Life Reusing Posidonia/ 14 social dwellings in Sant Ferran, Formentera | Carles Oliver
Climate Change Adaptation project funded by the European Union Sant Francesc de Formentera / Spain
Principal Architect
Carles Oliver Barceló, Antonio Martín Procopio, Joaquín Moyá Costa, Alfonso Reina Ferragut
Photographer
José Hevia
Promoter
IBAVI
DESCRIPTION
The Life Reusing Posidonia project promoted by the Balearic Social Housing Institute (IBAVI) in collaboration with the Balearic General Directorate of Energy and Climate Change has received a European grant from the LIFE + 12 program for Climate Change Adaptation Projects.
The proposal includes the construction of a prototype building, consisting of 14 social housing units in Formentera, and the monitoring with the collaboration of University of the Balearic Islands to verify the comfort obtained with the aim of providing verified data to the institutions related to the building sector.
The project links Heritage, Architecture and Climate Change with the aim to recover the traditional constructive techniques in the contemporary research for sustainable solutions.
One of the solutions to be highlighted is the recovery of dry posidonia as insulation on the roof, which reminds us that we DON’T INHABIT A HOUSE, BUT AN ECOSYSTEM.
The building is Energy Class A. In summer, the cooling is provided passively by harnessing the breeze. All the windows exposed to sunlight have solar protections.
The structure is made of load-bearing walls with non reinforced lime foundations and laminated wood slabs. The organization of spaces and formal decisions are the result of knowledge of the advantages and limitations of materials, which are more fragile because they are natural. This fragility becomes a design opportunity.
Principal ArchitectCarles Oliver Barceló, Antonio Martín Procopio, Joaquín Moyá Costa, Alfonso Reina Ferragut Photographer José Hevia PromoterIBAVI DESCRIPTIONThe Life Reusing Posidonia project promoted by the Balearic Social Housing Institute (IBAVI) in collaboration with the Balearic General Directorate of Energy and Climate Change has received a European grant from the LIFE + 12 program for Climate Change Adaptation Projects. The...
- Status Completed works
- Type Social Housing
- Websitehttp://reusingposidonia.com/construccion-del-prototipo/
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