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Urban design and building design for LAGI 2025 Fiji, Marou (open international architecture competition)
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Our design consists of two building entities: 1) THE STRETCH: a long (163 m) and narrow (10 m) structure that connects the Marou village and the farm fields and 2) THE POINT: a freeform building that hosts emergency shelter and recreation spaces. They both have timber structure from local woods – e.g. mahogany. The Stretch is an open play of physical parts, covered by solar energy arrays and roof, protecting underneath a shadowed path, small buildings as well as energy and water systems. The co-benefits that the design provides to the local community are the possibility to construct and maintain the wooden parts together. · The design is modular, flexible, changeable and replicable. · The name stretch point comes from that that we wanted to avoid professional jargon when naming the long and round buildings. At the same time, these terms refer to sustainability: The humans are stretching the capacity of the Earth and we have come to the point where one needs to change our lifestyles. The Point is also a gathering point for the community. Our design incorporates different locally feasible and easily maintained (reasonably low-tech) energy and water systems integrated into a functioning process whole: 1) Linear Fresnel (LF) thermal energy system for heating water by solar mirrors, 2) Multi-Effect Distillation (MED), where heat from solar collectors boils seawater and rain water, and the resulting steam is condensed to produce fresh water, 3) Photovoltaic (PV) solar panels, 4) Electricity turbine run by steam, 5) Molten Salt Thermal Energy Storage (TES) and 6) Lithium battery electricity storage for 24/7 distribution. The bearing structures are made of local timber, e.g. mahogany. The solid timber structures of the line are orthogonal and the shelter has a diagonal grid structure made of curved LVL timber.
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Ahlava, A, Mäkynen, T, Niemeyer, M, Lindberg, F & Sotamaa, K, Urban design and building design for LAGI 2025 Fiji, Marou (open international architecture competition), 2025, Architecture, Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI), Pittburgh, PA, USA.