Piedras Bayas Beachcamp, Atacama Desert Chile Building Project, Design, Architecture Images
Piedras Bayas Beachcamp, Atacama Desert
Sustainable Tourism in Chile, South America – design by Camilo Moraes Arquitectos
3 Dec 2018
Piedras Bayas Beachcamp, Atacama Desert
Sustainable tourist station
Architects: Camilo Moraes Arquitectos
Location: Atacama Desert, Northern Chile

Photos by Alejandro Galvez & Cristina Ananias
Lodge Piedras Bayas Base Camp, Atacama Desert
Piedras Bayas Beachcamp is an itinerating and sustainable tourism station located in the virgin landscape of the coastal zone of Atacama desert, in northern Chile.

It’s strategy of light structures, integration of local materials, non-contaminant sanitary systems and green- powered facilities is an architectural example of low impact construction for non-intervened natural landscapes.
Context
The Atacama Desert is located within the ?South America arid diagonal?. It is a dry zone and almost never rains. The coast zone has a temperate climate all year. It has a high geological & archaeological content. A place with immense natural landscapes that are still limitedly affected by human action and has no urban planning.

Site plan
In order to maintain privacy, each dome room were separated 50 meters away from each other. This also allows more visible presence of the landscape. Instead of building large volumes, the decision was to build several small buildings, connected through exterior pa...