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D U N E S
THE OASIS HABITAT,
FOR TERRAFORMED DESERTS
by Michele Leonardi architect © 2002; 2007; November 2011
THE OASES
are not a natural phenomenon, as most people think it, because they are the product of a millenary culture, the result of a long adaptation of some people to extreme living conditions.
In the oasis everything is artificial, like the drainage and administration of water-resource, like the palm wood that create a microclimate. Even the dunes are artificials, always to create a microclimate.
The oasis: a perfect example of long-term strategy, real sustainable architecture.
In the following project, The Oasis Habitat consists of 4 parts:
1 - An artificial dune that protects against the dominant winds, with inside craft and industrial activities.
2 - An artificial lake which creates a microclimate, and a fish farming.
3 - The houses in clay, or adobe, or pisé, or in géopolymer-bricks, low cost and ecofriendly.
4 - The civic center with tall buildings geopolymer cement, in low environmental impact.
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L'HABITAT OASIS
Les oasis ne sont pas un phénomène naturel, comme la plupart de gens pense, car au contraire elles sont le produit d'une culture millenaire, le résultat d'une longue adaptation par certaines peuples à des conditions de vie extrêmes.
Dans l'oasis tout est artificiel: le drainage soubterrain et l'administration de la precieuse ressource "eau", les palmiers qui créent un microclimat, même les dunes sont artificielles, toujours au but de créer un microclimat.
L'oasis: un parfait exemple de stratégie à long terme, réelle architecture durable.
Dans ce projet, l'Habitat Oasis est composé par 4 parts:
1 - Une dune artificielle qui protège contre les vents dominants, au sein du quel il y a les activités artisanales et industrielles.
2 - Un lac artificiel qui crée un microclimat, et avec de la pisciculture.
3 - Les maisons en argile, ou en adobe, en pisé, ou en briques géopolymère, pas chers et ecosoutenables.
4 - Le centre civique avec de grands bâtiments en ciment géopolymère, à faible impact environnemental.
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the evolution of an idea:
provided it is not the usual boring
mannerism of bad copying,
a project is a good project
if it can generate a new project:
T H E M A R I N D U C T
THE MARINE WATER AQUEDUCT
D E E P B L U E
SEAWATER FOR OVER 200,000 POOLS OF
L O S A N G E L E S
D U N E S
THE MARINDUCT OASIS SYSTEM
T H E P E N S I L E P O O L S
BY BRIDGE-POOLS
WATERFUN & SPORTING BATHS
THE ROLLER COASTER OF STAIRS
A LABYRINTH OF STAIRS
FOR SEAWATER FUN PARKS
F O R H U M A N B E I N G S
N O T F O R C L O N E S
S T A I R S I N T H E W A T E R
A SEAWATER SPORTING & FUN PARK
T H E N A U T I L U S
A VILLAGE IN THE DESERT
T H E B L U E S H E L L
A HOME WITH A THERMAL
SHIELD OF SAND
T H E Z E B R A S
CHAIRS & TABLES BY POLYCARBONATE
& ALUMINIUM TUBES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Even the longest journey begins with a first step! Systemic Habitats is on line since the 18th of May 2012. This website was created to publish online my ebook "Towards a different habitat" on the contemporary architecture and urbanism. Later many other contents were added. For their direct or indirect contribution to its realisation strarting from 2012, we would like to thank: Roberto Vacca, Marco Pizzuti, Fiorenzo and Raffaella Zampieri, Antonella Todeschini, All the Amici di Marco Todeschini, Ecaterina Bagrin, Stefania Ciocchetti, Marcello Leonardi, Joseph Davidovits, Frédéric Davidovits, Rossella Sinisi, Pasquale Cascella, Carlo Cesana, Filippo Schiavetti Arcangeli, Laura Pane, Antonio Montemiglio, Patrizia Piras, Bruno Nicola Rapisarda, Ruberto Ruberti, Marco Cicconcelli, Ezio Prato, Sveva Labriola, Rosario Francalanza, Giacinto Sabellotti, All the Amici di Gigi, Ruth and Ricky Meghiddo, Natalie Edwards, Rafael Schmitd, Nicola Romano, Sergio Bianchi, Cesare Rocchi, Henri Bertand, Philippe Salgarolo, Paolo Piva detto il Pivapao, Norbert Trenkle, Gaetano Giuseppe Magro, Carlo Blangiforti, Mario Ludovico, Riccardo Viola, Giulio Peruzzi, Ahmed Elgazzar, and last but not least Warren Teitz. M.L.
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