Gaia’s Protégé: Anti-Desertification Research and Educational Facility

Name(s): 
Mohammad Alrababah
University: 
University of Jordan
Name(s) of instructor(s): 
Saleem M. Dahabreh
Country: 
Jordan
Brief About The Project: 

This Project is based in Mafraq Jordan, it aims to regenerate the Jordanian desert through the integration of local communities using biomimicry as a model. It does so by investing in the unemployed youth’s energy to rebuild the deserts ecosystem while benefiting them using the Kupucci business model.
The structure’s architecture and optimization of processes is based on mimicking the characteristics of living organisms like: complexity, resilience, intelligence, stegmergy, growth and adaptation.

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