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SELF-SUSTAINING ECO VILLAGE, TOWN HALL & FLOATING ECO HOUSE

EMPORDÀ GREEK ECO VILLAGE COMPETITIONS

SUSTAINABLE ECO VILLAGE

Empordà takes its name from Empúries, the first Ancient Greek settlement in the Iberian peninsula, located just south of the Aiguamolls de l'Empordà or the "Emporda Wetlands".

The Emporda Wetlands are one of the most important wetland habitats in Spain. They are rich in biodiversity and have been heavily impacted by tourism and construction in the last few decades.

We believe humans and nature can both coexist and benefit each other. This is why we have designed our most ambitious set of competitions yet, where we explore how humans should live within and alongside nature. We expect all proposals to consider not only minimal-impact designs and sustainable construction methods, but also demonstrate a self-sufficient and eco positive lifestyle that benefits the surrounding environment.

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EMPORDÀ BRIEFS

Create a single image, visual, drawing that best illustrates your proposal for each the Eco-Village within the wetlands of Empordà. Using the briefs that are given, describe to us how this village will look and how you imagine the eco-village within just a single image!

Use this mini challenge to test your creativity, practice visual software skills and expand your portfolio.

1. Self-Sustaining Eco Village

2. Town Hall

3. Floating Eco House

4. Site Analysis

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Empordà Polis - Self-Sustaining Eco Village Competition

Challenge: to design a self-sufficient eco village in the protected wetlands of Empordà.

This design challenge asks for a fully self-sustaining eco village that will sit peacefully within the site and allow both humans and nature to share the same space and revolutionises the way we live - providing a fully independent and minimal impact lifestyle, while retaining the comforts and technologies of modern day life.

The challenge is to work with this incredible landscape to produce lightweight and undetectable buildings that bond humans and nature. We expect to see environmentally-conscious structures that set a precedent for what sustainable architecture should look like. We expect you to consider every aspect of the design and building process: the materials to be used, their sourcing, how they will be taken to the site, how the buildings will be erected without disturbing the local nature, how the village will be self-sustaining, how the village will benefit the surrounding nature.

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Empordà Agora - Town Hall Competition

Challenge: The Town Hall should contain a communal, multifunctional space, an information/visitor point and a small cafe.

The idea of this competition is to create a unique, site-specific design that responds to this special setting and the natural changes that occur within.

The building will be made up of a communal, multifunctional space capable of hosting markets, school groups, small theatre and music productions and political and cultural gatherings, as well as a variety of other community interest activities.

It will also contain an information/visitor point and a small cafe selling local produce.

This competition takes inspiration from the nearby Ancient Greek settlement of Empúries. The name Empordà is a derivative of Empúries meaning "the markets" and the Agora, in ancient Greek cities, a meeting space for various community activities.

The proposed building should be a combination of these ancient ideologies and hold an architectural interest in its own right as an individual and memorable space, capable of attracting visitors from outside the immediate community to venture inside and take part in any local activities.

A good design must focus on the functionality of the architecture and interact with the natural flora and fauna, blurring the lines between outside and inside, connecting visitors to nature within this incredible, utopian setting.

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Empordà Domus - Floating Eco House Competition

Challenge: to design a floating house, which can be incorporated in the Self-Sufficient Eco Village Competition.

A successful design will demonstrate how the specifics of the site have been considered, including the rise and fall of the water and how this will be achieved without stopping the flooding and therefore impacting the ecology of the landscape.

We are looking for a groundbreaking and unprecedented concept for a new way of living with a design that promotes sustainable, minimal impact architecture that meets its social purpose and combines a less straining, primitive lifestyle with the comfort and convenience of modern day technologies. The form of the structure is open to interpretation, and we encourage designers to be creative and think of innovative solutions to the question of ‘how do we live?’.

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Flora & Faunal information

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