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An Architecture of Acceptance

Iowa State University

Semester (Duration): Fall 2018 (11 weeks)

Instructor: Shelby Doyle

Partner(s): Anna Lukens

Program: Climate Refugee Camp 

With current issues of water stress existing in the Colorado River Basin, the following project is a speculation for how local materials and digital fabrication methods could be implemented quickly in a time of emergency. Using fly ash as a main construction material to create an array of funicular shells, the forms created provide fast enclosure and water collection for climate refugees in need.

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