Winners of 2017 Dencity competition announced

International architecture non-profit Shelter Global has just announced the winners of its third annual Dencity Competition, highlighting innovative solutions that will improve living conditions for over 1 billion slum dwellers worldwide. The goal of the competition is to foster new ideas on how to spread awareness and handle the growing density of unplanned cities . There are currently over 1 billion slum dwellers in the world. This number is expected to reach 2 billion by the year 2030. Now, more than ever, architects and planners need to play a central role in the development of substandard neighbourhoods. Contestants were asked to consider how design can empower communities and allow for a self-sufficient future. - Shelter Global A post shared by Shelter Global (@shelterglobal) on Jan 17, 2017 at 8:33am PST Check out the winners below:First place: ?Palestine: The Right to Water?Majed Abdulsamad, Jun Seong Ahn, Maria Isabel Carrasco, and Haochen Yang (Columbia University)

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The project looks at refugee camps in Palestine and is titled ?The Right to Water.? It utilizes the irregularity and extreme density of the refugee camp to create an adequate and independent rainwater collection system that has the capacity to empower the population towards sustainable access to resources beyond regional limitations. Advocates for a system that in its first stages can be implement...