Living the Gardens ᱵᱤᱞᱟ ᱠᱚᱢᱯᱞᱮᱠᱥ by Sanzpont Arquitectura is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ, ᱤᱢᱟᱨᱚᱛ ᱟᱨ ᱜᱟᱲᱚᱱ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ Competition Category.
ᱞᱚᱦᱟᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ· 2022
Living the Gardens ᱵᱤᱞᱟ ᱠᱚᱢᱯᱞᱮᱠᱥ
Client: Sanzpont Arquitectura
A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ Category
Verified Award Winner
Verify Award Status for #140576The Design
About Living the Gardens ᱵᱤᱞᱟ ᱠᱚᱢᱯᱞᱮᱠᱥ
ᱞᱤᱵᱷᱤᱝ ᱰᱷᱤ ᱜᱟᱨᱰᱮᱱᱥ ᱢᱮᱠᱥᱤᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱠᱩᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱚᱠᱚᱭ ᱵᱤᱞᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱨᱮᱨᱮᱰ (residential) ᱠᱚᱢᱯᱞᱮᱠᱥ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱒,᱓᱗᱓ ᱵᱚᱨ�ril ᱢᱤᱴᱚᱨ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱵᱟᱱᱟᱣᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ । ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱟᱝ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱟᱝ ᱵᱤᱞᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱯᱮ ᱴᱷᱚᱠ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱒᱑᱖ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱒᱗᱕ ᱵᱚᱨᱜ ᱢᱤᱴᱚᱨ ᱚᱰᱚᱠ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ । ᱦᱮᱴᱟᱹ ᱴᱷᱚᱠ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ-ᱟ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱵᱮᱸᱴᱟᱣ ᱠᱚᱴᱷᱟ, ᱡᱚᱢ ᱠᱚᱴᱷᱟ, ᱨᱚᱸᱰᱚᱭᱠᱚᱴᱷᱟ, ᱛᱮᱨᱮᱥ, ᱟᱭᱢᱟ ᱜᱩᱥᱟᱞᱠᱷᱟᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱵᱟᱹᱜᱟᱱ (interior garden) । ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱴᱷᱚᱠ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ ᱢᱩᱬᱩᱛ ᱵᱮᱸᱴᱟᱣ ᱠᱚᱴᱷᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱨ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱵᱮᱸᱴᱟᱣ ᱠᱚᱴᱷᱟ । ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱟᱝ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱟᱝ ᱵᱤᱞᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱪᱟᱸᱰ ᱵᱟᱹᱜᱟᱱ (roof garden) ᱦᱮᱸ । ᱞᱚᱠᱟᱞ ᱴᱷᱮᱱ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱟᱥᱤᱵ ᱵᱟᱭᱚᱠᱞᱤᱢᱮᱴᱤᱠ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱮᱱᱟᱨᱡᱤ ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨ ᱠᱚᱢ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱡᱟᱭ-ᱟ, ᱢᱮᱱᱠᱷᱟᱱ ᱫᱟᱨᱩ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱞᱩᱵᱷᱟᱨ (louvers) ᱟᱨ ᱦᱟᱴᱤᱧ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱚᱠᱚᱭ ᱵᱤᱨᱩᱡ ᱵᱤᱨᱤᱡ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱤᱸᱜᱤ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱨᱚᱠᱷᱟ ᱮᱢᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ।
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ
Living the Gardens ᱵᱤᱞᱟ ᱠᱚᱢᱯᱞᱮᱠᱥ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Living the Gardens ᱵᱤᱞᱟ ᱠᱚᱢᱯᱞᱮᱠᱥ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
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
Image #2: sanzpont [arquitectura], Living The Gardens, 2021
Image #3: sanzpont [arquitectura], Living The Gardens, 2021
Image #4: sanzpont [arquitectura], Living The Gardens, 2021
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