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How to design for communities facing inevitable loss

The hurricane destroyed half the houses in our coastal town including three I designed and now families are asking me to rebuild in the same flood zone because they cannot afford to move.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Love for place persists even when that place threatens survival, leaving architects to serve hope while knowing it may be misplaced.

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