PROPOSAL 2: ARCHITECTURE FROM ITS CHARACTERISTICS
ARCHITECTURE FROM ITS
CHARACTERISTICS
CHARACTERISTICS
- Efficient water usage
- Life cycle: Slow growing period and short fixed to end is life
- Adapts to harsh conditions
- Mechanism:
- Collects water
- Defend itself
- Nocturnal CO 2 fixation (They control when to open (in the night with fresher conditions)
- Uses of waxes to close themselves not to lose water and to protect from environmental stresses
- Maximize the surface for Photosynthesis
- Always having cenital light
- Secondary and fast growing roots in case of lack of water
- Rosette Structure (FIBONACCI)
ADAPTATIVE
Constant and Variable Elements according to its conditions
Deconstructs it
Regrows it
Deconstructs it
Regrows it
LIFE CYCLE?
Slow and Fast processes
MECHANISM
Self-sufficient
Passive Systems
Vernacular Architecture
CONFIGURATION
Fibonacci Sequence
Letting nature get into it (rain, sun, air)
BUD PRINT
ARCHITECTURE FROM IT'S CHARACTERISTICS
ADAPTATIVE
Adapts to harsh conditions
Constant and variable elements according to its conditions
Deconstruct it
Regrow it
LIFE CYCLE
Slow growing period and short fixed to end it's life.
MECHANISM
Self Sufficient
Passive Systems
Vernacular Architecture
Valle del Mezquital, Hidalgo.
From the Maguey to concrete
Over the centuries, the Otomí indigenous groups knew how to wisely take advantage of what its natural and adverse environment offered to develop its refuge, giving rise to the maguey's unique home.
The dwelling of the maguey was an example of cultural overlaps, among the pre-Hispanic forms of housing in recent local cultures, however the virtual extinction of the plant, together with external influences (of an economic and sociocultural type) have led to the almost total disappearance of this type of housing.
From maguey to cement and dark glass
The typical house of the maguey was made up of two or three not very large constructions, almost independent of each other, intended for bedrooms and the other for cooking. The areas varied between 10 and 25 square meters. The walls of the buildings intended as bedrooms were made of limestone and covered with the maguey staves (figure 2), while the kitchen buildings were entirely made of maguey. The roofs were mostly gable roofs, although other houses had single-sloped roofs. The height as in the pre-Hispanic houses was low, with a single door and without windows.
The house of the maguey was an example of cultural overlaps, among the pre-Hispanic forms of housing in recent local cultures, however the virtual extinction of the plant, together with external influences (of an economic and sociocultural type) have led to the almost total disappearance of this type of housing.
Collects Water
Defend itself
Nocturnal CO2 Fixation
Waxes not to loose water
Maximize the surface for Photosynthesis
Secondary and fast growing roots in case of lack of water
CONFIGURATION
Fibonacci Sequence
Zenith lighting
Maximize the surface for Photosynthesis
Letting nature get into
Bud Print
Letting nature get into it (rain, sun, air)
BUD PRINT
ARCHITECTURE FROM IT'S CHARACTERISTICS
ADAPTATIVE
Adapts to harsh conditions
Constant and variable elements according to its conditions
Deconstruct it
Regrow it
LIFE CYCLE
Slow growing period and short fixed to end it's life.
MECHANISM
Self Sufficient
Passive Systems
Vernacular Architecture
Valle del Mezquital, Hidalgo.
From the Maguey to concrete
Over the centuries, the Otomí indigenous groups knew how to wisely take advantage of what its natural and adverse environment offered to develop its refuge, giving rise to the maguey's unique home.
The dwelling of the maguey was an example of cultural overlaps, among the pre-Hispanic forms of housing in recent local cultures, however the virtual extinction of the plant, together with external influences (of an economic and sociocultural type) have led to the almost total disappearance of this type of housing.
From maguey to cement and dark glass
The typical house of the maguey was made up of two or three not very large constructions, almost independent of each other, intended for bedrooms and the other for cooking. The areas varied between 10 and 25 square meters. The walls of the buildings intended as bedrooms were made of limestone and covered with the maguey staves (figure 2), while the kitchen buildings were entirely made of maguey. The roofs were mostly gable roofs, although other houses had single-sloped roofs. The height as in the pre-Hispanic houses was low, with a single door and without windows.
Three types of Otomi housing:
A first group, in which the houses were totally built with the maguey stalks, including walls and roof.
A second group in which the constructions were in bahareque the walls and the roof with palm and maguey was only used for the ridge tops.
The third group is made up of houses with adobe or stone walls and roofs in palm or maguey stalks.
The house of the maguey was an example of cultural overlaps, among the pre-Hispanic forms of housing in recent local cultures, however the virtual extinction of the plant, together with external influences (of an economic and sociocultural type) have led to the almost total disappearance of this type of housing.
Collects Water
Defend itself
Nocturnal CO2 Fixation
Waxes not to loose water
Maximize the surface for Photosynthesis
Secondary and fast growing roots in case of lack of water
CONFIGURATION
Fibonacci Sequence
Zenith lighting
Maximize the surface for Photosynthesis
Letting nature get into
Bud Print
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