Living the Gardens Wasi Kancha by Sanzpont Arquitectura

Living the Gardens Wasi Kancha by Sanzpont Arquitectura is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Fierru Premiu in Wasichiy Kamay Competition Category.

FierruWasichiy· 2022

Living the Gardens Wasi Kancha

by Sanzpont Arquitectura

Client: Sanzpont Arquitectura

A' Design Award Fierru Premiu Winner in Wasichiy Category

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The Design

About Living the Gardens Wasi Kancha

Living the Gardens nisqaqa Cancun, México llaqtapi, 2,373 metro cuadrado hallpapi ruwasqa, isqun villakunamanta huk tiyana kancha kanmi. Sapa villaqa kimsa pataman rikch'akun, hinaspa 216 metro cuadramanta 275 metro cuadraman jina kanmi. Uraypi pataqa tiyakuy wasi, mikhuna wasi, wayk'una wasi, punkuchakuna, uch'uy baño, hinallataq ukhu muya kanmi. Hanaqpi pataqa hatun puñuna wasi, iskay yapa puñuna wasikunapiwan kanmi. Sapa villapas qhata muya kanmi. Kay pachapi materialkuna, hinaspa mana kallpayoq bioclimatico ruwaykuna, energía llankachiyta pisiyachinku; k'aspimanta ruwasqa wisq'anakuna hinaspa kikin pachapi wiñaq plantakuna, inti raymikunamanta hark'akunku.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Fierru Premiu

Living the Gardens Wasi Kancha A' Design Award Fierru Premiu mishak kan, yupaychay, kayta ruray yachak shinallatak industriapak mañaykunata paktachik alli diseñukunaman kun. Fierru mishak kashkakunaka hatun ruray ushayta, hanak yachayta, yachak yuyayta shinallatak ruray kamachiyta rikuchinku. Living the Gardens Wasi Kancha sinchi yupaychashka, kuyashka shinallatak kuyashka ruray, ruranapak alli shinallatak mushuk yuyaypi kanata munanku. Kay Fierru Premiu japishka diseñuka industriapak ashtawan alli ruraykunata tantachin shinallatak yachaywan shinallatak ushaywan tantashka tekniku ushayta charin. Sinchi ruraymanta Living the Gardens Wasi Kancha yupaychashka kan shinallatak kawsayta alliyachik ruraykunata kuypak ruray kan, pachata ashtawan alli kachun ruran.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Living The Gardens development is a complex of nine villas in condominium regime, on a land of 2,373 square meters located in Cancun, Mexico.
Dimensions & Packaging: The 9 villas are buildings of 3 levels with a total of 216 to 275 square meters each. The ground floor includes a living room, dining room, kitchen, terrace, half bathroom, and an interior garden. The first floor includes a master bedroom with a bathroom, dressing room and a balcony, and two secondary bedrooms with a shared bathroom. Each villa has a roof garden. Finally, the amenities include a pool, garden, picnic area, outdoor gym, yoga area, sun deck and pets area.
Tags: housing, villas, sustainability, cross-ventilation, concrete structure
Production Technology: The project is entirely built with local materials because, more than an economic benefit, it reduces the environmental impacts of transporting materials long distances and supports the local economy.
Design Challenge: The structural challenge was to avoid structural support elements on the ground floor. The structure was solved in a way that the rooftop carries the intermediate slab with columns that, work in tension instead of compression, just like the tensioners in a steel structure. In other words, the ground floor roof is hanging from the rooftop. Imitating a steel structure, the slabs function as the lower and upper chord, the lateral columns function as tensioners and the block walls work as diagonals
Research: The first step to obtain a sustainable housing product is to make a climate analysis and to search and apply the best bioclimatic and sustainable strategies for the project. In the region, the climate is warm and humid, and due to these characteristics, the project implements solar protection, natural cross-ventilation and use of native vegetation. The application of these and other strategies make a sustainable and low energy consumption housing product.
Inspiration: The project aims to promote the reduction of the use of resources, economic savings and a more sustainable housing product through passive and bioclimatic design.
Project Duration: The project started in 2021 in Cancun, Mexico and is planned to be finished in 2023.
Operation Flow: Solar protection is a requirement to obtain a more energy effective dwelling in most climates, but in a hot climate like the one where Living The Gardens is built, it is essential. The project is protected from solar incidence with native vegetation, the volumetry of the building itself and wooden louvers located in the south facade, where the solar incidence is more intense.
Patents: Copyrights belong to sanzpont [arquitectura], 2021.
Team Members: Victor Sanz Pont
Sergio Sanz Pont
Álvaro Licona
Ana Cristina Avilés
José Rodríguez
Erik Pacheco
Bernardo Ortiz
Image Credits: Image #1: sanzpont [arquitectura], Living The Gardens, 2021
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