Gauri Sunil Mali
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This critical design project explores a potentially radical reaction to globalisation in a post-war world caused by hyper-nationalised repatriation.
In a scenario where all borders – except trade and the internet – are closed while countries look for inward betterment, an ecological reward system is implemented to sponsor vacations to foreign lands.
How does architecture respond to build over geopolitically-charged tourism?
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The commission of a grand village of tourism is situated on a reclaimed forest (previously a gunpowder factory) in close proximity to CDG airport from which holidaymakers arrive by Aero-train.
Aeroplanes that are no longer needed are retrofitted and reused to build an urban architecture above the trees, preserving them and the local population's right to the land, while keeping a controlled separation in a choreographed glimpse of Paris within itself.
