Month: April 2024
Tiny Library Concept
LIBRARIES, AS WE KNOW THEM, ARE DESTINED TO DISAPPEAR.
JUST AS MUSEUMS WERE DESIGNED AS CLOSED BOXES, WHERE WORKS OF ART AND ELEMENTS THAT SHOW THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY WERE EXPOSED, TODAY THEY HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO AN OPEN SYSTEM THAT MAN HAS CONCEIVED AS HIS OWN DAILY LIFE.
IN THE SAME WAY, THE BOOKS HAVE BEEN LIMITED TO THE USE OF PAPER TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE NEW DIGITAL WORLD ENDED MARKING THE END OF THE LAST LIBRARY.
THE “DEAD BOX” ENDS UP BREAKING AS A TEMPLE OF SCIENCES AND ARTS AND BECOMING A FIELD OF EXCHANGE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CULTURE.
THE CONCEPT
OUR TINY LIBRARY WILL BE LOCATED IN BLUFF PARK, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AND WILL HAVE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A SINGLE SPACE OF MULTIPLE LEVELS WHERE THE DIFFERENT, INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE WORK AREAS COMBINE.
THE BUILDING WILL BE LOCATED IN A STAGED FORM AND THE RESULTING TERRACES WILL BE USED AS OUTDOOR READING SPACES TO SUGGEST THE PERMEABILITY OF THE PUBLIC SPACE.
THE INCUNABLE BOOKS WILL BE THE ONLY ENABLED TO READ IN THE ROOMS AND WILL BE LOCATED IN SMALL DEPOSITS THAT WILL HAVE SLIDING BOOKSHELVES THAT WILL ALLOW WAREHOUSES UP TO 10,000 VOLUMES
Lotus Flower
Innovation an Architecture for the Sea
Foundation Jacques Rougerie
2 Institute de France – 2020 Contest
Beach Hostel Unit
Project for a Hostel La Isla Holbox. It is a small island located north of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. It is accessed through the town of Chiquila located in the extreme north of Quintana Roo, approximately 2.5 hours by car north of Cancun. The BEACH HOSTEL UNIT is presented as a real and different option for all those who want to be in balance with the natural ecosystem but with the comfort of modern life. For the conception of the project, it is essential to understand who it is aimed at, which is why it must have Smart House characteristics, which satisfy any basic activity of young travelers. The project was carried out within the framework of an AG360 International Ideas Competition, which was suspended when it had almost concluded, so I decided to continue it as an object of research.
Micro Housing Project
The building consists of 4 towers with 8 double-height lofts with a mezzanine each. The vertical access core contains the exterior stairs and the elevator shaft, fully glazed to give the sensation of transparency that communicates with the concrete towers through wooden decks that configure the access terraces. The idea is to avoid long horizontal circulations by replacing them with access plazas, as in the “Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
