This time was different. It was not just a visit but a week where things could happen. We were welcomed in Fab Lab Lima by Beno and Delia and we soon met the rest of the team during our stay. Fab Lab Lima had moved from where it was last year, to a very central space…

What we learned in Peru. From Peru

The building that houses UTEC, designed by a non Peruvian firm Grafton architects, has won this year’s International RIBA Award. The building design was selected after an architectural competition and is after the critics the “modern version of Machu Picchu”. Not sure I want to see it this way, knowing its context is a busy…

In Fab Lab Lima Beno and Delia make you feel at home. Vision, current situation of the Fab Labs, our future projects, concerns as well as the level of openess in accessing other Labs,  were a few things that were discussed during these few hours. So I ask Beno what the current situation is with…

A farming lab in 3.500m altitude Winds, stone walls absorbing heat during the day and different shaped terraces form microclimates allowing for cultivation experiments. In the circular shaped area wind does not easily reach the bottom rows, where a jungle humid microclimate is created – a temperature difference between the bottom and top level of…

  HTand made adobe bricks, typical in this rural area for its high thermal mass that helps to moderate the living space temperatures Roof is constructed with hand made clay tiles on the roof, wood, straw.

from colour making to the final piece..

The extraordinary landscape of the terraced salt pools in Maras, that have been providing the valley with salt for years before the Inca period.     Each pool is a polygon shaped approx  4m2 x 30cm deep  and is managed by a local family or community member. About 30 days are needed for the water…

A city that deserves much more than the time I had available to spend there.. I only briefly saw 3 main areas (probably the most touristic ones), and was already taken by its resemblance to some parts of Athens, Greece in terms of climate, outdoor culture, warmth of people, and architecture.