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MAP WINS PROJECT IN THE MALDIVES

Posted by maparchitects in COMPETITIONS, FLOOD, NEWS, PROJECTS on October 26, 2012

MAP Architects and PMO Maldives have won the competition to develop a sports park for the young in the island of Huluhmale. 15 000 m2 will be developed for out door sports, free for all, to encourage sports and out door activities. Huluhmale is a reclaimed island located in Kaafu Atoll, the Maldives on the Hulhule-Farukolhufushi […]

KEY NOTE SPEAKER & WORKSHOP ON FLOODING, ROTTERDAM, 27th Sept

Posted by maparchitects in FLOOD, LECTURES, NEWS on September 24, 2012

David Garcia will be key note speaker and master class director at this years Dutch National Water, Housing & Environment Congress in Rotterdam, Wednesday the 27th of September. “Led by David Garcia we will work on one of the most challenging design problems in the Netherlands: transforming the area around Rotterdam-the Hague Airport to a flood […]

NEW PROJECT IN THE MALDIVES

Posted by maparchitects in FLOOD, NEWS, PROJECTS on December 29, 2011

The studio, together with the architectural practice PMO of the Maldives, is designing a ten floor residential building in the heart of the capital Malé. The Island of Malé is the fourth most densely populated island in the world, and it is the 168th most populous island in the world. Since there is no surrounding […]

MAP 004 FLOODS LAUNCHED

Posted by maparchitects in FLOOD, MAP publication, NEWS, RESEARCH on September 20, 2011

MAP 004 FLOODS was launched in the Maldives on the 10th of September, and the sea measuring device survived monsoons and typhoons on two islands. Through out the tests we managed to chart tide surges and sand movements, and we will now continue the project to create an array of measuring devices at selected islands. […]

MAP 004 FLOODS TO BE LAUNCHED IN THE MALDIVES

Posted by maparchitects in FLOOD, MAP publication, NEWS, PUBLICATION, RESEARCH on September 2, 2011

MAP 004 FLOODS will be available to distribute world wide from the 12th of September. The official launch will be on the 10th of September in the Maldives. The firm PMO, have invited David Garcia to an underwater launch of this MAP issue, to underline the challenges that the archipelago faces in the immediate future. […]

FIRST PLACE IN UNESCO DELTA CITY OF THE FUTURE COMPETITION

Posted by maparchitects in COMPETITIONS, FLOOD, NEWS on July 14, 2010

The Studio has received a first prize for the Port Harcourt shore proposal, MODULAR RAFT COMMUNITIES, Nigeria, in the Delta City of the Future competition held by UNESCO. Port Harcourt, Nigeria encompasses a metropolitan area approaching 5.7 million people in the Niger Delta. Our focus is on the waterfronts, the flashpoint for cyclical social […]