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Holcim Awards 2008 Latin America

"Next Generation" 1st prize: Coastal fog-harvesting tower, Huasco, Chile

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A prototype at 1:10 of the full-scale project (main image) was completed in February 2010, for a 200 meter tall tower (inset) that aims to collect water particles from coastal fog, filter out salt by reverse osmosis and distribute freshwater to an otherwise declining agricultural area.

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Type of project:
Landscape design
Start of construction:
N/A
Main author:

Alberto Fernandez Gonzalez, architect, Santiago, Chile


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Project Summary
Huasco is an arid agricultural region dependent on irrigation. With its river depleted, the Coastal fog-harvesting tower proposes an ingenious solution using only wind energy and gravity. The 200 meter tall tower is constructed as a spiral – it collects water particles from coastal fog, filters out salt by reverse osmosis and distributes freshwater to an otherwise declining agricultural area.

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Holcim Awards “Next Generation” 1st prize 2008 winners (l-r): Susana Valeria Ortega Gomez and Alberto Fernandez Gonzalez (main author)

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Coastal fog-harvesting tower, Huasco, Chile

High-resolution images/photos available for download.
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photos of team and prize hand-over

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