Ricardo Martinez, MCH2021, México

Ricardo Martínez MAS in Collective Housing
UPM · ETH Zurich
2021
Madrid
A Collection of Habitable Endeavors

This is José Antonio Gallego. @joseantoniogall
I don’t really know him, but I sort of feel I do.
A few months ago I came across his photographic work, which despite being amateur,
show a sensitivity that captivated me.In addition to being a talented photographer, he
is an opinionated critic, a beer enthusiast and according to his own description on
twitter, (quoting Beckett) he is an un-talented man to find happiness.
Between him and me, I find more than one thing in common.
Here he poses for himself in his apartment at number 10 of Maria Teresa Saenz De
Heredia street in Las Ventas area of Madrid. He appears hiding his face in a Mexican
wrestling mask, while he struggles to understand a book on algorithms.
In addition to our size, I see myself reflected in this man who protected by a cultural veil,
tries to understand the complex task not of algorithms; but of designing quality
housing from multiple contexts around the world, without having much idea of it, but
with the will to share an opinion about everything.
Therefore I claim, this is also Me.

Madrid
As in many other cities in the world, the housing situation in
Madrid is very complex; and largely due to a voracious real estate
market, deeply alienated from cultures and societies.
It is again José Antonio, who narrates this phenomenon through
his lens. I seem to hear him tell the story about that last time he
visited “La Elipa" market across his appartment, just a few days
ago, as he had been doing for almost 50 years.

A collection of habitable endeavors
Housing architecture is one of the most complex expressions of
our discipline. It is true that creating livable spaces is in itself a
great responsibility based on the great scope that said space
can have in a community and cities, but it is even more so, when
these spaces impact the life of a speciﬁc group of people during
all the days of their lives.
It is mainly because of this that it seems impossible to achieve
the housing ideals in the housing exercises shown here. Exerci-
ses that were developed, at most, over a couple of weeks.
But that does not seem to be what is important in this collection
of efforts, but the variety of concepts, tools and ideas that we
were able to share among such a talented group with so many
multicultural backgrounds. I am talking about projects whose
development seems to be in very young stages, but which
always show honesty and affection in every line drawn.
If this comes to your hands, I invite you to enjoy it without
much commitment; but if with curiosity. Curiosity in itself is
the most genuine expression of creativity.

LIVING CELLS
p 18
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The proposal consists on modular cells,
not only inhabitable, but alive.
Every module works in more than one
way and for a multiplicity of users. Just
as a cell would do when born in different
parts of a living being.
A light and flexible system, that easily
lands upon a dense urban context.
Workshop 01
Amann · Cannovas · Maruri
Domesticity & the Public Condition
RHEP
p 32
2
This project seeks to develop modules
that are easy and agile to build using
local materials and techniques, but with
an additional axis.
It is about creating the eventual develo-
pment of these homes, which meet the
needs of individuals, families, and
eventually the configuration of an urban
fabric, which contributes to the social,
economic and political well-being of the
region.
Low Cost and Emergency Housing
Community urban context creation
safe haven
p 52
3
The global pandemic has suddenly
changed our relation and perception of
the living space and the public space.
This experience has made more obvious
to everyone, that the spaces for
living are not good enough and do
never offer the freedom and flexibility
that we could expect. If we are optimis-
tic, this experience should eventually
provide a possible perspective for
change. .
Workshop 02
Anne Lacaton
Good Living Conditions

CASA Rosa
p 62
4
The project “Townhouses under the
Municipal Roof“ (1943-44) by the great
Slovenian architect Joze Plecnik will
serve as a referential point of departure.
Plecnik envisioned a large roof, suppor-
ted by a modular grid of columns and
equipped with utility connections in
which 2 different prototypes of housing
are placed (shallow and thick qualities).
Workshop 05
Hrvoje Njiric
Inﬁnite Inﬁll
boreal
p 82
5
The aim of the module is to understand
buildings as entities based on the
interplay of three physical realms: struc-
ture, envelope, services, connected by a
process: industrialization.
Design is not possible without construc-
tion, and vice-versa, if our buildings are
supposed to be real architecture.
Construction and Technology
Industrialization Approach
the good interior
p 98
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Here, the house is not simply an isolated
space but part of a wider system where
the boundaries between the public and
private sphere, urban and domestic, are
blurred.
This exercise tries to erase pre-concep-
tions towards the inside-outside
paradox in housing.
Workshop 06
Andrea Deplazes
Morphometric approach to housing

