HYPER-BENIDORM
Posted in AAP, Architecture on February 24th, 2009 by miriamroureA double-headed goat appears out of the misty dense forest. The by-products of scientific experiments find their place in Hyper-Benidorm - on itself, also an experiment. By exacerbating the differential on population and inhabitation densities (already at record-level in current Benidorm), a series of fantastic environments are able to happen. Due to global warming, Hyper-Benidorm is now an arid place of summer year-round. Giant solar panels and wind turbines expand over the desert and sea to power the desalination plant which provides enough water for the agricultural central-pivot irrigation systems, the extensive golf courses, the never-ending pools and water works, and, of course, the misty dense forest. A constant flux of elderly retired people - also a by-product of our contemporary societies - gathers here for purely hedonistic purposes. In a similar way, families and young adults come looking for its hyper-active, beyond-expected fantastic situations. Although Hyper-Benidorm only exists at the level of the project, its instances are already happening.


