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Holcim Awards 2008 Latin America

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

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The tower is 200m high, catching each water particle in the air that comes from the coast to the valley of Huasco River.

Inside the base of the tower.

Geometric optimization of the water capture.

The tower enables new agricultural development in previously unproductive coastal areas north of Huasco, Chile.

The original landscape is modified.

1: Skin, and 2: Mesh elements.

3: Spiral structural model.

4: Water capture process.

Water particles are condensed.

Reverse osmosis process.

Photos of winners and prize hand-over

Holcim Awards "Next Generation" 2008 Latin America 1st prize winners: (l-r) Alberto Fernandez Gonzalez, Susana Valeria Ortega Gomez.

Holcim Awards "Next Generation" 1st prize 2008 Latin America: (l-r) Valeria Ortega and Alberto Fernandez.

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