CARVED SERPENT
p 120
7
The plurality of concepts of life leads to a
high differentiation in the patterns of
demand and individual expression. How
does architectural design respond to
these changing conditions?
Domestic Fragments : Tasks + Climate
context.
Workshop 03
Eli Mosayebi
Domestic Fragments
DATA MOUNTAIN
p 132
8
The project explores the design oppor-
tunities which the field of thermodyna-
mics is opening to architecture, and
specifically to the field of collective
housing.
Data mountain also brings the discus-
sion of wether new and contemporary
uses and activities are adaptable to
difficult climatic contexts.
Energy and Sustainability
Body, Climate and Architecture
GREEN ISLAND
p 144
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New urban perspectives for south-west
Madrid Metropolitan area: Urban
interventions and public space in the
near future to create a smart and
liveable city.
The New District we will be working on is
located southeast of the city of Madrid
and surroundings, and constitutes the
most important piece to complete this
area of the metropolitan city, whit
almost 200 Ha. + 600 Ha. .
Urban Design and Landscape
New Urban Perspectives

TRES TORRES
p 156
Aware of the disputes, but with an
independent mindset to provide the
best environment for end users, neigh-
bours and visitors, this workshop will
assume the present empty plots,
unbuilt remains of the original purchase
and demolition of homes, as the starting
point for the brief. After on, it is about
the relationship between vertical
housing and the “courtyard” as a neces-
sary element and even the basis for the
project itself.
Workshop 04
Alison Brooks
The Courtyard and the Tower
LATINA 50
p 172
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In 3 different urban contexts in conﬁgu-
ration but above all in temporality; This
exercise seeks to ﬁnd solutions at
different scales starting from the urban
and reaching the domestic scale
starting from a series of premises.
Continuous development is the key, you
don't have to reinvent the world.
Workshop 07
Dietmar Eberle
200 · 100 · 50 · 20 · 10
NY 401
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A proposal for a housing competition in
our country under the precept of
staying true to the qualities and charac-
teristics that we conceived and evolved
throughout the course for ideal housing.
This project seeks to propose new ways
of conceiving the "exterior" and the
"public" in the framework of social
housing in Mexico. We seek to create
ideal atmospheres throughout the
gradient; from the most public to the
most private.
IMUVI Leon
Social Housing Competition
COMPETITION

1 Madrid, Spain
2 Makeni, Sierra Leone
3 Tokyo, Japan
4 Montevideo, Uruguay
5 Varadero, Cuba
6 Mexico City, Mexico
7 Rissani, Morocco
8 Leon, Spain
9,10,11 Madrid, Spain
12 Leon, Mexico
1 8
7
6 12 5
4
2

MINORITY - IMTIAZ DHARKER
All kinds of places and groups
of people who have an admirable
history would, almost certainly,
distance themselves from me.
I don’t ﬁt,
like a clumsily-translated poem;
...Until, one day, you meet
the stranger sidling down your street,
realise you know the face
simpliﬁed to bone,
look into its outcast eyes
and recognise it as your own.
9 10 11
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MADRID
MAKENI
TOKYO
MONTEVIDEO
VARADERO
MEXICO CITY

LIVING CELLS
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The “collective housing project” is not only an accumulation of equal
dwellings, or not even this accumulation is solved today by just the
addition of some common areas. The intelectual debate must be
approached from the strategic design conditions which are aligned
with the topics of our time, with the great topics of our time.
The expansive relation with the city and the understanding of
housing as a public agglutination of collective activities are some of
the conditions where the public and the private coexist and that
should not be forgotten. Mutability and ﬂexibility in an unstable time
seem to be a crucial matter.
Housing as a place for solidarity in a culture of caring is
substantial.
Workshop Amann · Cannovas · Maruri
Atxu Amann · Andrés Cannovas · Nicolás Maruri · Juan Tur
Ricardo Martínez · Pedro Ordoñez
Andrea Pardo · Enriqueta Vindel
MADRID, SPAIN.

