Ecoscopic House
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The ecoscopic house is located in a suburb in the southern periphery of the city of Monterrey, at the feet of the sierra madre. At the threshold between the natural and the artificial, between the city and the sierra, the ecoscopic house is imagined as an assemblage of platforms of interexchange that capture the flux of crossing ecosystems.
The process of morphogenesis of the ecoscopic house is informed by multiple data input variables; geometric solar access, examination of thermal radiance in response to solar exposure and shadow analysis; analysis of prevailing winds, regional valley currents and local mountain breeze; surface water flow and storm drain runoff models; observations of movement patterns of native species and the impact of continuous human settlement encroachment on these… This complex assessment is translated into a synthesis of loadbearing planes, interlaced slabs and beams of variable depth that ensure mutual stability. The resultant assemblage is conceived as a continuous reinforced concrete structural enclosure of great thermal inertia, capable of withstanding the drastic daily temperature fluctuations and seasonal thermal oscillations characteristic of the local climate.
The ecoscopic house was entirely handcrafted onsite, using elementary materials; steel, glass and concrete.
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