Desert Incubator

Desert Incubator is a project set in Spain's Tabernas Desert, the hottest and driest region in Europe. Conditions here make it favorable for year round crop production and as a result the environment is completely littered with greenhouses. This poses environmental, social and political concerns and at the same time huge financial benefit.

The project explores new ways in which to develop this greenhouse infrastructure in a completely self-sustaining, efficient, way.

The three designs look at different relationships between living and farming spaces. A intricate desalination system is also integrated into the development.

The project also explores the potential for parametric design to construct a one-to-one relation between environmental forces, building form and energy performance.