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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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UNICEF Child Friendly Schools - Ganta, Liberia

Project Location: Ganta, Western Africa, Liberia
Building Type: Education Facility - Secondary School, Education Facility - Primary School
Project Descripton:

This is part of the UNICEF Child Friendly Schools

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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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Sportables : 2 goals, 2 boxes, one game

Project Location: Capao Redondo, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Building Type: Youth Center, Water Delivery, Temporary Shelter, Stadium/Sports Facility, Social Service Centers, …
Project Descripton: To maximize efficiency, sustainability, and effectivity. The use of shipping containers (8',40',8.5') as the basic module allows for a strong and secure frame for both transport and destination. By allowing these containers to be both field,....

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EcoHubs

Project Location: brixton, london, United Kingdom
Building Type: Community Center
Project Descripton: EcoHubs will be local centres of alternative technology and transition culture. These spaces will spread energy and ecological literacy at a local level. The EcoHubs will be centrally located in town squares in off-the-grid units (possibly made....

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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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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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Sustainable Portable Classroom, West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Project Title, Team #1 - Drexel University Design Charrette

Project Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Building Type: Education Facility - Training Center, Education Facility - Secondary School, Education Facility - Primary School, Education Facility - Day Care/Children’s Facility , …

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Play Around for Space Unbound

Project Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Building Type: Education Facility - Primary School
Project Descripton: Many students in West Philadelphia currently attend school in portable classrooms that are overcrowded, unsanitary, poorly tempered, poorly lit, and damp. After speaking with Philadelphia students and teachers, our team truly believes that a....

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