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Pink Polycarbonate Facade With Integrated Windmill for Community Exploration

Author:
Sergio Ramírez hernández
Pink Polycarbonate Facade With Integrated Windmill for Community Exploration

Project in-detail

A vibrant pink polycarbonate structure integrates a windmill for energy efficiency, offering community spaces for reading and interaction amid a playful landscape of imaginative forms.
5 key facts about this project
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A windmill powers LED lighting, reinforcing the project’s sustainability.
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The structure features vibrant pink polycarbonate panels for visual impact.
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Dedicated niches provide spaces for bicycles and reading.
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The design incorporates playful elements like caves and pyramids.
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It emphasizes verticality while maintaining a small footprint.

The design stands in Aguascalientes, México, combining elements of fiction and daily life. It serves multiple purposes, providing spaces for reading, social interaction, and quiet contemplation. The overall concept weaves together various influences from the surrounding landscape, resulting in a structure that encourages exploration and user engagement.

Conceptual Framework

The structure features a variety of shapes, such as mountains, caves, and playful elements like rockets and pyramids. Each of these components contributes to an environment that invites visitors to wander and uncover the stories embedded within its design. This variety fosters a sense of adventure, appealing to both the imagination and the desire for interaction.

Functional Integration

Practicality plays a significant role, with designated areas for bicycles and reading spaces integrated throughout. These features not only cater to individual activities but also promote connections among users. The thoughtful arrangement of these spaces encourages visitors to engage with one another, balancing moments of solitude with social opportunities in a creatively stimulating setting.

Materiality and Sustainability

The project incorporates materials like polycarbonate and plywood panels, chosen for their strength and lightness. These selections support innovative design choices, facilitating easy installation while minimizing environmental impact. Additionally, the windmill provides renewable energy for LED lighting, highlighting a commitment to sustainability throughout the design process.

Visually Distinct Characteristics

The building's design emphasizes verticality, enhancing its visual presence and connection to the urban environment. The choice of a vibrant pink color creates a striking contrast with its surroundings, establishing a strong sense of identity. The combination of varied forms, thoughtful material choices, and eye-catching colors results in a memorable structure that is both engaging and responsive to its context.

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MICROHOME 10: Celebrating Small-Scale Living with €100,000 Prize Fund and Kingspan’s Innovation

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Competition organisers

The MICROHOME 10 competition invites participants to submit visionary designs for off-grid, modular microhomes that push the limits of sustainable, small-scale living. Organised by Buildner in partnership with Kingspan and Hapi Homes, this tenth edition sets the challenge of designing a dwelling for two people within a maximum floor area of 25 m², encouraging bold solutions adaptable to any urban or rural location. The competition continues Buildner’s mission to foster innovative approaches to compact, energy-efficient housing that can address pressing global challenges.

This year’s edition offers a generous total prize fund of €100,000, including the Kingspan Award for designs that integrate high-performance Kingspan products and the Hapi Homes Award for a project selected for real-world construction. In addition to cash prizes, the winners gain international exposure through Buildner’s media partnerships, publications, and a dedicated MICROHOME magazine, further amplifying their ideas to the wider architectural community.

Key dates for MICROHOME 10 include the closing date for registration on 25 September 2025, the submission deadline on 29 October 2025 (11:59 p.m. London time), and the announcement of winners on 9 December 2025. These milestones ensure participants have clear timelines to develop and present their concepts, with early registration discounts available to support students and emerging designers worldwide.

MICROHOME

Design a new small-scale home concept in the 10th edition of MICROHOME — 100,000 € prize + construction

100,000 € Prize Fund / Kingpsan Edition #10 ideas COMPETITION
Prize 100,000 € + Potential realisation
Eligibility Open to all
Final registration deadline 25 September 2025

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