masterplanning

Destiny, Syracuse

DestiNY USA is a multi billion-dollar project in Syracuse at the northern end of New York State. The project consists of the largest retail mall in the world with 44 million visitors expected per year and is situated below a 100 acre covered eco roof park, incorporating an aqua park and various leisure facilities including a ‘hill town’ and multiplex cinemas. The development includes sustainable hotels providing up to 25,000 keys of hotel accommodation. There is a vast convention center at the northern end of the site and a sports stadium. It also has a fully integrated innovative transportation system, which will be the first of its kind in the world.

Battle McCarthy and Foster & Partners, have developed an ultra low fossil fuel dependent solution for the masterplan scheme as a whole. This has required careful studies of all the various components of the development to devise passive and natural means of dealing with thermal loads, providing light, fresh air, ventilation and using sustainable materials throughout. Central to the scheme is a site wide biomass energy center. This makes use of natural NY state crop wastage amongst other fuel supplies and supplies all the power and heat to the development.

Areas of particular interest are the eco hotels, one of which will be the first building integrated wind turbine installation of its kind and magnitude in the world. Other hotels incorporate the very latest in sustainable technologies.