Ivy Yuen Ching Mak

For Ivy's final thesis, she created a system of spatial structures for Diaguita-Calchaqui indigenous to strive against the suppression of lithium extraction companies and government in North-western Argentina.

Despite the wild landscape, local reporters and QGIS were used for deep investigations. Both residences of the land and the lithium extraction plants relied on the same aquifer for a resources. The aim of the project is to establish the rights of land and water of the local community, and facilitate an effective and sustainable communication between the mining authority and the locals.