Life Belt For New York : The concept of the BIG U, developed for the competition Rebuild by Design, is a protective system that encircles Manhattan and that rethinks infrastructure as an amenity.

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Life Belt For New York : The concept of the BIG U, developed for the competition Rebuild by Design, is a protective system that encircles Manhattan and that rethinks infrastructure as an amenity.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Topos : The International Review of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design 87(2014)S. 52-59
Format:	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
Sprache:	German
Veröffentlicht:	2014
Schlagworte:	Aufsatz
Ähnliche Datensätze:	In: Topos : The International Review of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design

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