Symbiosis

Symbiosis Author: Sebastian Martinez This project was developed within the framework of the Project subject, at FADU, UDELAR. The implementation tactic involves a subtle handling of the geometric order. An abstract volumetry lands over a floodable terrain. To the northeast, an access ramp merges with the landscape, while to the south, a link to the waterscape, through Santa Rosa Glen, is generated. However, this state of weightlessness and suspension, are intended to give a sign of respect and caution towards a fragile natural area. With a physical plant of 1000 square meters and a north-south orientation, the complex is formed by the aggregation of parts: ten perfect ten sqm squares colonize the terrain forming a double crossed shape. This device induces a new energization of the landscape. The tectonic resolution is both abstract and context binding. The use of brise-soleil shadings is a reinterpretation of the local flora. The architectural body organization is simple and emphatic. An east-west ship has the longitudinal circulation and accesses. Meanwhile, two smaller north-south transepts contain specific and distinct functions. The program is physically translated into capsules that operate by interrelationship in an outside inside continuum. Thus, the construction is composed by an envelope that sets not definitive barriers with the environment. Instead, it creates a screen that shades the landscape. This party questions the contemporary comfort standards. The air circulation, the breeze, and the temperature changes are incorporated by the physical conformation of the architectural parameters. A device in real dialogue with the environment. Symbiosis as a metaphor, calls the conceptualization of a harmonious architecture with the landscape, as natural and cultural substrate; the ability to connect with the appropriation of uses by their recipients; and, above all, the potential to link the knowledge production, management, and environmental awareness, with local media in development.