CUAC Arquitectura

Biodiversity Center

BIODIVERSITY CENTER

CUAC.arquitectura + Jose Luis Muñoz Muñoz

Biodiversity Center
© Javier Callejas

ARCHITECTS
CUAC.arquitectura + Jose Luis Muñoz Muñoz

AREA
430.4 m²

YEAR
2011

PHOTOGRAPHS
Javier Callejas

LOCATION
Spain

CATEGORY
Office buildings

Biodiversity Center
© Javier Callejas

"Architecture and landscape joined together in the shade of a great pre-existing tree”. The building is located on the outskirts of Loja town in marked agricultural character.

Biodiversity Center
© Javier Callejas
Biodiversity Center
© Javier Callejas

This project relates to a beautiful plot of cultivated land served by an irrigation ditch and a leafy mass.

This building is thought to be very suitable for a new program based on consciousness, protection and publicity of the agricultural beliefs in Loja.

Biodiversity Center
© Javier Callejas
Biodiversity Center
© Javier Callejas

The Bio Diversity Centre is involved in cultivation.

It has an education program for farmers, high schools and investigators.

In the main office area there is a zone for the treatment of seeds which are characteristic of the area. The project aims to minimize its presence by becoming as natural to its surroundings.

Biodiversity Center
© Javier Callejas
Biodiversity Center
© Javier Callejas

As possible by opening out and absorbing an open patio of the ancient house from where you will find the pre-existing tree.

The old ruin generates the traces of the new project, redrawing the past in the shade of the tree.

The location of the building also appreciates the presence of the arboreal mass along the river and the main façades.

Biodiversity Center
© Javier Callejas
Biodiversity Center
© Javier Callejas
Biodiversity Center
© Javier Callejas

The strong conditions for topology, the encounter of the main slopes (up to 5m) will be solved by the building, performing similar to a hinge between the three different platforms of the terrain. 

The main access to be cultivated area and buildings is compromised due to having only one access point.

Biodiversity Center
© Javier Callejas


Biodiversity Center
aereal elevation
Biodiversity Center
aereal section

Biodiversity Center
elevation


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Biodiversity Center
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Biodiversity Center
site plan

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