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The rector of the University of Malaga, Adelaida de la Calle, was responsible for opening, last week, on the campus of Teatinos Botanical Garden Building, a building of innovative design, whose construction was entirely based on the use of materials Recycling and the greatest possible respect to the environment.

The project is located within the experiences that are taking place in the field of research and innovation for sustainable building and urban planning.

The new service building of the Botanical Garden of the University of Málaga constructively characterized by a structural and cladding system based on shipping containers after use.

In total, 31 containers have been used a great resistance, as each can support up to 38 tons of cargo.

The use of recycled materials, mainly from demolition, has been directed primarily to the foundation and cladding of the facades, the building distributed on two floors.

Through this solution is to a responsible and rational use of existing resources with the least possible environmental impact. Not only is recycled material, steel cut in different arrangements and thickness, but, fundamentally, their design used to optimize the material itself.

Aesthetically, given its proximity to the Botanical Garden of the UMA, the outside has been solved with an allegory of the four seasons. This has got a touch of originality and a break from the conventional image of the facades of the centers.

It is, in short, a totally green building in which to irrigation water comes from rainwater.

Supporting criteria considered were:

• how to join the site, design space
• contribution to climate change, CO2 consumption amortized
• variation of the natural cycle of water, collected in cisterns for irrigation of the garden,
• modification of the materials cycle, dry masonry, and
• quality of living space, study of visual comfort.

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