Zig-Zag

This project seeks to discuss how architecture can take a proactive, as opposed to reactive, stance towards climate change, and focuses on new and innovative ways of creating sustainable buildings.

By taking advantage of the geographical location in Maputo, Mozambique, the architecture is shaped to respond to the path of the sun, avoiding direct sunlight indoors and it is cooled down naturally.

By doing this, the geometry of the building directly responds to the climate and uses the high temperatures as an architectural driving force, instead of an obstacle. Every façade is made out of ‘Poly-al’, which is re-used Tetra Pak packaging. Through a heating and compression process, the packaging is upcycled so it can be used as building material. The project is therefore literally made out of trash.