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ECOCUBE IS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY CORK STRUCTURE, SUSTAINABLE, EASY TO CONSTRUCT AND TRANSPORT

April 22, 2015

Eco³, the micro housing that will change the accommodation in the nature tourism

 

Porto, May 6, 2015 - A young architect designed a cube-shaped housing unit, cork covered, of simple and fast execution. Created thereby the Ecocube an architectural and design project that seeks to fulfill shortcomings in the nature tourism accommodation.


The project was born from the hands of the young architect António Fernandes and it is a removable modular housing, functionally flexible and sustainable, with a floor area between 7 and 14sqm. Built with prefabricated elements of simple and fast construction, Ecocube also allows to "express the values ​​of Portugueseness, technological innovation and sustainability", says the architect.


With a customized image, the Ecocube allows to organize and accommodate different types of uses, while shortens the usual bureaucratic process associated with the housing construction. Capable of operating autonomously, the Ecocube takes advantage in a very effective way of the natural existing resources, where tranquility in communion with nature is combined to quality and comfort.


The Ecocube aims to be itself as an ecological and sustainable construction identification brand and simultaneously as a catalyst for places with great tourist potential, in need of infrastructure and support equipment. In this way, Ecocube also provides an opportunity to know another places outside the traditional routes, contributing to the development of local activities and economies.

 

It´s material development counts with the expert knowledge of partners such as the cork company Amorim, the energy efficiency company Edigreen, the ceramic company ARCH Valadares, the leisure company Campilusa and the UPTEC - The Science and Technology Park of the Oporto University. The Ecocube attended for six months the UPTEC Startups Acceleration Program and met the preferences of the jury at the final event of the program, the Startup Pitch Day, being awarded with the honorable mention in the ​​creative industries area.


With Ecocube, you can inhabit nature.