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A vertical marketplace for new agricultural communities in Sub- Saharan Africa wins competition among 444 Entries . Source : V2COM
EVolo Magazine is pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 Skyscraper Competition . The Jury selected 3 winners and 22 honourable mentions from 444 projects received . The annual award established in 2006 recognizes visionary ideas for building high- projects that through the novel novel use of technology , materials , programs , aesthetics , and spatial organizations , challenge the way we understand vertical architecture and its relationship with the natural and built environments .
The first place was awarded to Pawel Lipiński and Mateusz Frankowski from Poland for the project Mashambas Skyscraper . The design proposes a modular and scalable skyscraper conceived as an educational centre and marketplace for new agricultural communities in sub-Saharan Africa . The design seeks to increase farming opportunities and reduce hunger in these regions .
Mashamba – Swahili , East Africa An area of cultivated ground ; a plot of land , a small subsistence farm for growing crops and fruit-bearing trees , often including the dwelling of the farmer .
Over the last 30 years , worldwide absolute poverty has fallen sharply ( from about 40 % to under 20 %). But in African countries , the percentage has barely fallen . Still today , over 40 % of people living in sub-Saharan Africa live in absolute poverty . More than