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hazards) :
risk (s):
land address:
gestures and notions of transformation:
author (s):
year of diploma:
WATER
Heavy rain
Runoff
Nimes | FRANCE
Sitting on the Potential of Bruised Soils and Basements | The routes + The invention of a mystery
2014
item (s):
hazards) :
risk (s):
land address:
gestures and notions of transformation:
author (s):
year of diploma:
WATER
Heavy rain
Runoff
Nimes | FRANCE
Sitting on the Potential of Bruised Soils and Basements | The routes + The invention of a mystery
2014
"Living in the basement: between natural risk and urbanized surface"
The city of Nîmes is subject to strong floods from the mountains. Heavy precipitation can overload city facilities and cause severe flooding. The first step will be to understand the flow mechanisms at work today in order to think up new street profiles and identify “sheltered” areas in which to settle.