2016 OLYMPIC HARBOUR. RIO DO JANEIRO MUNICIPALITY
Question. The best proposal with the scale and density that we, the winner of the competition, have, should have few errors?
Answer. Yes
Question. The decisions should be taken by the own project, by the city, by its programs, by the sun and the winds?
Answer. Yes
Question. Does the architect must keep his protagonism, his subjectivism, in these projects?
Answer. Yes
Question. Is it the most important aspect in housing to configure a nice neighborhood, safe, green, where people want to live?
Answer. Yes
Question. Is it very, very important, that the distance between facades is maximum and also (making town) with streets, activity in ground floor, life?
Answer. Yes
Question. Should these ground floors have a "hybrid" use with commerce, offices, cinemas use?
Answer. Yes
Question. Would you like to achieve in that neighborhood 'clear' zones, public boulevards with large trees and private courtyards, "safe", also wooded, to leave your kids to play or sports, who look at the streets?
Answer. Yes
Pregunta. The best garage is beneath your house, mostly above ground to be cheaper, and it does not show that "car store" to the city?
Answer. Yes
Question. Would you chose the north-south orientation for housing blocks, so there are no better houses than other ones, that if one looks sideways can see the sea and enjoy its breezes?
Answer. Yes
Question. Does the 5 * hotel, the exhibition center, fair, convention should form a whole piece and some situations to remember that visit in Rio?
Answer. Yes
Question. ¿To the office building for different companies would not want to be located as close as possible to the street Vicalho General and the canal, be the most visible from the street?
Answer. Yes
Question. ¿At 5 * hotel would like to have all the rooms orientated to the north and all looking at the sea and having their common areas inserted in a forest?
Answer. Yes
Question. ¿The center of exhibitions and fair, wouldn't it prefer to be clear, versatile, with the least possible pillars, with a hidden vehicles, with an area of woodland meeting, controlled, with restaurants and activity ?
Answer. Yes
Question. Rio de Janeiro, this piece of city, would like to be the avant-garde in the use of resources, be the world No. 1 in the zero energy balance approach, in a green neighborhood, full of trees?
Answer. Yes
Question. Do you think that using the roofs of the exhibitions center and fairs for installing solar thermal and photovoltaic panels the demands of domestic hot water in the hotel and office can sustain and send energy to the public grid that could be returned?
Answer. Yes
Question. Do you think that the management plan Puerto Maravilla is sensible and should be respected as far as possible?
Answer. Yes
DATA:
Architects: José María de Lapuerta, Paloma Campo
Brazil co-author Mauro Neves Nogueira
Team: Jorge Herrero Romera, Architect. / Moranta Luis Sastre, Architect. / Elena Medina Tejeiro Architect. / Sergio del Castillo, Architect. / Marta Renom, Architect. / Alberto Garcia, Interior Architect
Other Contributors: Marta Well, sustainability Architect / Jeremy King, Architect. / Marcelina Kitlas, Architect. / Li Dong, Architect. / Alexandros Fotakis, Architect.