Rising seas are destroying North Carolina homes. This high schooler designed a solution

On family trips to North Carolina’s Outer Banks, Ajith Varikuti noticed the coastline was changing — and not in a good way. Homes he’d seen for years were gone, swallowed by storms and rising seas. So, as a high school freshman, he got to work. His solution? A modular, 3D-printed home designed to withstand harsh weather and move if needed. The project won him a national design competition — and sparked a bigger idea: maybe the best way to protect the places we love is to build smarter from the start.

Nate Berg with Fast Company has the full story on how there’s a good chance the challenges we face today might not be solved by those of us who created them.

Nate Berg

Fast Company

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