Project Description
This project is part of the Apan Housing Laboratory, which is featured in the August 2019 issue of ARCHITECT.
FROM THE ARCHITECTS:
Understanding housing in Mexico as partly an infrastructural problem, defined by the precarious access to basics like potable water and electricity, this proposal imagines a CMU and cast-concrete water tower or tank house. Basic units are equipped with underground and elevated water-storage tanks that hold enough water to meet the weekly intake of 160 people (35 families).
Notes: Capable of storing and distributing water to up to 35 residences, of greatest significance in this project is its social-infrastructural contribution. Scaling up vernacular, rooftop water storage—that is, tinaco—the unit’s primary element is its particular contents; the urban impact of traditional rooftop water tanks is similarly exaggerated in the monumental verticality of this four-storey water tower. Reflecting its social-infrastructural origin, this unit is only duplicated with an increase in communal needs or an expansion of its distribution network.
Project Details:
State: Campeche
Municipality: Champoton
Climate: Warm humid
Constructed Surface: 61.20 M2
Floor-to-ceiling height: 3.15–4.10 M
Roof Type: Flat
Orientation: N–S–E–W
Growth Option(s): Interior
Wall Type: CMU
Floor Type: Exposed Concrete Slab
Structure: CMU; Concrete Slab and Joists
Roofing: Concrete Slab
Details: Cedar Doors and windows
Finishes: Whitewash or Lime Paint
Project Credits:
Project: The Water Tower by Zooburbia for Apan Housing Laboratory
Architects: Zooburbia