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Day 45 - 60-minute challenge

Nordeste Curuguaty Offices / Mínimo Común Arquitectura

➨ Function: Office buildings
➨ Location: Curuguaty, Paraguay
➨ Area: 240 m2

Hello responsible people
Stop hating on the exams :')

Primitive hut
I'm almost done, my exam is in two days and I'm going to return to my research routine, this 60-minute challenge is killing all the fun, I'll admit I'm cheating a little, I haven't started the timer yet; you know why, I can't nag if I have only 1 hour to finish everything and It's our routine to cry before writing :')

Well, let's start

That was quick. Only 15 minutes passed. But I'm ready to write about this project. Just when we thought that I'll never fall in love again, well, I did. This project is my new sweetheart. 
It's an example of how architecture can be freed from all the consumptive aspects, that we still can go back to our primitive nature and the primitive hut, to design only what we need and to use what we got, this what this project present. 


Do you see the smiling angel in the photo, yes that is our project, It's an office building that takes place between the agricultural lands of Curuguaty city in Paraguay?
The project has five simple design principles:
1- Mark the territory by elevating a platform from the ground
2- Built a catenary that creates shadows, collects water, and controls the wind
3- Built walls using bricks made of earth and cement
4- Add a parasol made of earth bricks only for sun protection and privacy
5- Create a water system that takes the collected water and pumps it to pipes
for cooling and humid

* See, that's it, that is architecture 



Well, I need to go back to solve mathematical problems :')
take care

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Location: Curuguaty, Paraguay

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