Roberto Rovira

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Quarry Reclamation Studio
Anwar Morales  “Quarry in Reverse: Reclamation & Regeneration in a Floating Landscape”

2006 AIA-Miami Student Design Awards Honorable Mention  Winner

The 4-acre site is located within the 77.5 square mile, limestone-mining district known as “The Lake Belt” in western Miami Dade County, Florida.  This project proposes the transformation of this  industrial region through the incremental creation of a floating landscape that deploys a series of  islands.

Over time, the accretion of a floating landscape within the quarry lakes, will provide the necessary conditions for the restoration of natural habitat, as well as plentiful educational, research and recreational opportunities to in effect “reverse” the quarrying process.