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From the Ted Talk by Alyssa-Amor Gibbons: How to design climate-resilient buildings

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So how? How, despite being so low-tech and temporary, could these endemic designs survive often to see another day? Unlike many of the more established, robust and _________ homes. Well, since these were made from whatever timber was readily available, there were no fancy proprietary _______ used. So rather than trying to create some kind of impenetrable _____ field against the wind, we had to get creative and figure out how to work with the wind instead of against it. And when the wind is blowing at __________ force against a home that ______ does not have the adequate means to _____ itself, options are limited. Gets kind of simple. Like my mother used to tell me, you let the wind come through.

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  1. permanent
  2. systems
  3. incredible
  4. simply
  5. force
  6. brace

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So how? How, despite being so low-tech and temporary, could these endemic designs survive often to see another day? Unlike many of the more established, robust and permanent homes. Well, since these were made from whatever timber was readily available, there were no fancy proprietary systems used. So rather than trying to create some kind of impenetrable force field against the wind, we had to get creative and figure out how to work with the wind instead of against it. And when the wind is blowing at incredible force against a home that simply does not have the adequate means to brace itself, options are limited. Gets kind of simple. Like my mother used to tell me, you let the wind come through.

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