El Terreno是在新冠疫情期間啟動的社區花園和教育中心項目。它所在的山坡土壤肥沃，礦物和石材都十分豐富，為這個種滿花卉、芳香植物和蔬菜的社區農場提供了條件。項目的初衷是基于對兒童心理的認知，認為孩子們需要在保持社交頻率的同時接受環境教育，熟悉食物的生產過程，了解可持續生活的理念。
El Terreno is a community garden and educational centre that initiated during the Covid19 outbreack. The project is located in a hill rich with soil, minerals and stones allowing for an urban orchard to grow flowers, aromatic plants and vegetables. The origin of the project began when understanding that young kids had the need of maintaining social stimulation and simultaneously receive environmental education bringing them closer to the cycles of food production and sustainable living.
▼位于山丘之上的社區花園和教育中心
A community garden and educational located in a hill ? Ricardo de la concha
▼肥沃土壤適于種植花卉、芳香植物和蔬菜
Rich soil is good for growing flowers, aromatic plants and vegetables ? Ricardo de la concha
To be congruent with the project VERTEBRAL built a pavilion uniquely from recycled materials used in their previous constructions. For the firm it was important to achieve a 100% recyclable building but also a space built with materials, modules and units uniquely thought out through new processes for this particular project. “We focused on avoiding any predisposition in the users when entering this new space intended for plurality and versatility. A space that can only gain significance with the users’ engagement to cultivating and share new ideas that point towards a healing environment.” That’s how the Mexico City–based architects describe El Terreno.
▼利用回收材料建造的廊架
A unique pavilion built with recycled materials ? Ricardo de la concha
▼創新設計的獨特材料、模塊和結構單元
A space built with materials, modules and units uniquely ? Ricardo de la concha
The multipurpose pavilion is inserted into the hill allowing for a gradual aperture towards the garden. Sections of iron rods were bent and welded into containing walls filled with stone found when excavating at the site. The roof is composed by wooden trusses that come from old concrete formwork. Through only four different modules all the trusses were assembles by volunteers from the local community. For VERTEBRAL it was important to generate a pavilion where anything could happen, “Spaces that are strictly defined rapidly become obsolete. By contrast, anonymous and ambiguous spaces are resilient and multi-faceted, allowing their significance and purpose to shift among users.” That’s how the Mexico City–based firm visualize the future of architecture.
▼嵌入山體的廊架
The pavilion is inserted into the hill ? Ricardo de la concha
▼多功能空間
A multipurpose place ? Ricardo de la concha
▼頂棚回收利用了混凝土澆筑模板的木桁架
The roof is composed by wooden trusses that come from old concrete formwork ? Ricardo de la concha
▼由場地原有的石塊所筑的石墻
The walls filled with stone found when excavating at the site ? Ricardo de la concha
▼彎折的鐵質桿件作為石墻的框架
The iron rods were bent and welded as the frame of the wall ? Ricardo de la concha
The founder of the project, Michelle Kalach is deeply involved with self-sufficient communities that are off the grid. El Terreno manages to become a garden that is economically stable by selling endemic plants and vegetables that are cultivated through educational programs and then sold to local cafes and stores. Water is captured through a system that starts on the green roof of the pavilion, goes through pipes that are also the structural columns, and finally arrives to a water mirror that pumps the resource back to the orchard. The energy used is collected through solar panels and the waste from composting toilets become natural fertilizers for the garden.
▼遠離塵囂的社區花園
The community garden off the grid ? Ricardo de la concha
▼培育出的蔬菜和植物會賣給當地的咖啡吧和商店
The endemic plants and vegetables will be sold to local cafes and stores ? Ricardo de la concha
▼綠色的廊架屋可以收集雨水，并流經結構柱中的排水管
Water is captured through the green roof of the pavilion, goes through pipes that are also the structural columns ? Ricardo de la concha
▼花園中的小徑
A path in the garden ? Ricardo de la concha
▼堆肥廁所為花園提供天然肥料
Waste from composting toilets become natural fertilizers for the garden ? Ricardo de la concha
El Terreno是將教育、可持續性和設計相結合的典范，它能不斷滿足當下需求，必將擁有光明的未來。
El Terreno is a space that was built as a model of how education, sustainability and design can harvest a bright future that is always responding to its immediate needs.
▼將教育、可持續性和設計相結合的典范
A model that combines education, sustainability and design ? Ricardo de la concha
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