萨克斯工作室决定设计和开发它的第一个垂直可持续建筑，证明在当地经济的限制下，通过大露台和种植，创造一个注重生活质量的建筑在经济上是可行的。
Studio Saxe decided to design and develop its first vertical sustainable building, proving that it is financially viable to create an architecture of value-focused on quality of life through large terraces and planting, within the constraints of the local economy.
概念。萨克斯工作室的第一个垂直开发项目的概念是将典型的花园带到垂直建筑中，提高热带地区已建城市居民的生活质量。自动灌溉系统允许植被在露台上茁壮成长，创造出一种室内外生活的感觉。
Concept. Studio Saxe’s first vertical development was conceptualized as an opportunity to bring the typical garden to vertical construction, increasing the quality of life for inhabitants in built-up cities in the tropics. Automated irrigation systems allow for vegetation to thrive on terraces creating a sensation of indoor-outdoor living.
设计。通过在每一层创造不同的露台，该建筑为每个住宅赋予了个性，使每个公寓即使在内部布局相同的情况下，也能通过从一侧移动到另一侧的露台与外部有不同的、有趣的关系。这不仅使街道上的隐私得到保护，而且还能避免阳光和雨水。
Design. By creating distinct terraces on every level, the building gives personality to each dwelling, allowing for every apartment even when the interior layout is the same to have a diverse and interesting relationship to the outside through terraces that move from side to side. This allows not only privacy in the street but also protection from the sun and rain.
建筑。Gardenia被设想为一个混凝土结构，利用预制技术，给予现场快速组装的能力，从而使单位的成本保持在一个合理的市场价值内。这证实了在一个特定的市场中，有可能拥有大露台、植被、阳伞和许多其他技术，从而将可能的买家的看法带到一个新的标准。
Construction. Gardenia was conceived as a concrete structure that utilized prefabricated techniques, giving the ability to be assembled quickly on-site thus allowing for the cost of the units to remain within a reasonable market value. This confirmed it’s possible to have large terraces, vegetation, parasols, and many other technologies within a specific market thus bringing the perception of the possible buyers to a new standard.
景观。萨克斯工作室的景观设计是创造一个建筑的关键，它不仅将自然景观的野性带到了城市中，而且结合了被动技术，如水收集和其他策略，如灌溉、植物控制和植物生物学。这创造了一个真正的回声系统，多种多样的植物让鸟类和蜜蜂等受威胁的物种成为建筑自然环境的一部分，与人类建立和谐的共存关系。
Landscape. Studio Saxe’s landscape design was key in order to creating a building that not only brings the wildness of the natural landscape to the city but incorporates passive technologies such as water harvesting and other strategies like irrigation, plant control, and plant biology. This created a true echo system with a diverse variety of plants that allow for birds and threatened species such as bees to be part of the building’s natural environment to establish a harmonious coexistence with humans.
室内设计。萨克斯工作室的室内设计部门协调了所有材料、厨房设计、浴室设计以及生活和公共空间，使之与城市热带魅力发展的建筑主题相一致。这种可持续发展和生物气候的设计使材料和颜色由内而外的凝聚在一起，创造了一个和谐的建筑，似乎是由志同道合的人设计的。
Interior Design. Studio Saxe’s interior design department coordinated all materials, kitchen design, bathroom design, and living and communal spaces to be cohesive with the architectural theme of an urban tropical glamorous development. This sustainable and bioclimatic design allowed for the cohesion of materials and colors inside-out creating a harmonious building that seems to be designed by and for people with like-minded interests.
可持续性。Gardenia是通过被动的设计策略来构思的，如温度控制，使交叉通风发生在每个公寓，因此单元之间没有走廊。在一天中的某些时候，大露台可以防止烈日的照射，与阳伞相结合，也可以让碎光渗入并提供温度控制。每个露台上的植被可以让材料迅速冷却下来。建筑内的植物通过特殊的过滤器进行灌溉，这些过滤器收集雨水和居住者使用的回收水，形成一个自我维持的循环。公共区域位于二楼，那里有一个果园，里面有可食用的植物，居住者可以收集起来供个人食用。
Sustainability. Gardenia was conceived through passive design strategies like temperature control allowing cross ventilation to happen throughout each apartment thus not having corridors between units. Large terraces protect from the blazing sun at certain times of the day which are combined with parasols that also allow fractured light to seep through and provide temperature control. Vegetation on every terrace allows for materials to cool down quickly. The plants within the building are irrigated through special filters that collect rain and recycled water used by the dwellers to create a self-sustaining cycle. The common area is located on the second floor which has an orchard with edible plants that the dwellers can collect for personal consumption.
Architects: Studio Saxe
Area : 5544 m²
Year : 2021
Photographs :Elias Porras, Andres Garcia Lachner, Alessandra Tanzi
Builder : Prodeyco
Structural Engineer : Sotela Alfaro LTD
Electromechanical Engineer : CIEM
Landscape : Saxe Landscape
Client : Saxe Development Group
Design Director : Benjamin G. Saxe
City : San José
Country : Costa Rica