Raise of the new green beauty
Writing by Dusan on Monday, 7 of July , 2008 at 0
Architect Juan Herreros won 2nd place on competition for new building of the Cadarache Research Center. Building look amazing concept took all my words away, so I will leave this to architect:
“The project consists of five pieces of architecture located in a forest rich in biological activity. We have concluded of our visit to the site, that the best option is to inhabit the forest without exceeding their height, making architecture as a new species that respects, protects and enhances the forest, until create a new balanced system in which buildings and trees are sharing rights and obligations. With this we will not competing with the size nor the presence of a large reactor or reduce the value of the ecosystem of a wooded garden at the foot of the buildings.
Our deployment strategy is compromised to build without altering the conditions of the forest, to inhabit the forest without violence creating a symbiotic architecture with its microclimate and its density. To do so, we are disclaiming to open large breaks on the continuity of natural cycles and are proposing to build linear buildings of optimum and constant width that occupies corridors from which have been lifted only the required trees, allowing the maximum proximity of the remaining facades. The original density of the forest will always be present and architecture appears filtered through the foliage.”
Wonderful. But, where is a garage for my Hummer?
Check more images on ArchDaily
http://www.archdaily.com/3574/iter-complementary-buildings-cea-cadarache-juan-herreros-arquitectos/
Category: Green Cities
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