The strategic planning of the city of Palmas, while in the search for expansion of urban space, often creates a certain peculiar urbanization compared to other Brazilian cities, such as in the topography of the land available for development of the IAB-To. It’s unusual for architects, who work in densely built metropolis, to design in a “loose” environment without references incorporated or pre-set aesthetic guidelines. For Urban Recycle Architecture Studio, the terrain of the project, in theory, represents everything that architects and builders like the most, “the new”. More images and architects’ description after the break.
An area of 50 x 22m, in a corner space and covered by vegetation, offers the architect a “strange” setting, and yet provides great potential. For the development of this proposal, we decided initially to observe the space around the natural terrain and analyze its relationship with the environment; its colors, textures and climate. Following the announcement made available, it was proposed to have a building with total area of 3.780m ² developed in different stages of construction, all fast execution, ordered to the program, within the standards of accessibility, comfort, with environmental and eco-efficiency. The focus of the project sought to establish a relationship between the most economic and functional way to allow the building to be expanded, in order to allow for the program set, without any disfigurement or loss of effectiveness.