"Hunger, Soul's Void" - Michael Ackerman, 2010
· 1 · Workshop 01 · Amann Cannovas Maruri · Living Cells
Decayed and damaged images, not as a matter of style but a direct analogue of
experience.
He ﬁnds the beauty upon "empty" and how it's reaction (whether it shall be
positive or negative) in human's life depends only on time. In other words, the
beauty hidden in the void.
the“void”
basic unit for the habitability
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1910 1920 1930
1940 1950 1960
1970
Neighboring buildings age evaluation.
In the 50’s, a strong urban connection is shown.
Connecting 3 street fronts, but achieving continuity
upon the courtyard from the plot located south. This
other building is no other than Madrid’s legendary
“Casa de las Flores” by Zuazo.
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13.2%
12,800 m2
1,700 m2
3.75%
8,000m2
300 m2
4.90%
8,100 m2
400 m2
10.30%
3,900 m2
400 m2
8.30%
3,600 m2
300 m2
29.10%
10,300 m2
3,000 m2
12.25%
9,800 m2
1,200 m2
29.12%
10,300 m2
3,000 m2
17.30%
10,500 m2
1,800 m2
15.40%
9,700 m2
1,500 m2
10.70%
7,000 m2
750 m2
27.00%
9,200 m2
2,500 m2
14.00%
10,700 m2
1,500 m2
4.30%
9,300 m2
400 m2
21.0%
6,900 m2
1,450 m2
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the PUBLIC
condition of the city

Patio Model Evaluation
From every square in the area, a comparison about ratios of built vs
unbuilt (or empty), by graphically showing all of their typologies
into a central patio condition.
Red shows a lack of open space in a plot, always under a 10%
unbuilt area, while as intense blue shows a desirable 20-30% ratio.
The “Urban Bulkhead” Situation
Interesting situations happen in the patio typology, it is again about
the opportunity of using these spaces or merely looking at them,
which makes the difference about the success of them.
This image shows the uses located in the ground level of every
building surrounding the plot, but also portraying as these block
the central unbuilt area towards the city. As if a set of urban
bulkheads would be in place.
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Clínica Dental
Estética
Restaurante
Bar
Hostal
Peluquería
Estética
Sastre
Café
Café
Locutorio
Panadería
Estética
Foto
Tabacos
Ropa
Librería
Ropa
Stamping
Supermercado
Supermercado
Info. África
Biblioteca
Clínica Dental
Foto
Bar
Alimentación
Peluquería
Pastelería
Solo Vivienda

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VOLUMETRIC EVOLUTION
Tissues Insertion
1 2
5 6

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The “Urban Bulkhead” Situation
Interesting situations happen in the patio typology, it is again
about the opportunity of using these spaces or merely looking at
them, which makes the difference about the success of them.
This image shows the uses located in the ground level of every
building surrounding the plot, but also portraying as these block
the central unbuilt area towards the city. As if a set of urban
bulkheads would be in place.
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7

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TISSUE CREATION
Collection of Cells and their Function
The “Living Cell” Behavior
A living cell is able to function in as many ways as the living
being requires within its different systems. When a group of cells
come together around a speciﬁc function, they form tissues,
which together make up living systems.
These cells must therefore be versatile in nature, and ﬂexible to
their use or user. The living cell beats at the same rate as the
whole system. In this video, we see a sample of the diversity of
roles of the module, and the pace at which it transforms.

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ATMOSPHERES
The rooms (cells) we inhabit today

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ROBUYA HABITABILITY ENHANCEMENT PROJECT
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Despite Sierra Leone’s important progress in consolidating peace and stren-
gthening democracy since the end of the conﬂict in 2002, it places low in the
human development category, ranking 180th out of 187 countries and territ
ries. While life expectancy has increased from 39 years in 2000 to
48 years in 2012, around 60% of the population lives below the
national poverty line.
This project seeks to develop modules that are easy and agile to build using
local materials and techniques, but with an additional axis. It is about creating
the eventual development of these homes, which meet the needs of indivi-
duals, families, and eventually the conﬁguration of an urban fabric, which
contributes to the social, economic and political well-being of the region.
Low-Cost and Emergency Housing
Sonia Molina · Adela Salas
Ricardo Martínez · Patricia Safer · Daniel Segovia
MAKENI, SIERRA LEONE.

