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The following text and images
are courtesy architects Shai
Yeshayahu-Sharabi
and Maria Del Vera. Click on images - by Lider Garcia and Shai
Y-Sharabi - for larger views.
The occasion to build on the Pacific
Coast at -1º lat. 81º long. and present the city and
our client with a constructive solution that safeguards the coast's
finite resources was an inaugural moment for the region and our
work. It ignited a rigorous analysis of the site's specificities,
indistinctive of country, yet very distinctive of it's local
geodetic address, revealing that prolonged droughts, extended
rain periods, excessive heat waves, strong oceanic winds and
constant tectonic movements are the most impacting elements that
deform local terrain. Consequently, being site specific in geophysical
terms confronted us with the realization that at Alta Mar, a
fusion of diverse building methodologies utilizing imported,
conventional, and local technologies would allow for the simultaneous
coexistence of independent and dependent systems to define the
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