Living the Gardens 别墅群 by Sanzpont Arquitectura is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 建筑与结构设计 Competition Category.
铁建筑· 2022
Living the Gardens 别墅群
Client: Sanzpont Arquitectura
A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 建筑 Category
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About Living the Gardens 别墅群
"Living the Gardens"(栖居花园)是位于墨西哥坎昆的住宅综合体,由九栋别墅组成,占地2,373平方米。每栋别墅设有三层,建筑面积为216至275平方米。首层设有客厅、餐厅、厨房、露台、半卫及一处内庭花园;上层设有一间主卧和两间次卧。每栋别墅还配有屋顶花园。项目采用本地材料与被动式生物气候设计以降低能耗,并通过木质百叶与本土植被提供遮阳防护。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 铁奖
Living the Gardens 别墅群是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Living the Gardens 别墅群将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Living the Gardens 别墅群因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。
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
Image #5: sanzpont [arquitectura], Living The Gardens, 2021
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