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Designed by Matsys DesignsSietch Nevada is a response to the idea of a water-poor world becoming a reality, especially in the American Southwest.  With so much of the press focused on wars over oil, the world is often unaware of the slowly depleting water sources, which are indeed exponentially more valuable than oil.  This futuristic urban prototype addresses the water situation as a complex underground network of tunnels and canals offers protection and the “storage, use, and collection of water essential to the form and performance of urban life.”

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