Can we create a new urban identity in a no reference site? Can we link the identity of the project to the local culture and the knowledge of the inhabitants of the capital city of Ethiopia?Addis Ababa in Amharic means the ?new flower? and the site of the project doesnt have any other references than the local regulations that establish a low density planning, almost like a village.The masterplan is based on 5 buildings shaped like the most significant flowers of Ethiopia: Abyssinia, Tagetes, Coffee, Aloe and Lily. They create a new urban identity and variety of spaces and uses. Each building has a different mixed use set up: leisure and civic center, residential and commercial, hotel and conferences, multipurpose rooms and cinemas and restaurants and offices.The buildings are connected through a network of porches and the landscape that make the whole masterplan consider the exterior spaces at the same level as the interiors.