Gabriela Pinto e Diogo Ramalho distinguidos em Itália
A empresa italiana Federlegno-Arredo, em colaboração com o Politécnico de Milão, propôs um concurso dirigido a estudantes e recém licenciados em arquitectura, engenharia e design indutrial de todo o mundo como evento associado à feira MADE Expo 2010.
O programa do concurso "Temporary Housing- Soundscapes" pedia uma pequena habitação temporária capaz de ocupar espaços urbanos normalmente tidos como residuais, sobretudo por motivos de conforto acústico.
Entre 436 participantes de todo o mundo a equipa dos portugueses Gabriela Pinto e Diogo Ramalho foram distinguidos com o 3º Prémio, com uma abrigo modular que integra a cortiça no seu sistema construtivo (clicar imagens para ampliar) :
The temporary unit, designed for 2 or 4 people, is a system designed in three different
layers – INSIDE, INSIDE/OUTSIDE AND OUTSIDE. The first one is the living space, a
place of privacy and comfort, the second is a “green buffer” that isolates the sound
pollution but connects the unit to the existing urban structure, and the third one, the
city of Milano, that interacts with the unit.
The residential unit is one modular system designed for 2 people and one for 4 people
that results from the possible combinations between the 2 people unit. The
combinations between the units along the urban territory increase the possibilities of
different and interesting ecological spaces.
The first layer – the inside unit is protected from the noise and pollution by a second
skin, a porous one that eventually allow us to penetrate it, through a continuous
opened pathway or through a big opening into a collective outdoor courtyard.Reforcing the idea of the sustainability intended for the housing unit, the materials and
technology applied highlight the “green buffer” concept and assure an easy and low
cost way of constructing the Expo temporary dwelling. Using cork is a new way of
looking into common materials that can be used in completely new different ways and
in new types of structures.
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