Zaha Hadid Architects are working hand-in-hand with the London based structural and civil engineering consultants AKT II and Hilson Moran to present to you one of their latest works: the Roatán Próspera Residences.
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Bringing the vision into reality
ZHA, in partnership with AKT II and Hilson Moran, have developed a virtual architectural platform to allow future residents to create their own homes for Roatán Próspera. Zaha Hadid Architects’ Roatán Próspera Residences is a customizable residential community intended for the Caribbean island Roatán, envisioned in accordance with the culture, ecological and social climates, and the topography of the island.
The architectural firm intends on starting work on the Roata?n Pro?spera housing complex later this year. The complex consists of large, modular timber-framed residences, surrounded by spacious terraces, with curved palapa roofs overhead. The design of the units is a tribute to the traditional building techniques of the surrounding areas, making the design the perfect fusion between the traditional and the progressive. Zaha Hadid Architects bore in mind the fact that Roatán is the largest island of the Bay Islands of Honduras and therefore requires particular care in visualizing the design. They merged the traditional Roatánian use of timber in construction along with a progressive approach to spatial and climatic appropriateness to design a structure that can withstand the hars...