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A collective garden designed specifically to provide a cooling climate and reduce summer heat stress for the inhabitants of the housing project.
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The dry banks of the Palasë River delta offer no refuge from the sweltering summer heat.
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Private terraces look out onto the cooling courtyard garden, with the Ionian Sea as a backdrop.
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Walking paths and water features make the transition between different terrain levels seamless.
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Each courtyard has its own distinct vegetation character that contributes to the local ecology.
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The mixture of different plants responds to the specific shading of each zone within the courtyard, ensuring an optimal planting distribution.
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Four cooling strategies are simultaneously deployed to naturally cool the gardens: shading, evaporation, ventilation and radiation cooling.
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Private terraces look out onto the cooling courtyard garden, with the Ionian Sea as a backdrop.
