The Amazon Rainforest is the largest and most important rainforest on Earth and it covers 40% of South American continent. Nowadays it has lost an area almost of 1000 000 km2 due to the deforestation by mining companies, illegal uses and agriculture; Among other threats. The main purpose of this thesis project was to design an architectural module, named “Jungle Pod” that could be built in-situ with several combinations, creating a set of spaces in three different scales (Triada - Ecological Station - Research Center) and in various locations within the Amazon Basin for researchers and locals, to watch-research-habit the rainforest in a sustainable way. The module was based on parametric design and a waffle self-supporting structure; in this way, it is able to respond to the conditions of adaptability and mobility. To make it possible, a Network of Ecological Stations in the Amazon Rainforest was developed, which is connected by the Amazon basin and its tributaries. This network proposes a series of temporary and permanent infrastructures like ecological bases and research centers where different projects of investigation and innovation for the study and protection of the rainforest, can take place.
La Foresta Amazzonica è la più grande foresta pluviale della Terra e copre il 40% del continente sudamericano. Attualemente ha perso un'area di quasi 1 000 000 km2, disboscata da compagnie minerarie, usi illegali e agricoltura; tra altre minacce. Lo scopo principale di questo progetto di tesi è estato quello di creare un modulo architettonico chiamato “Jungle Pod” che puó essere costruito in sito con diverse combinazioni, creando così spazi in tre diverse scali (Triada – Stazione Ecologica – Centro di Ricerca) e in differènte locazioni dentro il Bacino Amazzonico, per ricercatori e per le comunita locali, con fine a guardare, ricercare e abitare la foresta pluviale in modo sostenibile. Il Modulo é stato bassato nei principi di progettazione parametrica e struttura autoportante; in questo modo, è in grado di rispondere alle condizioni di adattabilità e mobilità. Per fare questo possibile, si ha svilupato una Rete di Stazioni Ecologiche nella Foresta Amazzonica connessa tra i fiumi del Bacino Amazzonico. Questa rete proporre una serie di strutture temporali e permanente come base Ecologiche e Centri di Ricerca dove si realizzerano progetti di Investigazione e innovazione per lo studio e protezione di la foresta.
Jungle pod. Network of ecological stations in the Amazon rainforest
HAGEI HIGA, PAOLA;URIBE PALACIO, SARA ISABEL
2018/2019
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The Amazon Rainforest is the largest and most important rainforest on Earth and it covers 40% of South American continent. Nowadays it has lost an area almost of 1000 000 km2 due to the deforestation by mining companies, illegal uses and agriculture; Among other threats. The main purpose of this thesis project was to design an architectural module, named “Jungle Pod” that could be built in-situ with several combinations, creating a set of spaces in three different scales (Triada - Ecological Station - Research Center) and in various locations within the Amazon Basin for researchers and locals, to watch-research-habit the rainforest in a sustainable way. The module was based on parametric design and a waffle self-supporting structure; in this way, it is able to respond to the conditions of adaptability and mobility. To make it possible, a Network of Ecological Stations in the Amazon Rainforest was developed, which is connected by the Amazon basin and its tributaries. This network proposes a series of temporary and permanent infrastructures like ecological bases and research centers where different projects of investigation and innovation for the study and protection of the rainforest, can take place.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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