Projects
2026
Sala de Sombra
A Cooling Corridor
Logroño, Spain • Collaboration with Mahwish Khalil + Liam Martin / Superinfra
Sala de Sombra proposes a modular cooling corridor that functions as a shaded civic space within the city; A continuous sequence of inhabitable microclimates are designed to mitigate heat while supporting collective use of public space. Rather than a singular object, the project operates as an adaptable system that can extend and reorient in response to different urban conditions.By framing shade and cooling as collective spatial resources, The pavilion transforms thermal comfort into a shared urban benefit: an architecture of coexistence for a warming built environment.
The combined interaction of shade, greenery, porosity, and moisture generates a thermal gradient along the length of the installation. Thermal comfort is achieved through a coordinated set of passive strategies. Shading is provided by the structural geometry and suspended canopy, while ventilation is facilitated through the open-ended corridor and calibrated gaps between structural and vegetated elements, allowing cooler air to circulate through the space. Vegetation contributes to respiration and evaporative cooling at the scale of the body through integrated planters and green panels.
Sala de Sombra is conceived as a reconfigurable and replicable system. The structure can be extended or reduced to suit site-specific conditions, with a six-bay configuration corresponding to 30 plywood panels. At the end of a season, the modules are completely demountable, and the system can be assembled and reconfigured again in varying lengths, densities, and orientations, enabling adaptation to multiple urban contexts.
fig.1 Isometric view: multiple-sheet canopy
fig.2 Interior corridor
fig.3 Isometric view: single-sheet canopy
fig.4 Material axonometric
fig.5 Aggregate plan + section: the installation reduces ambient air temperatures by approximately 4°C and temperatures within the shaded structure by up to 15°C relative to surrounding unshaded conditions during summer months.