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    Global finalist entry 2015 - Arboreal Platform: Low-impact timber rainforest center

    By using vernacular techniques and standard dimensions of the entities, the assembly of the "Arboreal Platform" can be handled by the local workforce, benefiting the community.

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    Global finalist entry 2015 - Arboreal Platform: Low-impact timber rainforest center

    Outside view: The platform as guardian around the tropical forest, acting as a monitoring station of the surrounding area.

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    Global finalist entry 2015 - Arboreal Platform: Low-impact timber rainforest center

    Inside view: The inner courtyard protects a climatic garden, enclosing a variety of plant samples.

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    Global finalist entry 2015 - Arboreal Platform: Low-impact timber rainforest center

    The initial sketch shows how the "Arboreal Platform" is taking advantage of the site's topography by standing on an elevated site, providing a low cost passive and active system for the internal climate comfort of the structure.

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    Project entry 2014 Latin America – Arboreal Platform: Low-impact timber rainforest center, …

    Project entry 2014 Latin America – Arboreal Platform: Low-impact timber rainforest center, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí, Costa Rica

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    Project entry 2014 Latin America – Arboreal Platform: Low-impact timber rainforest center, …

    Project entry 2014 Latin America – Arboreal Platform: Low-impact timber rainforest center, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí, Costa Rica

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    Project entry 2014 Latin America – Arboreal Platform: Low-impact timber rainforest center, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí, Costa Rica

    Detail of constructive elements.

As one of the three main Holcim Awards winners for Latin America in 2014, “Arboreal Platform” automatically qualified as a finalist in the Global Holcim Awards 2015. All 15 finalist project teams were asked to submit an updated and more comprehensive entry that was evaluated by a global jury in March 2015.

Last updated: March 20, 2015 Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica

As one of the three main Holcim Awards winners for Latin America in 2014, “Arboreal Platform” automatically qualified as a finalist in the Global Holcim Awards 2015. All 15 finalist project teams were asked to submit an updated and more comprehensive entry that was evaluated by a global jury in March 2015.

View project entry posters - Global Holcim Awards

The results of the global phase of the 4th Holcim Awards competition were announced on April 20, 2015.

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