLE — Money is channeled into social services + amenities in the form of education, housing, health and transportation
“Telosa embodies the social and environmental care of Scandinavian culture, and the freedom and opportunity of a more American culture."Bjarke Ingels - Founder & Creative Director, BIG
Partner in Charge
Bjarke Ingels
Martin Voelkle
Project Leader
Alana Goldweit
Paul Clemens Bart
Project Team
Casper Clausen
Catrina Nelson
Cheng Zhong
Douglass Alligood
Florencia Kratsman
Isela Liu
Jeffrey Shumaker
Jeremy Alain Siegel
Juan Diego Perez Diez
Luca McLaughlin
Mateo Fernandez
Mengzhu Jiang
Norain Chang
Philip Andersson
Terrence Chew
Tracy Sodder
Frankie Sharpe
Alejandra Cortes
Pooja Annamaneni
BIG Landscape
Autumn Visconti
Lingyi Xu
Morgan Mangelsen
Quanjiang Li
Shuo Yang
Collaborators
Buro Happold
Squint/Opera
Two Bridges Film