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This new project is based on the earlier experimental housing prototype Tropical Station, which the artists conceived, built, and have occupied for almost four years in order to explore the ecosystems and local culture of the northern coastal region of Peru. Tropical Station was created using native natural materials in the tradition of local cultures that inhabited the region before colonization. Among those groups are the Tallán and Vicús, who established a deep relationship with the desert and equatorial dry forest ecosystems as well as the tropical Pacific Ocean. Tropical Station formally …