Thursday 3 April 2008

Experimental Structures




Project of an experimental structure for a self sufficient building in Mauritania developed with the Spanish Architect and great friend Eduardo Mayoral.
This “Environmental texture skin” has two main layers:
The first one is a composition of polymers and clay, in this way we are able to use local materials and at the same time obtain a translucent effect.
The second one is composed by panels made of recycled plastic bottles enclosing water and sand. The concept is that they will act has a filter for light and at the same time as a process of natural cooling of the building. The small openings that you can find in these panels create an increase of speed of the circulation of air and the water within decreases the temperature of the atmosphere.
The translucently of this panels is managed by a system of blowing of air within the panels that raise the sand concentrated in the bottom, making the water darker and the object opaque.





























2 comments:

Anonymous said...

nice nice nice! bookmarked!

Anonymous said...

tienes un grandioso futuroooooooo
q bien
soy adivina.