Bio-arquitectura
Calle Astros, MZA 11, LT 4, SM 41 77507 Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico

BOTANIC CENTER by @vincentcallebautarchitectures Built in 1977, the Botanic Center looks vertically unfinished today. With its 274 identical, ornamental concre...te modules typical of the modern period, the façade doesn't reflect the birth name of the building, related to the nearby Jardin Botanique (botanical garden). The proposed concept is to "bloom" the existing building, in the botanical, flowering sense of the word. Planter beds and a web of cables act as substrate, dressing the mineral façade with a vegetal envelope that regroups the entire range of the flora endemic to the Brussels area. At the top of the building, a "Chrysalis" made of wood and steel deploys its curves to offer panoramic views to tenants and visitors, while echoing the large, Xaveer De Geyter-designed circular canopy that now covers the Place Rogier. #architecture #clt #wood #refurbishment #circulareconomy #sustainability #greenfacade #greenarchitecture #solarpower #solarsystem #renewableenergy #windturbine #biomimicry #organic #design #brussels #belgium #crosslaminatedtimber #rooftop #urbanfarming #agriculture #landscape See more