The Dutch architectural office MVRDV, based in Rotterdam, proposes an operation that, through the densification of the urban fabric only in some specific zones, manages to free up as much ground floor area as possible to in this way protect the surrounding landscape. The strategy will therefore consist of resizing the built structures multiplying the current demographic data by two or by three, instead of sprawling over the peripheral areas of the city, which would entail a significant increase in energy costs. At the same time, the landscape is reinvented as a natural network that can become part of the development of the city and also one of elements responsible for boosting economic growth and for the production of alternative energy...[+]