The new treatment center overlies a landfill that had almost reached full capacity. Instead of walking away from that now damaged land, the designers took the utmost care to integrate new environmental services into the old facility. A long roof pocked with circular patches of indigenous plant species and occasionally earth and gravel makes the Waste Treatment Center barely visible from the surrounding landscape.
Called a CTRV in Spanish, the Battle i Roig project also receives all of its water from rainwater collection, and biogas produced by the original waste provides the facility’s requisite energy. Large skylights punctuate the roof as well, flooding the center with daylighting and further reducing the energy load. For their amazing work, Batlle i Roig won the World Production, Energy and Recycling building of the year from the 2011 World Architecture Festival.
images via Francisco Urrutia
Via Designboom
Source / Fuente: hwww.stumbleupon.com
Author / Autor: Tafline Laylin
Date / Fecha: 14/11/11
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