The project represents an innovation in the daily work of the group. During its development, we worked alongside the community in a series of collective design workshops to better understand their work flow, traditions, needs, and expectations, starting with group dynamics and collective drawing exercises.
The ground floor is organized in a sequence of production areas according to the workflow: Shop, office, babassu drying area, toilets, storerooms, pulp extraction area, collective babassu breaking area, kitchen, and raw material sanitizing tanks. In parallel, the self-supporting structure defines the working spaces, consisting of a sequence of covered and uncovered patios and community meeting spaces. A second independent structure to support the roof was built using local wood authorized by IBAMA (The Brazilian Institute of Natural Renewable Resources).

This double covering offers better thermal comfort conditions, ensuring permanently shaded and ventilated areas. It also provides a protected building site that ensures continuity throughout the different stages of the construction process. First the foundations were laid, then the roof was constructed, thus providing a protected area on the building site for the manufacturing of compressed earth bricks on-site during the rainy season, and finally self-supporting masonry modules. The roof includes gutters to capture rainwater as well as a sewage and greywater treatment systems, using a biodigester septic tank (for sewage) and a banana plantation circle (for greywater). All these techniques were discussed and disseminated within the community, encouraging their replicability to achieve a greater positive environmental impact that goes beyond the project itself.