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Gaëlle Gourmelon Sandra Barclay, Principal Barclay & Crousse Associate professor at PUCP, Lima Jean Pierre Crousse, Principal Barclay & Crousse Associate professor and Director of the master Program In Architecture, PUCP, Lima Belen González Aranguren Partner at Aranguren&Gallegos Architects Lecturer University of Virginia
I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land UVA is on today, the Monacan Nation, and pay my respect to their elders past and present. I also want to acknowledge the enslaved men and women who built the University of Virginia. Finally, I want to acknowledge the depth of material knowledge of the people in Narihualรก, Peru, of which this project barely scrapes the surface.
E L TA L L E R Abstract
El Taller begins and exists as a workshop. The project takes its cues first from local materials and production techniques, then from their climatic applications and, finally, from how these materials respond to existing conditions in the community. The site is meant to be in constant evolution, providing flexible spaces made of mostly perishable—but easily producible—materials. The design centers on an elevated surface, needed to provide protection from decadal El Niño events that flood the town of Narihualá and its surrounding area. However, the episodic nature of the flooding requires that the space exist as more than a simple refuge. A series of workshops, a laboratory, offices and pedagogic centers can systematize the pursuit of learning about traditional construction materials and techniques, varying them through new technologies as needed and disseminating them to other coastal regions of Peru. Starting with a basic kit of parts and suggesting a starting condition and connection with the village, this project follows three guiding objectives: 1) to gather knowledge and people, 2) to protect the community, and 3) to connect to the ground and the village. The most economic measures are considered first. The result is a highly terraced ground that allows for movement and gathering, gridded evenly by bamboo poles, and capped with a single slanted roof. Flanking the lifted ground is a soccer pitch, reoriented but kept in its original location as a community asset and existing attractor. Terraced crops lie to the East to support research in dry years and provide construction materials after flooding years. Ultimately, this project seeks to catalyze a process of appropriation. It raises the ground to serve as a protective space, but then seeks to become an evolving part of Narihualá.
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SITE CONTEXT
SITE: FLOODING VALLEY Narihualá is found within a green, fertile flat valley that floods approximately every ten years during El Niño events. The site is less than 2 kilometers from the Piura River to the West.
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CASE STUDIES
E X P L O R AT I O N S
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE, PIURA Narihualรก has a strong tradition of working with reeds to make mats, roofs, walls and handicrafts.
PROTECTIVE ROOFING, CHAN CHAN A light-weight, low-cost roof structure archeological sites in Chan Chan
CHAN CHAN TOURIST STATION The new tourist station by Utopos Studio reacts to the materials of the archeological site and conveys lightness through bamboo and reed construction.
HOUSE 4, APAN HOUSING LABORATORY House 4 by Rozana Montiel Estudio uses roofing to extend the liveable space of a building with simple materials.
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HUACA PUCLLANA, LIMA After weathering, the layered structure of Lima’s huacas are exposed
GRAN HUACHAQUE, CHAN CHAN The ceremonial pond of the Chan Chan archeological site is stepped to allow for various water levels.
RIVER THEATER, CHICAGO This Sasaki design uses steps as public space, allowing people to move across and through or simply to sit and observe.
MIL CENTRO RESTAURANT This restaurant design Estudio Rafael Freyre celebrates materials and light. Its simplicity helps it to blend into the terrain.
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M AT E R I A L I T Y
CELEBRATING MATERIALS Early looks at how to design a reed workshop and harvest area tuned into light, replaceable materials grown on site
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E X P L O R AT I O N S
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BAMBOO
PRODUCTION
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02 TRANSPORT
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AA B SS ME BM OB OLY A S S E M B LY
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AS R EE SD E MP RB O DLY UCTION
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AS R EE SD E MD IB M ELY NSIONS
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AS DS OE BM E BP RLY ODUCTION
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AS DS OE BM E BA SLY S E M B LY
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AS C OS RE RM UG B LY AT E D S H E E T
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A G G R E G AT I O N
EARLY CONCEPTS Early sketches show an interest in working within the village’s existing linear layout and exploring staits as long connectors
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A G G R E G AT I O N
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LINEAR TESTS Early modeling explored how having two axes for the design could extablish breaks in a continuous stair feature along the soccer field
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OBJECTIVES
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mobility through programs relationship to village
bility of use
archy of public spaces
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all-season comfort El Nino event protection
S T R AT E G Y
1 | ORIENT TO COMMUNITY The design footprint is aligned with existing facades and bounded by the extension of existing roads.
3 | SCALE Spaces are conceived at 12 meter widths to fit into the existing grain of the community.
5 | STEP ACROSS Comfortable stairs are placed at the ends of movement corridors to allow for movement across the structure.
7 | ADAPT TO TOPOGRAPHY Expand and terrace crops to create various soil moisture conditions and access to canals.
flexibility of use hierarchy of public spaces
GATHER
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2 | LIFT AND SINK Spaces that are needed during high water times are lifted. Agricultural zones are sunken to reduce root distance to the water table.
