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life container

Project Location: porto, matosinhos, Portugal
Building Type: Transitional Shelter, Temporary Shelter, Emergency Shelter
Project Descripton: competition for a self-sufficient and sustainable mobile village for a nomad community. the goal of the competition was to design a mobile village whose purpose was to travel along a defined itinerary, informing locals about the need to take action....

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Zero Energy Home

Project Location: Chicago, IL, United States
Building Type: Residential - Single Family
Project Descripton: Program
Our clients desire a flexible, urban, and green home for two that can accommodate their extended family and friends.

Site characteristics
This house will be built on a double lot of 40' x 77'. The lot is situated 3....

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Bayonnais Medical Clinic

Project Location: Cathor, Bayonnais, Haiti
Building Type: Health Clinic
Project Descripton: This Medical Facility will be the first to serve the Bayonnais region of Haiti. The population of Bayonnais is approximately 80,000 and is often described as the poorest region in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Currently, the....

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Survivorbuildingregeneration

Project Location: Unspecified location
Project Descripton: Survivorbuildingregeneration makes earthquake and hurricane proof buildings, basically it is the old balloon frame put together with modern metal wood connectors. It is the wood connectors that make these buildings earthquake and hurricane proof. ....

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Paediatrics Ward & Hostel

Project Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Building Type: Hospital
Project Descripton: Design and build a 50 bed paediatrics ward, 50 bed hostel for chemotherapy patients, treatment room, nurse/staff facilities and a classroom/workshop space.

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Sustainable Portable Classroom for Winnsboro High School

Project Location: Winnsboro, Louisiana, United States
Building Type: Education Facility - Secondary School
Project Descripton: Education, community and innovation.

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stand together

Project Location: Africa & Arab States
Building Type: Temporary Shelter, Residential – Public Housing, Residential – Multi-Family Low Rise, Homeless Shelter, Emergency Shelter, …
Project Descripton: Designing a shelter is quite complex. Conditions can differ from hot to cold, from mountainous to flat and from dry to wet. Disasters don't discriminate, it could happen anywhere, in remote areas, as well as in cities, to anyone, families as....

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pringle bay beach house

Project Location: Pringle Bay, South Africa, Africa & Arab States
Building Type: Residential - Single Family
Project Descripton: This house is set in the beautiful Kogelberg bio sphere Reserve in the Cape and is about the experiential and the ecological. Constructed on a natural platform on a dune, the natural vegetation was protected during the building process and only....

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Manichira Child-Centred Recreational Park

Project Location: Sultan Bathery, Kerala, India

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Evergreen Brick Works

Project Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Building Type: Community Center
Project Descripton: Evergreen Brick Works is a centre for experiencing the relationship between nature, culture and community. It's a destination for families and individuals to enjoy a natural refuge while sampling a rich offering of programs, and services from....

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