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Libeskind Moving Forward with Project in Tsunami-Stricken Sri LankaWhile experts debate how to rebuild the U.S. Gulf coast, plans for restoring the site of an even bigger disaster-last December's tsunami, which wiped out significant portions of several Southeast Asian countries almost a year ago-are moving forward.
Perhaps the most well-known contributor to this effort is Studio Daniel Libeskind, which shortly after the storm began designing new developments for a badly-damaged fishing village in the southwest corner of Sri Lanka called Unawatuna.
The firm got involved via a request from Oxford, England-based entrepeneur Orde Levinson, who had been staying in Unawatuna during the tsunami, and has developed a foundation, Unawatuna 2612, to help rebuild it.
Studio Libeskind's work includes a comprehensive master plan, including mixed and single-use neighborhoods, and designs for several buildings, including houses, craft and work centers, shops, restaurants, and guest houses.
The first building, a community center, located on the site of a destroyed school, received the green light in mid-November.
Dutch-based Urban Solutions, which has been involved with disaster construction projects worldwide, has supplied $600,000 for the project.
Unawatuna 2612 has also helped raise money to cover the firm's costs.
Most of the firm's designs, which project manager Wendy
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