All tagged military

308_Tiago Vasconcelos: Permabioreactor

Submission #308 | Tiago Vasconcelos: Permabioreactor — “Climate change is only exacerbating this challenge; as increasing temperatures and oceanic acidification are causing large shifts in migratory patterns of animals and reduction of fish populations; making these subsistent sources increasingly difficult to come by for Native peoples. Additionally, elevating temperatures are causing widespread permafrost thaw; wreaking structural havoc and greenhouse gas emissions.”

307_Paolo Boldi: Delta Aquarium

Submission #307 | Paolo Boldi: Delta Aquarium — “Located in the Colombian city of Santa Marta, an important commercial and touristic center as well as the most antique city of Colombia, the project is part of an urban intervention of reestablishment and restitution of a wide city portion nowadays used as a military base. This area represents a great opportunity as it constitutes the perfect union between four different scenarios.”

151_Cristian Camacho: The Fragmented Barricade

Submission #151 | Cristian Camacho: The Fragmented Barricade — "Injuries sustained by war, either physical or mental, can linger for many years to come and as a consequence unforeseen challenges are not being handled in a timely manner by government agencies. Therefore, by proposing a location where veterans can help and aid returning and departing soldiers to a better life while serving and transitioning out of the service. The idea for this veteran complex, located on Wilshire Blvd in the Veteran Affairs property, is a place where veterans help service members’ transition out of the military into the civilian world and prepare incoming service members to the military lifestyle.

138_Gustavo Takata & João Ribeiro: House in a Bridge

Submission #138 | Gustavo Takata & João Ribeiro: House in a Bridge — "The concept arises from a restoring axis of the city-river relationship that, simultaneously with the pre-existing structure, creates the habitable space. After a process of unceasing exploration of the parallelism between spatial qualities and function, we enter into a moment of purification, through the search for the essence. Each space is born of the individual - place - function relationship, generating atmospheric auras that define the place itself. "