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ARK

Project Location: Glebe, NSW, Australia
Building Type: Residential – 4+ BR
Project Descripton: Pre-fab 400+ sq m house that floats, resists earthquake, bushfire, tempest and is assembled by two men in a couple of days - no tools required, cheaper than comparable sized conventional housing

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casa

Project Location: NYC, NY, United States
Building Type: Homeless Shelter
Project Descripton: casa project: everyone has the right to have a home and cover the basic needs of shelter and food for a healthy life.

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BARRACA de BOLA

Project Location: Capao Redondo, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Building Type: Youth Center, Water Delivery, Temporary Shelter, Stadium/Sports Facility, Social Service Centers, …
Project Descripton: Submitted by Team: “Muito Pensadores de Goog” This model answers the design parameters by taking a view that the traditional facility has validity but can be made on a smaller scale to key neighborhood development and micro-business....

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Kigali Model House

Project Location: Kimisange, Kigali, Rwanda
Building Type: Residential - Single Family

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centro de salud verde jiquipilco

Project Location: jiquipilco, estado de méxico, Mexico
Building Type: Health Clinic
Project Descripton: Main goals of the project: To desing, and build a straw bale prototype model for a Health Care Centre. Using local materials and a community workshop in order to build the elements of the project: Ferro cement water tank for rain water....

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Sparsha: The Design Contest

Project Location: Katra, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Universit, India
Building Type: Homeless Shelter
Project Descripton: Sparsha is a contest being organized for the student community of India BY Anusha Narayanan And Avikal Somvanshi, proud students of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Jammu & Kashmir, in response to their success in being awarded the 2008 Berkeley....

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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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Ecological Dry Toilet (often with mostly natural materials)

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Open-Source Bamboo Shelter

Project Location: Unspecified location
Building Type: Homeless Shelter, Emergency Shelter
Project Descripton: A process for community-built bamboo relief housing

“Bamboo DNA's strength comes from its collaborative network of talented people... artists, builders, performance artists, and pretty much anyone who has an interest in seeing bamboo....

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