Architectural Design Concept for the Bering Strait project, Diomede Islands
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- 2009
Location
Bering Strait between the North American and Eurasian Continents
Client
The Foundation for Peace and Unification
Architect
Paul Peng
Project Team
Paul Peng, Sini Hannele Valvisto, Stone Yu, Yen Hu
Building Area
85 kilometers wide and 30 50 meters deep.
Design Period
2009
Architectural Design Concept for the Bering Strait project, Diomede Islands
The Bering Strait Project aims at making the Bering Strait a place where the east and the west hemisphere are connected, (both physically and culturally ). The design proposal uses an immersed tube tunnel connection through the Bering Strait. Sections of excavated underground tunnel are positioned on both mainland entries of the tunnel, as well as under the Diomede Islands. The Peace Park can be considered as an independent island, where today changes into tomorrow. The community is divided on the two Diomede Islands and consists of different types of housing as well as various public facilities. In addition, a series of light towers were developed to complement the connective program of the project as well as ventilate the tunnel.