A violent tsunami destroyed whole

Japanese town. An ordinar y

workman who lost everything was

forced to escape, so he moved to

Svalbard. Due to strong skills

gained during work in shipyard, he

created for himself a small, floating

space to live. Taking with him all his

s i g n i fi c an t b e l ong i ng s , h e

unconsciously saved world’s

heritage.

JAPANESE JOINERY

Cause there is a STRENGHT in UNITY.

At the same time people are constantly separating from each others, both physically

and mentally. What if we can SURVIVE only if we CONNECT?

One of the most important modern world’s challenges is dealing with climate crisis.

As constantly growing temperature causes rising sea level, in 100 years from now,

most of the lands we inhabit might be under water.

When workman’s floating space was found by Svalbard’s residents, they realized that

life in other circumstances is possible. Oddly enough, his house hide some

worthwhile mysteries - an AIR BUMP tucking away his goods and a JAPANESE

JOINERY workshop.

Because of a demand for a new place to live, they came up with extraordinary ideas.

Imagine a MODULE serving any function, which can be combined in multiple ways.

It can create a school, theatre, residential block, estate or even a hole city. Like a

JAPANESE JOINERY merge together pieces of timber, it connects SPACES and

PEOPLE.

Combining Snohetta’s Seed Vault’s idea with workman’s air bump gave them an

underwater space hosting a variety of valuable things regardless of water level.

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LIVING SPACE

& WORKSH0P

AIR BUMP

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workman’s floating space

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