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Gabion Houses

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"Gabion Houses" is a Low Cost Design, Concept Architecture, Engineering, Sustainable Design project showcased on uni.xyz.

Good architecture contemplates the needs of the public, even when these are not of imminent concern. The idea is to have all facilities, materials, and equipment in place before anything occurs. To aid for a fast recovery, a 4-step process was designed. The materials to rebuild the city, the gabions, will be the heart of our Gabion Houses.

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Jorge Arvizu Soto

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5y ago

From an extraordinary concept that solves the removal of rubble and the need for housing, it fell short in the following design stages

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minga architekten GmbH

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Tabriz

Taiwan

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Creative Commons, Attribution, Non-commercial, No Derivatives

PUBLISHED ON 15th September 2020

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