· 2 · Low Cost & Emergency Housing · RHEP
Infrastructure + Housing
The challenge is to consolidate efﬁcient housing projects that, over time, form a
solid and prosperous urban fabric. The process consisted of a parallel but linked
development, between a low-cost housing prototype and rapid construction;
along with the design of an infrastructure network.
The strongest part of the project is then, the line in which both stories converge.
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Robuya
Habitability
Enhancement
Project.
Infrastructure for
Housing
Urban

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According to the UN-Habitat 5 living conditions (acces to water, sanitation, durability of dwellings, vercrowding and security of
tenure), all of the Robuya village is a slum. With one or more of the conditions, it is enough for considering a slum. According to the
security of tenure, for instance, all the village belongs to the Tarawalli family, what cannot be considered as secure tenure. Acces to
sanitation is another poor condition, as overcrowding as well. About overcrowding it is important to notice that UN-Habitat consid-
er overcrowding 3 people sharing a room. In all Sierra Leone, this is something too common. Here in obuya, the data obtained from
the surveys indicates a ratio of 5 people per room. Therefore, according to the data, 100% of the population in Robuya village are
living in a slum. 4,3km to Makeni, 50 minutes walk, 74 dwellings, 20 people per dwelling, 1500 total population, 90% work in
agricultural relate, fishing, other economic activity, crops: rice, cassava, fruits, leaves and sweet potato (UNDP, 2015.)
Makeni, Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone remains among the world’s poorest countries,
ranking 181th out of 188 countries in the Human Development
Index in 2014. Decades of economic decline, 11 years of armed
conflict (1991-2002) and the recent Ebola outbreak had dramatic
consequences on the country´s development.
Poverty remains widespread with more than 60% of the popula-
tion living on less than US$ 1.25 a day and unemployment and
illiteracy levels remain high, particularly among youth.
Infrastructure Spine
The basic element for this project; upon which every
infrastructure is concentrated, guaranteing habitability
conditions for every dwelling. Additionally, this element
work as foundations for the modules built at each side.
Infrastructure
Water + Energy + Waste
PV Pannels installed in sloped roofs
Battery for energy collection
(1 Battery per 2 plots)
Energy distribution to every module.
Rain water harvesting from roofings
Double purpose cannal-foundation
Water transport and building footprint
Water cleansing and reinjection to
underground borehole
Plants for water cleansing
along cannal
Distribution grid towards
washing places
Water pumping from boreholes
with electric energy
FILTER
-25 M
-5 M
BOREHOLE

Housing Module
The house usually has a dimension of 10-13x10-13
meters, which sometimes goes to 10-13x15-18. It
separates about 3-5 meters from the boundary line of
the property and towards the main street develops a
covered veranda.
This veranda works as a transition space between
public and private space, it is a shaded area and a
viewpoint of the street, where the population spends a
lot of time. In many cases it is dedicated to hairdres-
sing, trade and other complementary activities.
Smaller dwelling units are often built in the back side
of the plot. Internally the houses usually have about 4
rooms, connected by a corridor that joins two doors,
one in each façade. This arrangement favors cross
ventilation.
Safe Housing
Comfort + Custom
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RHEP
Mid-Process Collection

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VOLUMETRIC EVOLUTION
Infrastructure + Housing Modules
1 2
5 6
80 cm
From the given cannal-foundation element,
dwellings should come from both sides from
the infrastructure-services axis.
Second stone foundation and ground
compacting as to raise the level of the
dwelling for protection towards
floodings.
Wooden beam frames are placed on
top of the walls and in the horizontal
axis about columns asi to obtain rigidity
in the structure and firm walls.
.
Insertion of 2 different wall designs
(closed and porous) and a diversity of
proposed materialities define the
enclosure-facade, leaving a free and
customizable plan inside.

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50 cm
3 4
7 8
Final result of the process. Always dynamic
interior partitions, possibility of growth on the
sides or towards the gallery.
Basic module for every purpose.
Lathrines, kitchens, washing places, public
structures.
9 wood columns create the frame for a 4
unit module + the communicating
gallery, 3 different heights as to create
the slope for the roof.
Third stone foundation and ground
compacting as to raise the level of the
gallery for protection towards ﬂoodings.
Final wooden beam frames are installed.
Minimum section required, and
complete lengths are always used.

