Living in the Forest | Carlos Zerpa-Guzman
Europan 13 The Adaptable City Espoo / Finland / 2015
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The architecture:
As an invitation to an agreement.
To achieve linking forest and architecture it is necessary to establish a system of agreements that allow the principal elements of the site, establish a door of entry that invites to the insertion of the new habitat without disturbing the life already established in the forest.
I. Agreement with the trees : Capture of the landscape.
II. Agreement with the perceptions and feelings : walking between the trees.
III. Agreement with the history : Approach to the inheritance of Otaniemi’s forest and Alvar Aalto’s legacy.
IV. Agreement with the climate: The hardness of the Nordic climate.
V. Agreement with the animals : The lesson of the animals
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The architecture:As an invitation to an agreement. To achieve linking forest and architecture it is necessary to establish a system of agreements that allow the principal elements of the site, establish a door of entry that invites to the insertion of the new habitat without disturbing the life already established in the forest.I. Agreement with the trees : Capture of the landscape.II. Agreement with the perceptions and feelings : walking between the trees.III. Agreement with the history :...
- Year 2015
- Status Competition works
- Type Neighbourhoods/settlements/residential parcelling / Landscape/territorial planning / Apartments / Multi-family residence / Tower blocks/Skyscrapers / Student Halls of residence / River and coastal redevelopment
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