Programmatic Needs:
The family’s property is located in the ‘Vereda el Caucho’, between the towns of Barichara and Villanueva. It is a 1.8 acre lot where they cultivate yuca, beans abd fruits and raise chickens, one cow and ‘camuros’ (from the sheep family).
- Sleep: 1 Master bedroom, 2 bed rooms for the children (boys/girls)
- Cook+ Eat
- Work
- Laundry
- WC
- Live+ Study
- Grow + Harvest
- Nurture + Care: space for raising and maintaining animals (chickens and ‘camuros’)
Material Exploration:
- Rammed earth,
- Mud Brick
- Compressed Earth Block
- Bahareque,
- Recycled materials,
- Fique fibers,
- Wood
- Bamboo.
Sustainable technologies to develop+explore:
- Water Collection
- Water Filtration
- Water Reuse
- Landscape Water Management and Drainage
- Landscape Recuperation
- Energy Production
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