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Ship of The Desert, | International Design Awards Winners

Ship of The Desert

Lead DesignersChiao-Yun Fan

Design TeamNational Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Project LocationNorth Africa to the Middle East

Prize(s)Silver in Architecture Categories / Mobile homes

Entry Description

Statement:The skyscraper that moves like beast in the desert is in settlements to maintain Bedouin habitual way of life. It has vertical grazing pastures and many reliable sources of water source.
Idea:It is not necessary to abandon the traditional way of improving the quality of life. By combining mobile creatures and skyscrapers to create a vertical settlement that can move along with climate and water give a stable quality of life, a reliable source of water and pasture grazing for Bedouin.