The planned Karoo Wilderness Center is a natural resource conservation-and-management center in the Karoo region of South Africa. Concrete walls and gum-pole-clad cupped roofs shelter conference areas, residences, lounges, and a theater, among other spaces.
View from the North
View of the Lodge building with the Library to the left.
Site and Floor Plan
The cupped roofs, clad in insulating gum-poles on the underside, define interior spaces such as the lodge.
View into the dining/lounge area
View of study stations in the library.
Potable water is stored in covered tanks in the roof depressions; and the thermal mass helps with radiant hydronic and evaporative cooling in the summer. A heat exchanger conditions water for radiant heating in the winter.