4 | SINK TO CONNECT Spaces with strong relationships to the ground are sunken to facilitate access.
6 | CREATE SPACES Notch base to create terraces, seats, and gathering places.
8 | WEAVE INTO TOWN Use village cues to determine locations for cross paths and pedestrian access.
PROTECT
mobility through programs
all-season comfort
relationship to village
El Nino event protection
S T R AT E G Y
9 | BREAK UP SPACES Place bamboo pillars to create 12x12 meter rooms and 3-meter wide corridors.
11 | TILT Tilt the roof to provide protection from afternoon sun and to create a diversity of spaces.
13 | FILTER Cover some roof openings with permeable reed mats to reduce heat but allow light.
flexibility of use hierarchy of public spaces
GATHER
CONNECT
10 | COVER Place a single roof onto structure to shield from the sun, protect from rain, and unify the space.
12 | CUT Puncture roof to allow for more light and create spaces of gathering.
PROTECT
mobility through programs
all-season comfort
relationship to village
El Nino event protection
EVOLUTION
S TA R T I N G P R O P O S A L
ROOF protects from sun and rain unifies the spaces below creates a variety of volumes determines brightness of spaces
PILLARS structure spaces establish corridors provide support for roof provide support for light walls
BASES lift bamboo poles up from water create constant datum over modulated ground
GROUND protects from high water events connects high and lowpoints creates hierarchy of spaces provides seating
CONTEXT aligns with existing structures adapts to topography retains soccer pitch space
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STRUCTURE
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STRUCTURE
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GROUND: MOBILITY RAMPS FOR HEAVY GOODS
WORKSHOPS AT GROUND LEVEL FOR EASY ACCESS TO CROPS
RAMPS FOR EASY ACCESS
MULTIPLE WELCOMING THRESHOLDS ON VILLAGE EDGE CROSS-CORRIDOR SPINE
STAIRS AT 12-METER INTERVALS
PATHS AT 12-METER INTERVALS, ALIGNED WITH STAIRS
CROSS-PATHS ALIGNED WITH EXISTING VILLAGE ACCESS
GROUND: PEDAGOGY
TERRACED EDGES CREATE VISUAL CONNECTION TO CROPS SHOWCASE OF TRADITIONAL MATERIALITY, COMMUNITY CONSTRUCTION FLEXIBLE MEETING SPACES
SMALL DUG ZONES TO CONNECT SPACES WITH CROPS
DIRECT VIEW OF CROPS AND MAINTENANCE FROM VILLAGE
GROUND: FLEXIBILITY
WIDE STEPPING CAN SERVE AS SEATING, PATH OR EDGE
LARGE SURFACES CAN BE SUBDIVIDED
SMALLER SUNKEN SPANS CAN BE COVERED FOR EXTRA SPACE IN HIGH WATER EVENTS
MULTIPLE THRESHHOLDS ALLOWS HIGH WATER TO COVER SPACES PROGRESSIVELY
TERRACING CAN EASILY SHIFT BASED ON CROP NEEDS
PILLARS: STRUCTURE 3-METER CORRIDORS SIGNAL CROSS FLOW 12x12 METER SPACES CAN BE SUBDIVIDED EASILY WITH MODULAR UNITS
FORKED PILLARS SUPPORT LARGE SIMPLE ROOF
BASE POSTS KE DRY AT ALL LEV
EEP BAMBOO VELS
ROOF: COMFORT
OPENINGS ALLOW FOR LIGHT INTO BUILDING
LARGE ROOF PROVIDES EXTENDED SHADE
SLANT PROVIDES ADDED PROTECTION IN THE AFTERNOON SUN
LIFTED ROOF PROVIDES WIND CIRCULATION FROM SOUTH BREEZE
ROOF: HIERARCHY
OPENINGS CREATE DISTICT MOMENTS
LOW POINTS CREATE INTIMACY, KEEPS URBAN EDGE WITHIN HUMAN SCALE
HIGH POINTS CR WORKING SPAC
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CONNECTION TO SITE FRONT
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VISITOR ENTRANCE
OFFICES
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PEDAGOGIC CENTER
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WEAVING WORKSHOPS
BAMBOO WORKSHOPS
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REEDS
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TYPICAL USE
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FLOODED USE
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CONNECTION TO SITE
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SCALE BALANCES WITH HUACA
GRID LOOSENS WITHIN TOWN
GRID TIES IN AT KEY LOCATIONS at EDGE ALIGNS WITH THE MAIN ROAD BRINGING VISITORS IN
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FLOODED ACCESS
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BUILDING CONNECTS TO ROAD THAT RARELY FLOODS (LOWEST POINT SLIGHTLY RAISED)
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I R R I G AT I O N
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WATER FROM NORTH CANAL IS CLEANER & IS BROUGHT CLOSE TO BUILDING
POLLUTED WATER FROM MAIN CANAL PARTIALLY CLEANED BY REED CROPS
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