If you’re our loyal reader you should remember amazing ecoconcept of VincentCallebaut – Lilypad. But Vincent continues to pump out amazing conceptsof futuristic eco systems. This time inspired by the organic form of coral hehas created utopian eco villages for for 1,000 Haitian families affected in 2010 by an earthquakemeasuring 7.0 on the Richter scale. This village is called “Coral Reef”.
Built upon seismic piers off the coast of the mainland, the prefabricated,modular units can be fit into a wave-like matrix as space is needed. Eachfamily would have a plot of land to grow their own food.
A canyon flows between two rows of housing and is filledwith a tropical ecosystem for the local fauna and the flora. Aquaculture farmsand grey water recycling plants filter and process the water before sending itinto the sea.
The entire complex is carbon neutral and powered via anumber of different renewable energy sources. Power would be generated fromthermal energy conversion under the pier, marine currents, vertical axis windturbines, and solar photovoltaics.
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