The 3 Suns Reservoir Pool House and Sauna in Tierres Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico was a project driven by the movement of water. It’s phenomenological and physiological presence on site and through the building is a guiding feature in the internal and external components of the program.
As a central component to the program, water became the element in defining the entry and process through the building. Water as a cyclical element passes through various warming and cooling process in the building depending on the program.The pool house responds to climate conditions by using solar exposure and passive solar heat to warm water. Rammed earth masonry was thought of as the building material for its thermal properties as it relates to passive heating and cooling in the building.
