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Sustainable Design Ideas | Riverside living and community complex in Brazil
This Holcim Awards 2020 winning project’s objective is to provide housing for the low-income riverside population of Manaus currently living in precarious and risky conditions. The design takes inspiration from the traditional stilt and floating house typology to not only suit the local environmental conditions (including the seasonal fluctuation in water levels of the river) but also to recover and recognize the value of indigenous... Ideas: Economic & Social Empowerment, Housing Needs
