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Eco-park zone with biomorphic research domes, reforestation belts, and public trails at Lurín Eco-Industrial Park.

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Resetting the Blueprint — Building A Circular Economy through Metabolic Design

Posted by Carlos Arnaiz

As the world increasingly faces environmental challenges, CAZA embraces the new wave of Metabolic Design—a vision rooted in renewal and responsibility.

Aerial panorama of CAZA’s LIC Oyster—mixed-use towers and mid-rises with green roofs on the Queens waterfront.

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Eco-Industrialization

Posted by Carlos Arnaiz

Our communities have always been mixed-use. Environmental volatility requires more from our settlements. They need to be both diverse and compact.

Aerial dusk view of serrated metal pavilions encircling a preserved house on a hillside, with a glass block and city skyline beyond.

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Regenerative Health

Posted by Carlos Arnaiz

We are living longer. Scientific breakthroughs are coming faster. The prospect of actively aging communities with unique needs is a challenge we have not faced.

Parametric Design

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Parametric Design

Posted by Carlos Arnaiz

Architects have always been modular builders. We operate in a finite world with limited resources. The economics of time privileges efficiency.

Daytime aerial view of La Vega resort with villas, spa, and restaurant set in lush forest

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Metabolic Architecture

Posted by Carlos Arnaiz

Architecture transforms nature. Every building takes away and gives back to the earth. Construction, at its most elemental, is the process of extracting raw materials to remake them into structures we can use every day.

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