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Living on the Edge of Reforestation: TREEHOUSING International Wood Design Competition poster

Year of publication 2016

Pages 1p.

Author Bergstrand, H.;Townsend, M.;Lewis, G.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The Living on the Edge design encourages residents to live sustainably off the forest through crop and farm maintenance, while enabling communities to rebuild their forests and to tackle deforestation This poster is one of a selection of entries from the TREEHOUSING International Wood Design Competition that was run by FAO and DBR | Design Build Research School on the occasion of the XIV World Forestry Congress in Durban, South Africa, in September 2015.The competition challenged architectur e students, professional architects and designers to develop innovative and sustainable wood housing and urban building solutions.

Meeting Session Number Sess. 23

Language English

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