The Voxel Quarantine Cabin

Designing Matter, Energy and sustainability, IAAC, Low Density, Project

Architecture&nature, Barcelona, Biodiversity, Biomaterial, Circular design, Climate change, COVID-19, Cross Laminated Timber, Ecological design, Energy flow, Health crisis, Industrialization, Materials, Metabolism, Optimized living, Project, Raw materials, Self-sufficiency, Spain, Sustainable, Thermal comfort, Timber, Upcycling, Water, Wood, Zero-waste

The Voxel is a project developed by the team of students and researchers of the Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings and Biocities (MAEBB) of the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) which takes place at Valldaura Labs, under the direction of Daniel Ibáñez and Vicente Guallart.

The Voxel is a prototype of an advanced ecological building constructed with natural km.0 materials and industrialized techniques in the natural park of Collserola (Barcelona, Spain). The project proposes a space for confinement as an architectural solution to the COVID-19 pandemic.