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.