Jonathan Tinsley AD2077
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The project is set 27 years after the collapse of the west Antarctic ice sheet. Initially global water levels rose by 6 meters in a matter of months. Over time the increase in temperature due to the increase in C02 levels meant the water levels continued to rise. Most people moved inland to higher ground but as is human nature - some resisted the change and chose instead to adapt their cites as a means to a purer way of life and to prepare themselves early for the inevitable, approaching apocalypse. As most of the fishing industry is centred around coastal towns (which are now underwater) the fish population exploded providing the vast majority of sustenance year-round. The condemned, flooded coastal regions were abandoned by the general populous and left to evolve independently and as such, became completely detached from mainstream society. The people that remained became citizens of nowhere, here reclaiming an empty tower utilising found materials to provide habitability.
Architecture 2016
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