Global Awards 2021 Project Entry

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    Vernacular Greenhouse in Colombia

    The project puts the farmer at the centre of the spatial conversation today. Understanding the people who live there, their lifestyle, their traditions, their movements, is essential to be able to spatialize their reality.

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    Vernacular Greenhouse in Colombia

    The greenhouse oriented at an angle of 45 degrees to the shout/north allows heat to be distributed by convection through doors and windows that open/close between the house and the greenhouse.

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    Vernacular Greenhouse in Colombia

    We find in the vernacular the most fundamental logic of the act of inhabiting.

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    Vernacular Greenhouse in Colombia

    A reinterpretation of the trombe wall in longitudinal direction is proposed, reinforced with thermal insulation on the upper floor to avoid overheating.

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    Vernacular Greenhouse in Colombia

    We propose the construction of a greenhouse garden that produces, in a temperature-controlled space, the food necessary for a farmer’s family, using organic waste as compost to fertilize the soil.

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    Vernacular Greenhouse in Colombia

    We believe it is necessary to promote energy self-production in communities that are far from the interconnected electricity net.

As a Main category prize winner in the regional Holcim Awards 2020, Vernacular Greenhouse in Colombia automatically qualified as a finalist in the Global Holcim Awards 2021.

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Last updated: November 13, 2021 Bogotá, Colombia