"We cannot continue designing cities and buildings as if nothing had happened," says Guallart, "In recent times, phenomena are occurring on a world scale that oblige us to rethink everything. Our proposals are born from the need to provide solutions to the various crises that are taking place. living our planet ”
The set is designed to generate food, energy and also everyday objects from a mini digital industry equipped with 3D printers located on its ground floors. Likewise, all residential buildings are covered by greenhouses that make it possible to produce food for daily consumption and use their sloping roofs to produce energy.
Overview, winning proposal of the contest. The Self-Sufficient City by Vicente Guallart
All the houses have a large south-facing terrace, which acts as a thermal regulator, and is also a fundamental space in periods of confinement and allowing play and rest. Likewise, the homes are prepared to have telework spaces and are connected to 5G networks, creating neighborhood-scale social networks for the exchange of resources.
The set of the four blocks is built with wooden buildings following the principles of the new circular bioeconomy and in them are mixed houses, residences for young and old, offices, a public swimming pool, shops, a market, a nursery, an administrative center and a fire station.
Rendering, winning proposal of the contest. The Self-Sufficient City by Vicente Guallart
As the architect states, “we developed this project during confinement, when the entire team worked from home and we decided to include all those aspects that could make our lives better, so that a new standard could be defined to apply in China, in Spain. or in any country in the world ”. Therefore, they are buildings that face the crisis for life and for the climate at the same time
