Holcim Awards 2008 Latin America
"Next Generation" 1st prize: Coastal fog-harvesting tower, Huasco, Chile
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Project images |  | | 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. | |
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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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