The environment in which the building stands was completely degraded (in the process of desertification, with a high erosion, due to occasional floods caused by rain water.
Therefore, first with the project seeks a complete ecological reforestation, carefully studying the most convenient location of the buildings of the complex.
This done, the next objective of the project is to integrate fully, in every sense, the buildings on the natural environment.
The complex includes four buildings:
- Building A: apartments - Building B. apartments - Building C: restaurant - Building D: center of cultural activities.
Apartment buildings comprising two different types of apartments bioclimatic arranged adjacently, and forming two buildings.
The cultural center includes a large hall and space for all kinds of cultural and ecological activities. The typology of the building has a central courtyard is lit from above, which "overturned" the other rooms.
The restaurant is designed like a curved folding field. Like a desert dune. Thus, the resulting building only has two facades, the north and south. In winter, open the sunscreens on the south facade and the building is illuminated and heated by direct solar radiation. In contrast, in summer, sunscreens are closed on the south facade, so that the building is kept fresh, and is illuminated by indirect sunlight from above, and from the north.
The huge wave of building houses airy interior space, including a tent to meet the needs of the occupants of the apartments and a restaurant, equipped with all necessary services. The building has a basement, which serves both as storage of food, drink and bioclimatic system, to generate fresh air that goes through the building.
The roof of the building is landscaped as a continuation of the surrounding natural terrain, which allows seamless integration with the environment, and a perfect mimicry with it.
At the top of the "wave" is the solar tower, which houses a set of thermal solar collectors to power the underfloor heating in the building.