Project Location: Peru

Urum

What can a new community do for its ecosystem and its people?

This new community in the north of Peru is designed to conserve the landscape it is set in while promoting resiliency and sustainable growth. Rooted in a deep analysis of the area’s topology, vegetation, and hydrological flows, the project will develop less than 5% of the land, leaving the rest as a natural preserve.

Each of the structures is designed as a discreet insertion into the land that works with existing natural cycles, strengthening the ecosystem while offering residents a place that fosters regenerative health and keeps them in close contact with their surroundings. Through subtle distributive networks of resources and infrastructure, Urum balances human habitation with environmental stewardship.

Site plan of 21 villas within a forested peninsula, with shared garden, trails, and panoramic hotspot.
Urum
Cross-section diagrams showing elevation, dry-forest buffer zones, and villa placement across the site.
Urum

Lurin Eco-Industrial Park

How can an eco-industrial park forge a community?

Eco-industrial parks (EIPs) are an economic development model based on cooperation to increase productivity, improve resource management, and enhance environmental sustainability. While there are over 300 EIPs in operation worldwide, none exist yet in Peru.

Close aerial of Lurín Eco-Industrial Park with terraced buildings, solar-ready roofs, tree-lined streets, and desert hills
Lurin Eco-Industrial Park
Site strategy layers—elements, green system, and regional context—guiding the Lurín Eco-Industrial Park master plan.
Lurin Eco-Industrial Park

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Site layers
The Lurin EIP masterplan superimposes a layer that encourages community building and innovation, generating a green network across the entire area. Designed with parametric design tools to adapt to the site’s unique topography and climate, the plan optimizes spatial efficiency and ecological performance.

Our design for the Lurin Eco-Industrial Park integrates nearly 400 hectares of industrial areas with a green network of roads and parks that function as a waste-to-energy system to reduce pollution and recycle surplus manufacturing waste. The masterplan develops a series of modular concentric rings that integrate with the existing topography. Each ring connects to an interlocking chain of bio-based facilities and industrial zones that manage energy, water, waste, and services—demonstrating principles of metabolic architecture.

Industrial symbiosis diagram mapping resource sharing, reuse, reforestation, and common services across the park.
Lurin Eco-Industrial Park

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Symbiotic community
Industrial, commercial, and community areas are considered as a whole, ensuring a balance that enhances environmental, economic, and social performance while promoting resiliency through shared infrastructure and distributed systems.

Ultimately, the aim is to let clients be more than just tenants and instead become members of a community that helps Peru grow responsibly and inclusively, improving regenerative health for people and ecosystems alike.

Planned for sustainability
Lurin Eco-Industrial Park allows businesses to cooperate to reduce waste and pollution, efficiently share resources, help achieve sustainable development, increase economic gains, and improve environmental quality through an integrated, eco-industrialization framework.

Close aerial of Lurín Eco-Industrial Park with terraced buildings, solar-ready roofs, tree-lined streets, and desert hills
Lurin Eco-Industrial Park
Eco-park zone with biomorphic research domes, reforestation belts, and public trails at Lurín Eco-Industrial Park.
Lurin Eco-Industrial Park

Lima Gallery

How can a sea urchin inspire the design of a private residential complex and public art center?

Lima Gallery reimagines the relationship between living spaces, art, and nature by combining a private residential community with one of Lima’s most important avant-garde galleries. Set dramatically along the cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the design balances urban density and organic inspiration through a careful application of modular and metabolic architecture principles.

We consider each project on its own terms and develop tailored responses. Learn about our vision and mission.

The building is organized as a modular grid of residential units, optimizing construction efficiency and spatial flexibility. A network of private terraces radiates from the grid in a configuration inspired by the sea urchin, introducing an organic, parametric texture to the otherwise rectilinear structure. This intricate design not only livens the building’s silhouette but also maximizes daylight, ventilation, and privacy for each unit—hallmarks of energy-efficient planning.

On the ground floor, the gallery extends into an open-air courtyard that wraps around an outdoor exhibition space. Designed to moderate Lima’s desert-like climate, the concrete material of the courtyard acts as a thermal mass, keeping the space comfortable year-round. The public areas invite visitors into an immersive artistic experience while seamlessly connecting to the residential components above.

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At the rear, a series of balconies frame mountain views while ensuring the privacy of residents. Throughout, parametric design tools informed the placement of terraces, balconies, and shading devices, creating a dynamic façade that responds to the site’s unique environmental conditions.

Lima Gallery stands as an example of how art, community, and architecture can coexist, demonstrating the potential of metabolic and modular design strategies to shape a vibrant, sustainable urban future.