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0.90
2.90
0.90
2.00
2.90
1 2 5
0
2.90 0.90
1 2
0
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MODULE PLAN
Adaptable Partitions · Flexible Layout

2.00
0.90
3.80
1.10
2.90
5
2.90 2.00
0.90
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Phase 1 · Years 1-2
3

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4

Washing Point
Workshops
Health Center
Palm Oil Storage
Market
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Time as tool for development.
There are no paved roads, so the drainage is just
provided by soil ditches in both sides of the main
street. Very few buildings have drainage around them.
So, in the case of Robuya, just 10% (150 persons) have
drainage. The slightly slope of the village is a positive
factor for avoiding problems during the rainy season.
The future improvement of the village will pave the
main street, and it will be a chance for connecting with
the housing drainage system.
Also, drainage is key for rainwater storage, that should
be a future element to improve in Robuya, both at the
household and village level.
Urban Plan
Community Growth

Gathering Plaza
School
Mill & Storage
Drying-Community
Drying-Community
Washing Point
Kiosk
Learning Center
Drying
Mosque
Community Center
Cementery
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Robuya
Habitability
Enhancement
Project.
Infrastructure for
Housing
Urban
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SAFE HAVEN
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The global pandemic has suddenly changed our relation and
perception of the living space and the public space. This experience
has made more obvious to everyone, that the spaces for
living are not good enough and do never offer the freedom and
ﬂexibility that we could expect. If we are optimistic, this experience
should eventually provide a possible perspective for change.
The challenge for this workshop is to push this idea to the maximum.
No Site, no Design, just Ideas, Positions and Statements. As a starting
point, a charter of qualities was developed upon a series of intensive
discussions in the group, arriving to an individual set of qualities.
After this, a multi-source illustration should be able to show the
concepts described in the charter.
Workshop 02 · Anne Lacaton
Anne Lacaton · Diego García-Setién
Ricardo Martínez ·
TOKYO, JAPAN.

· 3 · Workshop 2 Anne Lacaton · Safe Haven
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CHARTER OF QUALITIES
Architecture, as essential, should meet the basic needs of habitability and adapt to the native uses and traditions of those who
inhabit it. A dwelling should comprise of spaces that understand cultural values and daily activities rooted in communities. A
house should be the comfort zone, a refuge for its inhabitants. Creating the sensation of comfort and coziness with the feelings of
wellness and contentment achieved through the combination of materiality of elements, proportions of spaces, colors used,
natural and artificial lighting, furniture, etc.
1 GENEROSITY OF SPACE
In response to the multiple needs that must be met in the private sphere (socializing, working,
relaxing, sharing, etc.), ample space will give users the freedom to appropriate, re-interpre and create a sense of belonging. The
minimum comfortable size of a dwelling should be determined from the combination of utility spaces (30%) + usable spaces (50%)
+ intermediate spaces (20%). Capacity should not be limited to the floor plan, but also to the section. Cubic meters must also be
tamed. The third dimension is a key factor, as it tends to shape better capable environments. If we think of spaces with double
height, it will give the possibility to expand the space.
3 THRESHOLDS / IN-BETWEEN
The dwelling should always have a transitional space that act as a buffer zone when changing between different social stages of
the spectrum. These in-between areas have the potential to foster human connections as well as to promote intimacy. Intermedi-
ary spaces have to be habitable in order to act as a link and maximize spatial connections. They can be materialized in an entrance,
a hall, a corridor or a balcony and must have a significant meaning for a balance transition between private, semi-private and
public. These areas are the connection between the private sphere and the public domains and they can create new relationships
with the exterior world.
5 INSIDE - OUTSIDE RELATIONS
Dissipated boundaries between the interior and exterior, both physical and visual. Extending the limits of the interior space
through floor to ceiling openings that maximize natural light and increase the eye perception.
7 FREEDOM OF USE
To occupy the space around and in front of oneself, space must have multitudes of use situations which can be connected,
intersected, and mobility which facilitates the appropriation of space which allows appropriation and user creativity. These Spaces
can be defined and Multi-functioning that adapt to users’ needs by creating a multiplicity of use to generate the impression of
more spaces, far from restricting and diminishing, opens possibilities and provides margins for generosity and the extraordinary.

