You can solve all the world’s problems in a garden.” – Geoff Lawton

 

The largest non-polar desert in the world is the Sahara Desert, a subtropical desert in northern Africa; it covers a surface area of about 3.5 million square miles. Just to put that into perspective it is as big as the United States of America, only difference is that desertification and land degradation increases about 12 million hectares each year, the size of New York State!

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Best of Milan Design Week

 

A week after the end of MILAN DESIGN WEEK, we’re ready to share a selection of projects, products, artworks and exhibitions that caught Yatzer's eye between the 14 and 19 of April 2015, some of which will be still running during Expo Milano 2015, the International Exhibition which will be hosted in Italy’s design and commerce capital from May 1 to October 31, 2015.
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Exploring Arctic: Multifunctional Complex in Dikson Harbor

 

 

This project is based on a complete transformation of an Arctic hub port. It is necessary to create comfortable working and living environment of the Northern Sea Route transport infrastructure. The initial idea is to design a separate anthropogenic microcosm, detached from the harsh Arctic environment, but based on the dynamic equilibrium between people and nature. The structure of the proposed building is same to the structure of nature, the earth’s ...
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The only bicycle vertical station

The subway provides convenience to commuter during commute time as a transportation that is used by many people. However, because of high-rise buildings and city concentrated of population in the main cities even the convenient subway became uncomfortable in the time when many people use. We will rise the linear of the subway which connects essential area of city and the countryside into a upper part. It is because bicycle is the transportation which can be used during rush-hour rather than car or subway that has traffic jam and inconvenience

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We want world wonders...

"The Pyramids of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Eiffel Tower – these are current world wonders . . .
They seem to play a role on the scale of the planet.
They are the dreams of all architects, children, politicians, leaders and clients.
They are surrounded by stories and myths.
They make us wonder.
They make us think.
They impress us and thus somehow guide us.
They put our daily lives and efforts into perspective.
They are marks of the times.
But how to make them?"...

Source: www.mvrdv.nl