Bartlett graduate Vilius Vizgaudis has reimagined Paris, Texas, as a sustainable city in a bid to entice president Donald Trump to rejoin the Paris Agreement.
Named The Gift, the conceptual masterplan proposes transforming the city of Paris in Texas into an eco-friendly metropolis based on the "symbolic value of Paris as a world capital in climate resilience".
Vizgaudis' intention is to create an American city that could thrive under the rules of the Paris Agreement ? an accord between the world's nations to mitigate global warming, from which the US withdrew in 2017. The city's success would demonstrate the potential to operate under its terms and encourage Trump to rejoin the agreement.
Vizgaudis' masterplan imagines transforming Paris in Texas into an eco-friendly metropolis "The Gift rethinks the American city, Paris, through the values of the climate agreement and the romantic lens of French Parisian symbolism of freedom, monuments of equality and art of diversity," Vizgaudis told Dezeen.
"The purpose of the project is to promote neighbourly love, local climate resilience and international cooperation, with the aim of enticing reciprocation from the US by rejoining the Paris climate agreement."
It will rely on clean energy sources and provide new sustainable jobs for locals
Vizgaudis carried out the project as part of Unit 10 at the Bartlett, which is led by CJ Lim, Simon Dickens, Jon Kaminsky.
He chose the Texan city Paris as the locati...