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THE WOHNPARK ALT-ERLAA IN GERMANY WAS DESIGNED AS A HIGH VOLUME, SELF-CONTAINED URBAN DEVELOPMENT. BUILT BETWEEN 1973 AND 1986 IT ALLOWED FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS TO LIVE WITH A HIGH QUALITY LIFE THAT WAS RARELY FOUND IN SIMILAR DEVELOPMENTS. THE TALL STRUCTURES OF THE THREE BUILDINGS ALSO ALLWED FOR LUSH VEGETATION AND OPEN PUBLIC SPACES TO COVER THE MAJORITY OF THE SITE. THE LOOMING COAL LOADERS AND THE MASSIVE SCALE OF THE SURROUNDING WHARF INFRASTRUCTURE LED ME TO COMPARIOSNS WITH ARCHIGRAMS ‘PLUG-IN CITY’ ITS DIVERSE MODULARITY PLUGGED INTO A SUPERSTRUCTURE ARRANGED AROUND A CENTRAL CRANE ALLOWS FOR A FLEXIBLE AND TEMPORAL APPROACH TO HOUSING AND THE POSSIBILITY OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE IN A RATONALISED MASTER PLAN.

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IS A CONCEPT BY DOGMA, WHERE OFFICE PARK ‘PASTORAL CAPITALISM’ IS REINVENTED AS LIVE/WORK SPACES FOR A NEW COMMUNITY. WHERE TWO SPACES FORM THE DIVISON: BEING ALONE IS MINIMISED AND BEING TOGETHER IS MAXIMISED.

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WHAT STARTED AS A STUDY OF SUPERBLOCKS ENDED UP AMALGAMATING AND TRANSFORMING THROUGH PASSIONATE GROUP DEBATES AND INPUT INTO THE CLIMATE REFUGE. A PLACE FOR REFUGEES OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND UNDERPRIVILEGED TO RETREAT TO WITH RISING SEA LEVELS. THROUGHTS WERE ALSO PUT INTO PURIFYING AND RECYCLING WATER FOR USE ON SITE.

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