Research's IaaC - Adaptive microclimates

Adaptive microclimates is a prototype that through a caving system creates different microclimates. Through a gradient of different size of caves, controls the temperature according to the external inputs. The final project is situated at the delta d’ebre at the isla de buda and as a landscape manipulates the rising of the water level due to the tides. The bigger cavities with fewer connections are at the sea side controlling the waves and stabilising the coastline, and the smaller ones with more connections are at the side of the lagoon manipulating the water circulation for cultivations. The program emerges from the different situations and microclimates. The landscape systems extrudes at 3 point responding to the three different site-zones of the site, in order to accept habitable spaces. At the lagoon coast the main activity that emerges is the cultivation of algas, at the dry sand land the salt drying, and at the sea coast emerge fishing activities. Thus the prototype system adapts each time to the different environmental conditions and the program and living activities emerge and adapt to the different microclimates. By Chiara Farinea, Froso Charamboulous, Panagiota Piperidou