Article source: Arina Ageeva

Introduction
The majority of people have an extremely negative idea about the exclusion zone around Chernobyl nuclear power plant, though quite a big part of this territory does not pose any radioactive hazard. Paradoxically, the absence of human activity created favorable conditions for animals and plants. For example, two Przewalski’s horses (which are in the red list of endangered species), after they had been places in the zone, bred actively and now they are 40. At the moment the territory is practically uninhabited, with the exception of few scientists, people who refused to leave their homes (their average age is around 60), and tourists.

Observations tower

• Architect: Arina Ageeva – zaarchitects
• Name of Project: revitalization of the chernobyl zone
• Location: Chernobyl zone, Ukraine
• Program: 2252 sq km
• Project: revitalization of the chernobyl zone. development of the tourist infrastructure
• Consultans: konstantin bondarenko, dmitry zhuikov
• Year: 2011

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