TRENDHUNTER MAGAZINE, the futurist/consumerist platform read in over 100 countries, has been picking up more and more architecture content lately – including the Re:Vision Dallas’ winning design by Portuguese firms Atelier Data and MOOV. View their photo gallery for the project by clicking here.

"Forwarding Dallas" is a collaboration among Portuguese architects André Almeida (Atelier Data), Carolina Pombo (Atelier Data), Inês Vicente (Atelier Data), José Niza (MOOV), João Calhau (MOOV)

A rundown area of Dallas, TX is being given an eco makeover by the Re:Vision Dallas winners, Atelier Data and Moov. Their plan is to create Forwarding Dallas, a sustainable community that spans an entire city block that will include hill-shaped buildings adorned with green roofs that grow produce to feed locals.

“The design proposes a series of hillside structures, with public spaces and trees located in the valleys, and solar panels and building-integrated wind turbines on the peaks,” Inhabitat says of Forwarding Dallas. “Renewable energy will completely power the community, while rainwater will be collected and stored for use within the complex.”

The block will include housing and public amenities like a coffee shop, gym, daycare and “a spiritual space.” Construction for Forwarding Dallas will begin in 2011.

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