Images - Regional Holcim Awards 2020 Latin America

Virtual Awards jury meeting for Latin America including (from top left): Edelio Bermejo, Benno Hossbach, Harry Gugger, Fernando Diez, Luis Callejas, Marilyne Andersen, Sandra Barclay, Maria Betânia de Oliveira, Cecilia Puga, Luisa Pastore, and Loreta Castro Reguera.

Protective Canopy in Colombia

In the middle of the mountain, a mining footprint is transformed into a botanical pavilion.

Protective Canopy in Colombia

Steel cables that rest on the slope of the mountain from end to end, are hung forming a catenary by a light of 130 meters. A single cover that protects the exotic and natural collections chosen for being the most representative ecosystems of the Colombian regions. The native collection of the mountain slope, continues and pierces the building by means of strips of trees.

Protective Canopy in Colombia

The project intention (recover the silhouette of the mountain and the project can only made by steel) is very attach with the structure. The structure is made of two cables suspended from the ends of the mountains by means of expansion anchors, between the anchors the structure also has tensioners, which are responsible for preventing differences in air pressure and winds from raising the cover. The cover is made by ETFE bubbles that give rigidity and solution to the evacuation of rainwater.

Protective Canopy in Colombia

Tensioners give stability to the roof and define the educational and research program of the building

Protective Canopy in Colombia

The route is born in the Mangle and ascends until reaching the Páramo in danger by illegal mining.

Protective Canopy in Colombia

The building, understood as a piece of city, seeks to create links between the urban and the natural.

Protective Canopy in Colombia

On the left the deterioration of the park is evidenced, with the greenhouse the recovery of its.

Protective Canopy in Colombia

The educational program coexists with the natural forest that recovers its space in the mountain.

Protective Canopy in Colombia

Architectural strategies to relate the activity to the landscape and a journey through biodiversity.

Protective Canopy in Colombia

Jhon Janer Salazar Ruiz, Lina Fernanda Valencia Lozano, and Juan Camilo Muñoz

Protective Canopy in Colombia

Jhon Janer Salazar Ruiz, Juan Camilo Muñoz, and Lina Fernanda Valencia Lozano

Buoyant Housing in Brazil

Concept diagram and site plan.

Buoyant Housing in Brazil

Northeast facade view.

Buoyant Housing in Brazil

Section in perspective showing the 3 distinct levels of the complex. A floating level built on logs of Açacu (low density local wood) offers a space for a diverse use (resting, events, fishing). At the street level there are collective spaces (markets, education center, restaurant). On the upper floor the dwellings are located.

Buoyant Housing in Brazil

Plans.

Buoyant Housing in Brazil

Plans.

Buoyant Housing in Brazil

Sections, elevations and isometric.

Buoyant Housing in Brazil

Water cycle and thermal solution diagram.

Buoyant Housing in Brazil

Structure.

Buoyant Housing in Brazil

Floating level and outdoor areas.

Buoyant Housing in Brazil

Collective spaces and internal views of the apartments.

Buoyant Housing in Brazil

Danielle Gregorio

Fluid Buffer in Argentina

Recognition of vulnerable populations most affected. Global insertion of the urban dike.

Fluid Buffer in Argentina

Aerial view of the amphibious territory, case study province of Chaco. Km3 combines large-scale hard water infrastructure with the native landscape of the territory and citizen activities, adapting it to the characteristics of the urban environment and the community.

Fluid Buffer in Argentina

Approach on a piece of the XL system – Km3. Urban dike is a key piece within the system to understand the dynamics of water in today’s society and its link with the urban environment. Located in an urban void on the periphery of 2 conurbations, a depressed, low and constantly flooded area. The proposal uses this feature in favor of infrastructure, a social catalyst proposes to end the fragmentation imposed by its location.

Fluid Buffer in Argentina

Water scales: Water gardens / Green line / Urban dike.

Fluid Buffer in Argentina

Problem – Solution. Geographical and anthropic conditions of territory.

Fluid Buffer in Argentina

Water resource for community use, environment, infrastructure, and mobility.

Fluid Buffer in Argentina

Temporalities, changes in the landscape and programs starting from the study of the rainy cycles.

Fluid Buffer in Argentina

Multi-scale infrastructure as a public space.

Fluid Buffer in Argentina

Modular, prefabricated, and repetitive structure adaptable to the different uses of the community.

Fluid Buffer in Argentina

Paradigm shift.

Fluid Buffer in Argentina

Gimena Ailen Ponce Abba, María Rosario Ruiz Cabello, and María Florencia Ruiz Cabello

Improving Market in Mexico

An empty building in a dense environment.

Improving Market in Mexico

The intervention of the building “Plaza Merced 2000” is a unique opportunity to define how similar underused retail buildings and their context can be improved reducing conflicts and taking advantage of the opportunities.

Improving Market in Mexico

The proposal addresses the paradigmatic scenario that the building intervention represents stating a message of accessibility and inclusiveness. The building becomes an open and dynamic facility. Austere materials are used to improve the building performance and the user experience.