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Provisional Shelters

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To respond situations of emergency caused by natural disasters, which happens every time on the entire planet, an humanitarian architecture and echo sustainable aims appears more and more every day. In a society that wakes for a new social reality, two important themes emerge with new requirements wherein architectural solutions for humanitarian crisis are advanced and provided by ONG’s. Continue Reading

14 April 2008 | posted by Marta Moreira | 3 Comments


» Architects

Erik Von Gundlach. Puerto Rico…

That’s a difficult question. I remeber when i was 9 years and tied up a plastic lizard to an helium balloon and, while saying good-bye and seeing it disappear in the sky, i asked myself about the looks of my city from that perspective. I always liked to see things from a different point of view […]

1 March 2008 by Carlos Pedro Sant'Ana
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» Projects

The Ice Tetrahedron. Nuno Vare…

The Everest has been a destination for serious climbers for over fifty years. Since the first successful ascent was made in 1953, Everest Base Camp has changed dramatically: the environmental pressures placed on it by […]

30 March 2008 by Carlos Pedro Sant'Ana
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» Context

Watercone. Stephan Augustin

The Watercone makes salt and brackish water fresh using only the sun, evaporation, and a simple, portable plastic cone […]

25 March 2008 by Ivo Sales Costa
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» Clone

BLDG BLOG. The Archi…

In what would merely have been an article about camping equipment in almost any other situation, revamped Italian architecture magazine Abitare recently took a fascinating look at portable mountain climbing shelters [...]


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» Post.Card

DUBlin postcard

Dublin. Baile Atha Cliath. Prosperous city showing it´s pride of being the capital of an optimistic nation. The Spire by Ian Ritchie architects in O’Connell Street is the built example of this feeling.The winter days are saying goodbye, although the cold wind still freezes […]


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» Books

Design Like You Give…

The greatest challenge we face today is that of providing shelter. Currently one in seven people lives in a slum or refugee camp, and more than 3,000,000,000 people–nearly half the world’s population–do not have access to clean water or adequate sanitation […


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