Spring 2011 - Cape Verde Experience + Studio [NJ Unaka] Program - A Residence for my Host Family [Paula Ramos] - How do you design for a country that is not native to your own? We were tasked to not only design and create for the people of Cape Verde, but to design as if we were living as Cape Verdians. By living in the country and experiencing daily residential life, I was able to develop design philosophies based on my own experiences
9 | PORTFOLIO
- Cape Verde has a large shipping industry being they are a major importer of goods. This provides shipping containers as a cheap, spacious and plentiful building material. When installed with lighter colors and minor amounts of insulation, the containers reduce heat gain without eliminating the modern aspects of design