Sustainable Urbanization: Biohabitat Valencia / Luis de Garrido

Biohabitat Urbanization: A sustainable marvel in Valencia's El Bosque, redefining eco-friendly mass housing with visionary design.
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Biohabitat Urbanization: A sustainable marvel in Valencia's El Bosque, redefining eco-friendly mass housing with visionary design.
The Waste Treatment Facility, in Vacarisses in Spain, designed by Batlle & Roig, has won the World’s Best Production Energy and Recycling Building award at the prestigious World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards 2011. The presentation of the WAF Awards are…
Given the achievements in the design of “The Llum” to Manhattan, Luis de Garrido continued to explore their ideas for a new sustainable habitat, and offered the city of Valencia management an important area of ​​the city: the area between…
[Google-translated from Spanish] It is rehabilitating a home built in a protected area of high ecological value. The planning regulations can not build outside the existing perimeter of the building, and only enables the rehabilitation of the building.
[Google-translated from Spanish] Without doubt, this is the lowest bioclimatic housing all analyzed, but it is interesting to show, that is a sensible architectural design, can improve the performance of bioclimatic housing, despite the contrary requirements of an owner. When…
[Google-translated from Spanish] As in the Guaita House (in fact Seve House is located a few meters away), the land is located on the northern slope of a hill, with magnificent views. This situation greatly complicates the design bioclimatic housing,…
Luis de Garrido shared with us another project, the Onofre House, in Valencia. [Google-translated from Spanish] The site has an elongated shape, and the urban ordinances require the design of a rectangular housing. For this reason, it restricts the ability…
Luis de Garrido shared with us another project, the Guaita House, in Valencia. The site has a steep slope and is located on the northern slope of a hill, with magnificent views. This situation greatly complicates the design bioclimatic housing,…