Minecraft helps modernize the city

City of Les Cayes (Le Cayes) in the southwest of Haiti had to be rebuilt after the great flood. But before it was offered to draw residents should look like their hometown, in the virtual space Minecraft. By the very best designs and was reconstructed. Modeling in Minecraft - part of the project Block by Block , which is conducted under the supervision of the UN.

The project Block by Block residents of each city can offer its own version of the changes of urban architecture. This is especially true after a devastating natural disaster, what happened in Haiti: "There was a group of fishermen who can not read, write, and have never used a computer, but they made a plan main square of Les Cayes - says Pontus Westerberg, project manager of the UN . - The plan they added a dam to protect it from waves and public toilets. Model actually helped people to submit their own eyes how the area will look like after restoration ».

Photographs are the coastal zone Les Cayes and the corresponding fragment on the map Minecraft.





Programme on urban renewal is designed for young people aged 14-25 years, that is the main audience of Minecraft. The game is played by hundreds of millions of people around the world (alone licenses sold more than 50 million), so that the interface is familiar and understandable to most.

Haiti - not the only region where young people are asked to change the world. UN program covers more than 300 cities in different countries. In many cities the majority of the territory is in the public domain and not in private ownership (for example, 60% of New York is in the public domain), so that citizens have the right to transform the area at your leisure.



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As shown, this approach is very popular among the population. In designing participate and ordinary people, and professional architects.

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