Architecture for Humanitarian Emergencies

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MOVING SOIL TO CREATE ARTIFICIAL HILLS The edge of the island Today

The edge of the urban island Today

Solutions

Solutions

PROJECT STRATEGY The project follows a simple strategy: to move soil so as to create high dikes or edges, such as hills that would protect inhabited areas. This solution would be applied on two different sites in the country. A On islands: where soil can be moved from the centre of the island to create a perimetral artificial hill that protects the whole island, and that – at the same time - generates a lake in the centre of the island.

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