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‘Air villages’ Tohoku Sky Village: Japanese architect’s measure for natural disasters

Last year Japan faced two massive destructive forces of nature, tsunami and an earthquake, which changed the face of the country. Japan survived but water still is an uncontrollable fear for the Japanese. To overcome it the architects of Sako Architects, a Japanese company have created a projectA ‘air villages’ Tohoku Sky Village.

Air villages Tohoku Sky Village

The basic idea of the Tohoku Sky Village project is not only to construct small towns and villages in the fields and the horizontal site but to locate them at an elevation as compared to the surroundings. Such location, apart from protecting them in natural disasters will also protect them in heavy rains or floods. As planned by the architects a certain amount of resources should also be available in Tohoku Sky village for use in case of any situation when communication with the outer world is difficult to be established. For example, electricity can be obtained from wind turbines, solar panels and a small under construction hydroelectric power plant installed in Tohoku Sky Village in such times. Reducing cost of construction, debris that remains after the floods and the earthquake of 2011 can also be used for creating cushion on which they are located.

No doubt that the idea of Tohoku Sky Village would seem bizarre and not much of need for us but the Japanese have learnt last year that it’s better to be reinsured rather than enduring their worst nightmare.

Via: Cutedesign

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