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“Yes, the universe had a beginning. Yes, the universe continues to evolve. And yes, every one of our body’s atoms is traceable to the big bang and to the thermonuclear furnace within high-mass stars. We are not simply in the universe, we are part of it. We are born from it. One might even say we have been empowered by the universe to figure itself out — and we have only just begun.”

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txchnologist: by Michael Keller Hope Floats This Nigerian...

Thu, 30 May 2013 12:30:16 -0400

Makoko Floating School from above. Those living in the estuarine neighborhood's stilt houses commute via gondolas and canoes.

A view of Makoko Floating School in Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria.

A view of Makoko Floating School in Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria.

This diagram shows the slum's stilt houses and flotation technology combined to make the school.

A drawing of the energy and rain harvesting systems that are at work in the ecofriendly school.

An artist's concept of the Lagos Water Communities Project. It shows a floating village that could be built to join the Makoko Floating School.

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by Michael Keller

Hope Floats

This Nigerian school is set to rise. The floating structure was built by Dutch and Nigerian architecture, design and urbanism firm NLÉ to serve the slum neighborhood of Makoko, much of which exists on stilts above a lagoon in the port city of Lagos. Looking to mitigate the compounding problem of massive population movements to urban areas and the realities of climate change, NLÉ built the school as a prototype for a broader urban planning initiative called Lagos Water Communities Project.

Their design conforms to the local necessity of building houses on stilts above the lagoon with flotation platforms crafted from 256 common plastic barrels. This will allow the three-story primary school to rise along with sea level due to climate change or rainfall. The architects also designed it to provide natural ventilation, water from a rain collection system and power from rooftop solar panels to occupants. The almost 2,400 square-foot bamboo and wood building can safely hold up to 100 students.

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