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  • Will Biomimicry Offer a Way Forward, Post-Sandy?

    Sarah Amandolare

    January 04, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Haiti, Port Au Prince

    By looking at the ways plants and animals adapt to their environment, architects are using “the emerging science of biomimicry” to make buildings more resilient. For instance, an orphanage in Haiti was built to store water much like the native Kapok tree. A honeycomb structure inspired an office tower in South Korea. This might be one strategy to prevent more weather damage in the future.

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  • A Vision of Vertical Slums in Mumbai

    Mark Bergen

    December 11, 2012 |

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    Response Location: India, Mumbai

    For a megacity with more than 18 million people in its metro area, Mumbai, India is not a particularly vertical city. Many of its inhabitants squeeze into low-rise slums crammed into the urban space. But an ongoing slum rehabilitation program seeks to clear these corrugated metal shacks and relocate the slum-dwellers to new high rises.

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  • Fighting Crime With Architecture in Medellín, Colombia

    Michael Kimmelman

    May 18, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Medellín

    Medellin, Colombia has looked to architecture to help combat its high homicide rate and other problems. Over the past few decades there have been massive public architecture development, transit improvements, creation of public spaces that have all contributed to renewing this city.

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