Refuge
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Project • By Quinzhee Architecture • Private Houses
Peace
Peace is a rustic retreat located on a wooded and sloping terrain near the summit of Le Maelström Mountain in Lac-Beauport. Serving as both the starting and ending point for several hiking trails developed directly on the vast site, it is the ideal refuge for outdoor enthusiasts.
Adrien Williams
Adrien Williams
Adrien Williams
The project revolves around the meeting of two volumes with complementary functions. The first, a metal volume clad in eastern townshipper tiles, rises over three levels to house the interior spaces, along with a rooftop terrace with a spa. Its profile adapts to the site’s natural slope, forming a parallelogram shape that, with its generous parapets, shields the spa from wind and prying eyes... More
Project • By Rubén Rivera Peede • Private Houses
Pollux Refuge
In Patagonia, Aysén, on a narrow rural terrain of 200 x 30 meters, located on Lake Pollux southeast of Coyhaique City, the Pollux Refuge is located, designed for family and recreational rest; on holidays, weekends and fishing seasons, which is one of the main activities of the place, due to the presence of salmonid species such as “Rainbow Trout”.
Rubén Rivera Peede
Rubén Rivera Peede
The unique characteristic of the land - which runs from southeast to northwest in its longest stretch - is its dense lenga forest, from the top of its topography and its beautiful arrival to the shores of the lake, a determining factor when siting the project, defining itself as an articulating element betwee... More
Project • By Andrea Jasci Cimini • Laboratories
antarctic outpost
Following the signing of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959, the scientific and explorative interest of the last continent discovered by man was renewed. In recent years, also due to climate change and the growing interest of the international community, research expeditions in Antarctica have exponentially increased.
Like the wild west of the nineteenth century, this is the new frontier.
Most of the Antarctic bases are on the coast, but explorations are intensifying within the continent. Difficult and risky missions that have a high scientific value.
The project of Shared Antarctic Outpost, aims to be a point of connection and stopover on long journeys from one base to another and a temporary and removable research station.As an oasis in the... More