So I was doing some analysis on the Nicoya Recycling Center just to get an idea on the scale we'll be working at. There would be many modifications to the original design to make it look alittle bit more inspiring than this "shed" design - but there is alot of potential. This Recycling Center does pretty much everything right when it comes to designing in Costa Rica. It allows for cross ventilation; not only in the vertical axis - but overhead as well due to the material used where the walls meet the roof. Maybe we can use the same principal? The materiality makes this design cheap. There are other building materials we could use that might be better than this, but hey, it's a start.
in terms of the shed design it's really flexible, but for it's purpose it's rather unorganized. you've highlighted sections that indicate different materials, but in reality it's become one large garbage bin in essence; looking at the existing photos there is trash every and is not a great working environment.
ReplyDeletethat's understandable. I was trying to convey a sense of what the people of Nicoya want it to be, not necessarily what it has become. Our design solution should be organized in a way that builds upon what is practical for an sLAB project - meaning no out of the ordinary materials or schemes so complex - we can barely understand them
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