Luca Curci architects studio presents Desert City, a project proposal for a sustainable way to live the desert. The project was born from the interpretation of border’s concept, conceived not only as a line which divides 2 places but, at the same time, as a conjunction point between private and public space. The project aims to create a lifestyle characterized by energy saving, resources streamlining, respect of nature and human relationship enhance. It proposes a community based on new characteristics and social identities, a social-economic model aimed to cooperation and people participation. Sustainable Communities.
Desert City is an aggregation of communities which aim to reach a social development respecting the resources and characteristics of environment in which they live. The buildings will be made by natural eco-compatible materials from the surrounded area of construction.
Furthermore the project aims to optimize the use of desert’s elements, sun and wind, for energy supply. There will be a sustainable water consumption thanks to the reuse of waste water, rainwater recovery and production of drinking water desalinated with solar energy. Waste will be reused by recycling and composting.
