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ACSA Cote Competition 2021 Submission

Castello Branco, East Portugal
40°02'30.3"N 7°17'04.3"W

Studio Roesling
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Spring 2021
The Spirala Community Home Competition called for submissions for a shared building that will form the heart of the Spirala Ecological Village – a space where community members could gather together and meet for events, workshops, or socializing. It should have both indoor and outdoor spaces for congregating for various purposes throughout the year. As winning designs will be considered for construction, the founders of the ecological village and the jurors sought solutions that would best serve the various needs of the community, while also being examples of green building practices and sustainable design.

In an effort to strengthen the communal bonds of the Spirilla ecological village, the proposed Community Center programmatically supports the inhabitants journey towards self actualization (the fulfillment of one’s talents and potentialities) as they continue to develop within the Spirala Ecological Community. The significance of the individual’s pursuit of SA is based upon the notion that “strong communities are composed of strong individuals,” and as a result, desires to strengthen the communal bonds by first self-initiating a deeper experience into their own self-discovery. The building program is a direct abstraction of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, reorganized into four main categories, and positioned along the main artery of the building, allowing visitors to inhabit these spaces designed for self fulfillment and self-discovery. 





[Left] Event Space [Center] Kitchen [Right] Site Plan Facing North        







(C) Sweeping Stone Wall (D) Discovery Hallway (E) Expression Space 









[Left] “Discovery” Hallway [Right] Site Plan Facing North


(R) Reflection Space (D) Expression Sapce (E) Development Space (P) Kitchen









[Above] - Spirala Comp Submission Board 3/4
[Below] - Spirala Visual, digital collage

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