Creativersal International has advised
different governments on sustainable industrial development. An example of this
work is the Wuhan International Ecologistics Park (WIEP). Under the request of
the Government of Wuhan, Creativersal International has worked with IDI
Gazeley, a leading international logistics developer based in the UK and US, to
master-plan 17 square kilometer of land surrounding the Wuhan’s prospective
second airport as the site of one of the largest logistics hubs in Asia. Guided
by a vision for an ecologically responsible logistics infrastructure, Gazeley
and Creativersal have come up with a master plan that distribute the
functionality and services of a huge logistics facility in seven zones, laid
out with minimal interference to the extant land form and small farming
interests and linked with a “Linear Park” that zigzags to embrace the “harsh”
and “spartan” industrial warehouses. Power generation using wind, waste, and
solar sources can yield a net energy surplus of 20%; use of electric vehicles
throughout the park and biodegradable materials are some of the other
eco-features. Deservedly WIEP is considered by many as the high watermark of
modern large-scale industrial planning and design.