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Ursprungsplan
600 mm 800 mm 1000 mm 1200 mm 1400 mm 1600 mm Factory location Climate border Subtropic part 1800 mm PARAGUAY Asunción Caaguazú districtArea where the Stevia is grown Cuital del Este
Factory
Asuncion Brasil
Argentina National roads
Caaguazú district Percipitation borders
Population density Bolivia 9 5 10 12 8 7 3
Cuidal del Este
600 mm 800 mm 1000 mm 1200 mm 1400 mm 1600 mm Factory location Climate border Subtropic part 1800 mm PARAGUAY Asunción Caaguazú district
Area where the Stevia is grown Cuital del Este
Factory
Asuncion Brasil
Argentina National roads
Caaguazú district Percipitation borders
Population density Bolivia 9 5 10 12 8 7 3
Cuidal del Este
Factory in Caaguazú
City of Caaguazú
River Guaragua
Pan American Highway #7
GENERAL TRANSFORMATION
BACKGROUND CONTEXT
LAYOUT TRANSFORMATION
Addition
STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
View from the entrance
Transforming an old factory to a modern refinery
Keep the loadbearing structure
The loadbearing concrete column, beams and slabs is kept and the old bricks are recy-cled and used as inner walls where there is a other surface material, eg. in the laboratory, refinery and kitchen.
Reuse the old factory
The old factory is a factory built in 1970 and a typical example of the rational modern american factory typology. The offices are placed next to general open flexible process halls. This layout is still usefull for the new refinery. What needs to be improved is the natural light, ventilation, shaded areas and cooling.
General task
The task is to transform an old brewery and Coca Cola factory in Caaguaú, Paraguay to a modern sustainable Refinery for Stevia which is a new natural sweetener for the international market. A part of the project is to help poor farmers in the countryside of Paraguay to earn their own money by growing Stevia and sell to the factory.
Paraguay
Paraguay is a republic in central South America and bordering countries of Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil. The country has a population of around 6.5 million inhabitants, of whom the majority live in the south. The country’s capital city is Asuncion with approximately 519 000 inhabitants in 2007, the entire metropolitan area including suburbs has about 1.87 million inhabitants.
Caaguazú
The location is a disused brewery in the dis-trict Caaguazú about 180 km east of the capital, Asuncion. The building is strategically located near the Pan American Highway 7 that con-nects the capital with the neighboring district’s provincial capital and the country’s second city Cuidad del Este.
TRANSFORMATION METHOD
Reuse the loadbearing structure
Since the layout of the old plant is useful for the new refinery and the quality of the loadbearing structure is acceptable, it´s rational to keep the slabs and loadbearing column and beams. The walls doesn´t fulfill the demands considering climate aspects and comfort and are therefore downmounted and the old bricks are recycled and used in inner walls where there is a other surface material, eg. in the laboratory, refin-ery and kitchen.
New layout like a wineyard
A new entrance is located at the center of the site with a new main road as a central axis. The factory will be surrounded by Stevia plants and walls with irrigation.
Granular and the reality
It is a Swedish company named Granular with founder Carl Horn that has initiated the idea of a refinery in Paraguay. They have bought this piece of land in Caaguazú, Paraguay to build the Ste-via refinery. The real facts from this project is the background of my final thesis. The reality has no influence of my work which is done completely independent with tutorial from my tutor Markus Aerni.
New layout
New entrance
New exit at the former entrance Green houses 1 Ha
Shaded area 2 Ha
Addition recreation restaurant New open entrance
New void for more daylight Stevia mother plantation Shaded central communication Loading zone
Central street on the site
Building features
New roof with skylight
New light colored brick facades Perforated shading brick wall Water collection 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 1 3 4 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 10 11 9 9 8 8 8 15 14 13 12 12 2 PARAGUAY Brazil Bolivia Argentina
Asunción Factory in CaaguazúCuidal del Este
Pan American highway #7 Sau Paulo
