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Atlas Paddling

Part 2 Dissertation 2017
Calin Barbu
 London School of Architecture | UK
Experts, with their texts and studies, are continuously warning us about the drastic effects of climate change on humanity and its existence. But what does it mean to live in a world where the effects of the climate crisis are no longer speculative, but a part of daily life?
Are we there already?

Calin Barbu
Tutor(s)
James Soane
2017
One of the Marbles shows the desolation of the landscape before the first settlers arrived.
Climate change and urban life - a public bath is commissioned atop an aqueduct, warmed with leftover electricity, while previous landmarks become lacustrine villages.
An old lady once saw the patchwork of landscapes from above, and she named it The Mosaic.
Paper and concrete walls protect forests of steel and glass
From salted wells and stilted houses, we escape over trade routes that shift their course less than the Ganges.
Amidst rising oceans, I finally had time to think.
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