Bernard Tschumi: Independent Financial Centre of the Americas, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.The Independent Financial Centre of the Americas The Independent Financial Centre of the Americas (IFCA) is the world’s first privately operated and independently regulated international financial centre. It was officially established on March 10, 2006 and is being built and operated in the city of Guayacanes in the (IFCA IFCA Independent Fundamental Churches of America IFCA International Funboard Class Association IFCA International Flight Catering Association IFCA Illinois Fire Chiefs Association IFCA International Forum of Catholic Action IFCA Internal Functional Configuration Audit ) will be the world's first privately operated and independently regulated international financial centre. It will be based in the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (dəmĭn`ĭkən), republic (2005 est. pop. 8,950,000), 18,700 sq mi (48,442 sq km), West Indies, on the eastern two thirds of the island of Hispaniola. The capital and largest city is Santo Domingo. , the geopolitical ge·o·pol·i·tics n. (used with a sing. verb) 1. The study of the relationship among politics and geography, demography, and economics, especially with respect to the foreign policy of a nation. 2. a. crossroads of the Americas. Though still a developing economy, the Dominican Republic is politically stable, with strong ties to Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. and the US. IFCA will house private and commercial banks, and an electronic exchange. Bernard Tschumi has been commissioned to design an ambitious new commercial city, as large as the southern half of Manhattan, on 17sq km of greenfield land east of the capital Santa Domingo. Tschumi's proposal explores the real and mythical qualities of a place where local ecologies and global finance merge in an unexpected manner. Instead of a rigid masterplan, Tschumi proposes a flexible landscape of buildings and gardens capable of accommodating an array of activities, from business centres, hotels, shops, apartments and so on. Construction will begin in 2007, with the first phase due for completion in 2010. It's a long way from LaVillette. C. S. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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