Rifugio

rifugio

Imagine starting over from scratch.

A real vision.

Opera Campi Refuge is a country developed starting from 2060, located in the hills of Parma. The planet has been shaken by catastrophic events arising from global warming. Although widely predicted, only the reality of the facts has led people to a drastic social, economic, lifestyle change. From water and energy needs, to house design, to people's wellbeing. With the collaboration of some brilliant architects, we have developed everything.

No impossible concepts, No mars expeditions, everything seems a real possible future.

chapter 0

introduction

Opera Campi Rifugio is a little town developed starting from 2060, located in the hills of Parma. The planet has been devastated by catastrophic events resulting from global warming. Although widely predicted, only the reality of the facts led people to a drastic social, economic, lifestyle change. Digital and electronics have become 'classic' technologies: they have stopped because they have reached their maturity. Agriculture and biotechnologies, on the other hand, are the protagonists of this future, where every people has a goal: the self-sufficiency of water, food, energy, even at the cost of compressing the economy and well-being.

And it is precisely the concept of Well-being that changes, the 'drug' that led to levels of consumption unbearable for our planet. Well-being, stress, the value of a person today depend on the ability to consume intelligently, from self-sufficiency, from being able to create social circles without resorting to the use of digital, whose excessive use has been certified as negative on demographics and progress. A future that combines the serenity of the past with a more intelligent use of modern technology.

chapter 1

Water

Why is water a problem of the future? Global warming has already been shown to increasingly alternate periods of drought with periods of heavy rain. Therefore, the problem is not the long-term scarcity of water, but its efficient collection in the short term.

It is essential to collect every millimeter of water that falls from the sky. The most efficient way is to exploit all the hilly landscapes to channel the water into abundant tanks that transport it to the underground piping system. This system provides 35% of the water supply.

A series of large, elegantly designed condensation sheets are laid out on the hills during the wetter seasons. These sheets are made from advanced hydrophilic materials to maximize dew collection. The system can either collect water or contribute to the irrigation of greenhouses. This system provides at least 5% of the water requirement.

In the plains, it is crucial to collect residual water through an advanced system of elegant wells that gather water from depths between 30 and 100 meters. The wells contribute to providing 35% of the water supply.

The water collection system prioritizes the fields, where there are tanks from which the necessary water for irrigation is drawn. Each element is made of extremely durable and aesthetic metals like corten.

The water requirement of the village is extremely optimized. Technology helps to monitor the state of the fields in real time and automatically irrigates with the minimum necessary amount of water through a drip system.