Ecotourism
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about ecotourism
Project • By nu.he Studio • Residential Landscape
Casota Alentejo
Just minutes from the breathtaking Alentejo coastline in Portugal, this eco-friendly project encapsulates a vision of conscious tourism and it is a collaboration between desirelines studio and nu-he studio. It offers visitors an opportunity to relax, recharge, and reconnect with nature and the earth. The rural lot features two existing houses, each accompanied by its own orchard, located just a few meters from the main residences. The property also boasts a reservoir and various hiking routes that meander through picturesque paths lined with natural stone pine trees.
As part of an environmentally conscious guest house master plan, an existing water tank and storage construction on the property will be transformed into a charming 1-bedroom... More
Project • By Andrea Jasci Cimini • Marinas
evolving lighthouse
The use of GPS and before the LORAN system led the lighthouse to a slow obsolescence. Those still in operation are controlled remotely or remain active only in particularly delicate nodes for navigation.
They are therefore becoming nostalgic objects from a past in which the sea was a mystery and the lighthouses the guides to return home.
The construction of a lighthouse was a source of pride for a port and a city and represented an identity symbol of an entire community.
Now having lost their primary function, the construction of lighthouses is almost interrupted and one wonders if it will be an architectural typology destined to remain only in the history books of architecture.
In nature only things that do not ev... More