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Underground ecosystem with sunlight

Underground ecosystem with sunlight

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Daylight in buildings - Region 3: The Americas

Students
Melanie Riquelme Rojas
Vania Godoy Rojas
Lucas Ávila Lobos
Melanie Riquelme Rojas

Teacher
Amaya Glaría
Francisco Ibarra

School
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Country
Chile

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The proyect development is based in a future when the solar radiation and the excess light on the surface they will be unsustainable in human habitation and in the development of life. Although we talk within a future, it’s not that far and wild because the indices of radiation inside the earth are alarming. The climate change has greatly affected the development of urban life after the natural disasters and the extreme weather conditions, for this, we approach the proyect in Turkey, specifically in Capadocia, as an example of the development of a life underground. The proposal promotes the development of living underground and creating urban life in these places, this is due to optimal thermal comfort and controlled natural light.For the optimal development of the city, the following factors are taken into account: oxygen, generated through the creation of a large extension of green areas, helping in the optimal development of people in their natural phase. The pipeline of light which is directed at the central base to the park, allows that plants manage to capture the spectrum of visible light to generate photosynthesis. And the others pipeline will feed the houses that are around. The outer dome catch the ligth during the course of the day, and through the duct the light is directed by reflection. A filter is integrated into this to protect the place from UV rays and finally the light arrives and is distributed through the diffuser.Due to the need of shelter and protection, people will come up with a new way of occupying cities through a subsoil for the development of urban life. Segregation of urban expansion, congestion and extreme climatic conditions will encourage underground cities to be a valid possibility to continue growing.