Floating Habitats: La Balsanera and Santay Observatory. 2022-23
By focusing on small communities, we observe the evolving, reciprocal relationship between architecture and territory. La Balsanera and the Santay Observatory, river-based structures for housing and community, respond to changing socio-political and climatic contexts at a local scale, but always con...
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| author | Natura Futura Juan Carlos Bamba José Fernando Gómez Marmolejo |
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| description | By focusing on small communities, we observe the evolving, reciprocal relationship between architecture and territory. La Balsanera and the Santay Observatory, river-based structures for housing and community, respond to changing socio-political and climatic contexts at a local scale, but always considering the geographical scale. Both projects embrace traditional construction techniques to foster sustainable and culturally sensitive ways of living. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fb2ca2be9a184623a26fe99c65cd848f2025-08-24T23:40:06ZengEdiciones ARQARQ0716-08520717-69962025-04-011197186http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/s0717-69962025000100071Floating Habitats: La Balsanera and Santay Observatory. 2022-23Natura Futura0Juan Carlos Bamba1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6395-1565José Fernando Gómez MarmolejoNatura FuturaProfesor, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, EcuadorBy focusing on small communities, we observe the evolving, reciprocal relationship between architecture and territory. La Balsanera and the Santay Observatory, river-based structures for housing and community, respond to changing socio-political and climatic contexts at a local scale, but always considering the geographical scale. Both projects embrace traditional construction techniques to foster sustainable and culturally sensitive ways of living.modular constructionadaptabilityfloating architecturecultural landscapeamerican territoriesnatura futuraecuador |
| spellingShingle | Natura Futura Juan Carlos Bamba José Fernando Gómez Marmolejo Floating Habitats: La Balsanera and Santay Observatory. 2022-23 ARQ modular construction adaptability floating architecture cultural landscape american territories natura futura ecuador |
| title | Floating Habitats: La Balsanera and Santay Observatory. 2022-23 |
| title_full | Floating Habitats: La Balsanera and Santay Observatory. 2022-23 |
| title_fullStr | Floating Habitats: La Balsanera and Santay Observatory. 2022-23 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Floating Habitats: La Balsanera and Santay Observatory. 2022-23 |
| title_short | Floating Habitats: La Balsanera and Santay Observatory. 2022-23 |
| title_sort | floating habitats la balsanera and santay observatory 2022 23 |
| topic | modular construction adaptability floating architecture cultural landscape american territories natura futura ecuador |
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