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Tuvalu II - a resettlement proposition


A provocative resettlement plan for Tuvalu in response to climate change and sea level rise. The sustainable settlement plan was conceived as an entry to the Morph My City Challenge, an international design competition seeking radical new approaches to sustainable urban planning.

Tuvalu II was submitted into the Greenfield Category which called for a plan for an entirely new neighbourhood. This Prize is based on an imaginary, empty area, 100 hectares in size, where there are no existing systems and an urban utopia can be created from scratch.

Dr Phillip Daffara, unable to design in a vacuum sought a context and socio-ecological system under extreme stress and therfore looked to provide a settlement solution for the Tuvaluans who believe that their islands will be unihabitable by 2050. This proposal provides an pragmatic yet innovative solution that gives Tuvaluans continued Sovereignty and connections to their environment.