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Challenge to design a community center to incentivise conservation

Punta Arenas, Costa Rica

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Buse

NODO

Nodo is a coastal community center in Puntarenas that integrates mangrove restoration, ecological research, and sustainable living. Featuring workshops, markets, and public spaces, it promotes biodiversity, local culture, and education while using local materials like bamboo, wood, and stone.

People's Choice Award

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Hana

PULSE OF THE PLANET

Restoring the balance between the built environment and nature PULSE OF THE PLANET is the heart of the Earth, collaborating with the Lungs (Amazon Forest). The project interweaves and connects tourism, ecology, and community to encourage pure living.

Shortlisted

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Aslıhan

ECONOMIZE DRIFT

Concept EcoDrift is a coastal settlement model that synchronizes with the natural rhythm of water—integrating ecological production and community life through floating systems. Situated along the mangrove shores of Puntarenas, Costa Rica, the project incorporates aquaculture, greywater filtration, and rainwater harvesting as circular ecological systems that

Seif

POR LA GENTE

Por la Gente is a civic and ecological hub in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, designed to support mangrove conservation while uplifting the local economy. Facing overuse of natural resources due to poverty, the project connects the city to its mangroves through a network of public paths and fragmented building masses housing a market, workshops, labs, and an amphith

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