A self-buring house that uses its inclined roof to deflect wind, control processes of erosion and increase accumulation of local sand particles. Through time, a covering sand dune affects the level of enclosure, transparency of the house and patterns of the shadows’ internal spaces.
The aim of the project was to design a housing building to house between 20 and 30 people on the Cala Mesquida, Mallorca. Its a residential housing for renting, short-term stays for travelers. Each house is self-burying, that uses its inclined roof to deflect wind, control processes of erosion and increase accumulation of local sand particles.
Coastal erosion affects many coastlines around the world. This is a serious problem for the Balearic Islands. The aim of the self-burring houses is to protect coastline from erosion: to collect sand on the roofs and walls with “stoppers”, and being a half man-made structures and natural based solution as well.
The Goals of the Project were as follows:
To computationally achieve this goal a LadyBug Analysis was run to study the sun and Wind at the site, to determine the direction from which the sand will be collected and which areas will have windows.
Pseudo Code for LadyBug:
The structure was then further optimized as per the analysis done on LadyBug.
Pseudo Code for the Optimization process:
Parameters set for the optimization:
Animations created to display the optimization:
Final Video describing the project:
Final Render:
