Tunnel of Light - A System of the Humanitarian Corridor for the Ukraine Refugee

This project aims to arrange a system of Humanitarian Corridors for the Ukraine Refugees facing the war in 2022 by sunlight. It can offer safe zones and shelter for refugees. At the same time, it can guide them to the next evacuation zone in the system.

On a national scale, the humanitarian corridor is formed by optimized evacuation routes after iterations by parametric simulation. These routes comprise sunlight harvesting towers and optical fibers in the subway.

The tower comprises an adaptive parabolic mirror system that can gather and amplify sunlight into the optical fibers. It can follow or avoid sunlight to form different light intensities. As a result, the optical fibers in the subway show the different light effects to function as a sign for the right routes. Therefore, people can follow the guidance from optical fiber and find the shortest and safest evacuation routes. On the outside ground level, the sunlight harvesting towers form a set of pavilions with supplies such as first aid kits and water. The parabolic mirror and the supporting strings are reflective. Therefore, soldiers in the air and ground troops can notice them easily and avoid firefights nearby since they are part of the humanitarian corridor system.

The optical fibers gather the sunlight with the help of the tower outside. It can form different light paths with variations of light intensity. Therefore, people can follow the stronger light path, and easily find the proper way to the safe zone and evacuation place at the crossing. At the same time, the light fibers can be set as visual partitions for the living space in the subway for the better living qualities of the refugees with resilience and flexibility.

In general, the project forms a humanitarian corridor system in two aspects. the first aspect is the sunlight harvesting towers on the ground as pavilions and safe zone. Another aspect is the optical fibers in the subway as guidance and partitions. These parts form the optimized national evacuation routes as a humanitarian corridor.