When the 8.0-magnitude Sichuan Earthquake devastated China in 2008, nearly 5 million people were left homeless. Rural Urban Framework, a non-profit research and design collaborative, saw construction in the wake of disaster as an opportunity to improve the lives of rural villagers through new building typologies. Their recently completed project, Jintai Village, is a socially and environmentally sustainable prototype for earthquake reconstruction that combines rooftop farming, biogas technologies,...
from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/green-roofed-village-shows-a-more-sustainable-way-to-build-in-post-disaster-rural-areas
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