Apart from the 1st of May being the International Workers Day,it will also be the inaguration of Expo 2010 Shanghái under the motto Better city, better life (Mejor ciudad, mejor vida), and Madrid is one of the 14 cities selected from 188 candidates to participate in this event.Madrid will present two structures at the event: La Casa de Bambú and el Árbol del Air.
The two structures La Casa de Bambú and el Árbol del Aire, have both being created with the notion of respect to the environment and the improvement of the quality of life of their users.It is for these reasons that they have converted into models of urban ecology.For example,they do not need excessively complex technologies nor expensive solutions to be efficient and functional.The area in which these structures are found is called the Zona de Mejores Prácticas Urbanas (ZMPU) or the Urban Practice Best Area (UBPA) in English. READ MORE »