CIRCULAR ECONOMY CENTER1

This project entails the architectural and constructive design of a Circular Economy Center located in Hermosillo, Sonora. This Center will be the headquarters of the Biciclando project; a government-implemented strategy for reactivating the economy of women who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic and are the main source of income for their families, while also promoting green jobs, sustainability and environmental responsibility in the Hermosillo community.

CONTEXT & PROBLEMATICS

The project is located in Colonia Solidaridad, one of the most dangerous and impoverished areas of the city, and also a place where recycling and sustainability culture is not well-known or implemented. According to research data, only 0.5% of collected residues end up in recycling centers in Hermosillo.

TONS 680

Daily Average Of Collected Residues In Herosillo

The Circular Economy Center (CEC) seeks to be both a safe place for women to work in, and a milestone for environmental culture in the state of Sonora.

OF RESIDUES COME FROM RESIDENTIAL SPACES

3.7

74.5% TONS

RESIDUES IN RECYCLING CENTERS

Public restrooms

Workshop classrooms

Electric bikes station

Urban garden

Biciclando headquarters

Kitchen and cafeteria for the community

FLOOR PLAN