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Vision: Help as self-help – Living with the flood (instead of a house against the flood)

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Project • By vn-a (visual network artarchitecture) • Rurals

Rehabilitation for a resettlement area in SocTrang

Resettlement in Viet Nam - Policies and Social Impact Assessment.Involuntary resettlement is one of many challenges faced by the extractive sector, particularly balancing the competing interests and responsibilities of governments, companies and affected local communities. Unluckily the resettlement projects are established with so many competing interests, that the inhabitants are involuntary relocated into the "new village" where is lacked of living conditions and infrastructure. vn-a vn-a vn-a With the support 2105 USD for each unit from the initiative non-profit group "Nhà chống lũ" in cooperation with the local People's Committee and each household joined themself with their own contribution 20% of the costs, eve... More

The project’s sidewalk-focused retail and public space bring back the energy that the downtown had lost. Each building takes its place along Village Lane, a shared street connecting the A-train with the LIRR.

Connie Zhou

The scale of the new buildings is tallest along this central spine with two 15-story towers, and lower where it meets the neighborhood.

Project • By Marvel • Apartments

Rockaway Village

In the center of Downtown Far Rockaway in Queens, Marvel is concluding an ambitious project to bring 1,700 new affordable housing units to an under-utilized site between the A-train terminus and the Long Island Rail Road in order to create a more vibrant, supportive community through socially thoughtful design. Connie Zhou Over three phases totaling two million SF of development, the design reimagines the old railyard as a series of new public spaces and streets, invigorating the center of downtown Far Rockaway. Across Mott Ave from the A-train, a new public plaza flanked by 100,000 SF of commercial space serves as the gateway to the project, leading to a total of eight buildings on six new blocks arranged along a tree-lined s... More