Base de vie in the red desert

Visualization © ©Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia

The project proposes a “water chain” capable of managing, collecting and channelling the water system in its different uses in order to create a dynamic and optimised system. The depth of the basins and connecting channels will be sized to support the phenomena of evaporation when useful to control the microclimate while, in the sections where this will not be necessary, the system will be designed to reduce waste and minimise maintenance. Furthermore in the spaces where evaporation helps with cooling the environment, the ponds will be sized so as to control the phenomenon and will be protected by pergolas that are a theme of the project. The connecting channels are partly exposed and partly “closed”, in such a way as to cool the water that flows there for short stretches.

Visualization © ©Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia
Visualization © ©Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia
Visualization © ©Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia
Visualization © ©Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia
Visualization © ©Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia
Drawing © ©Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia
Drawing © ©Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia
Drawing © ©Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia
Drawing © ©Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia
Architects
Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia
Project Status
Design
Client
Bonatti spa
Project
Alfonso Femia / Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia with Francesco Nissardi
Landscape Design
Alfonso Femia

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