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4 | LIVING WINTER 09

SURVIVOR MARACAIBO

Maracaibo is the second largest city in Venezuela and the source of 78% of its oil reserves. The town sits on Lake Maracaibo, the largest fresh water lake in South America, which acts as the major port for oil exportation. Despite this natural wealth, the cost of living has sky rocketed, while electrical blackouts, water shortages, rampant organized crime, internal bank fraud and food shortages have become the new normal.
Architects Karla Sierralta and Brian Strawn share their experience living in Maracaibo during the last two years, where informal inventions address social and economical conditions.

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Contents

01. LIVING FACTS
02. SURVIVOR MARACAIBO
03. ASSEMBLY REQUIRED
04. SELLING LIFESTYLE
05. A FRAME OF MIND
06. LIVING IN CABRINI
07. PLACES, NOT SPACES
08. POINT CLOUDS

CASE STUDY #1. NAKAGIN CAPSULE
CASE STUDY #2. WALDEN 7
CASE STUDY #3. THE UFO HOUSES
CASE STUDY #4. THE WHALE
CASE STUDY #5. LINKED HYBRID

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