01. MANIFESTO

The project is conceived from en earlier concept I made from a videogame. I of course adapted the design to fit the needs of the context and the project.

But I tried to keep the same atmosphere as my vision, embracing the interaction between the buildings and nature. The project simply manifests the complex nature and needs of the site into a built form, result in a chain reaction of unexpected events and situations.

The purpose of this project is to create a sustainable community of students, with a sense of connection with the environment.

It is sort of a mini campus where each module works seemlesly with the others in terms of energy production and consumption.

Taking advantage from the river San Gervasio the village can create energy and store it in tesla batteries.

The project makes use of photovoltaic solar panels to also help fullfill the energy demands. The exceeding energy may be sold to external parties. Using natural objects a microclimate is created to lessen the impact to environment while maintaining a high level of comfort.

Other strategies are implemented as well such as heatpumps, sustainable insulation and many other passive strategies. The objective regarding the houses was to reduce as much as we can the carbon footprint of the students through passive and active strategies. The desing of the houses helps them adapt to the different weather conditions of winter and summer.

From Concept To Model To Project

My design process was quite interesting in this course. After studying my concept art I translated certain aspects to create a habitable space, transitioning to a more current style of architecture. The architectural program and the implemented strategies helped to further develop the house. Some of the strategies used were ground pre-cooling/heating, triple glazing low emission windows, cross ventilation and geothermic heatpumps.

TALCA-3

Holistic Community

ACADEMIC TERM: PROYECTOS 4 | 2020

PROFESSOR: JOSÉ LUIS SANUY

TYPE: MIXED USE/RESIDENTIAL

SITE: TALCA, CHILE