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PREAMBLE
2 NON-DEFINED SPACES
4 SPACES FOR COMMUNITY
6 CLIMATIC COMFORT
8 NATURE
Every dwelling must provide an undefined space with undefined activity that allows its free use and adaptation. A generous space
for the appropriation of its inhabitant where neither its use is defined. It should not replace any typical house use but provide the
freedom for imagination to expand the activities at home, out of the traditional system organization. It could be a central or
perimetrical space, it could be an indoor or an outdoor space.
Creating unconventional transitional spaces in the building used by all inhabitants, will create the sense of community, and
encourage the socialization of the dwellers. Communal spaces should be addressing a variety of social combinations, from a small
group of immediate neighbors living on the same level to the scale of the whole building. A void space that will have the potential
to foster human connection, could take the shape of a balcony, corridor, courtyard, roof top, ground floor and every intermediate
space within the living environment.
The thermodynamic elements in a dwelling should be essentially passive. The inhabitants should participate and have control
over these elements to adapt based on their evolving needs or use of the space. Lighting and ventilation as the main
tools, towards “inhabitancy” personalization, seeking for individual-climatic comfort.
A space that allows you to be in contact with nature, that can be appropriated by the people
who inhabit it, that allows being separated from everyone, protected, finding peace, and generating an escape creating a connec-
tion between the users and the natural atmosphere; but also the visual presence of greenery inside the dwelling, will help us to
improve our mental and physical health.

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ILLUSTRATION REFERENCE
Casa Barragán, Luis Barragán. México.
We will use fragments from images and situations. Images need to be made from the inside, within a situation, a space, an atmo-
sphere. Show how the space is used, always close to the subject, from the smallest to the largest. Through simple operations of
collage, accumulation, sampling, superposition, transformative addition, contamination, every image can gain a new dimension
and their assembly generates space sequences, atmospheres, journeys, and even stories, which can lay below the basis of a
project.

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Tokyo, Japan
After months of a long battle against breast cancer away
from home, she is ready to come back to her safe haven.
To come back to a daily routine, a everyday life.
In this exercise, I tried to illustrate specific living conditions
that every housing project should meet. At the same time,
a set of moments photographed by artist Michelle Leman,
illustrate situations of real use of space.
Dissipated boundaries between the interior and exterior,
both physical and visual. Extending the limits of the interior
space through floor to ceiling openings that maximize
natural light and increase the eye perception, bringing this
to space specific uses too. A generous-including space for
the appropriation of its in-habitant where neither its use is
fixed.
The dwelling should always have a transitional space that
act as a buffer zone when changing between different
social stages of the spectrum.
These are in-between areas that are able to foster human
connections as well as to promote intimacy, and of course
they could happen both, inside or outside the home.
Ample space shall give users the freedom to appropiate,
re-interpret and create a sense of belonging. This should
not be limited to the floor plan, cubic meters must also be
tamed. The house should include a range of densities, a
natural constant interaction. Natural atmospheres,
complemented with materials, bring the nature inside and
keep it there. That helps the inhabitant remain in a balance
of mental and physical health.
Space must have multitudes of use situations which can
be connected, intersected. Again, always including nature,
within every opportunity, understanding nature as a light,
wind, vegetation, everything. Here for example, a very
illuminated bathroom, dignifies the personal self-care
affairs.
It is of course the house, the home, a universal definition of
security and relaxation, a sanctuary of peace and health.
This multi-source image, tries to remind us that maybe the
closest connection towards a “common home” for every-
one, is directly related into how much of the “nature
essence” we are able to include in.
SAFE HAVEN - TOKYO,JAPAN

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SAFE HAVEN
Michele Leman - Photos & Videos
The narrative displayed is ﬁctional, nevertheless, it displays a very
realistic story upon the strength and sensitivity of the photographs
and videos that inspired this story. In architecture, it’s always only
about sensations created into the user. And it is photography, the
main and most powerful vehicle for architecture.

CASA ROSA
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The project “Townhouses under the Municipal Roof“ (1943-44) by
the great Slovenian architect Joze Plecnik will serve as a referential
point of departure. Plecnik envisioned a large roof, supported
by a modular grid of columns and equipped with utility connections.
The roof is to be provided by the municipality. Users would, according
to their own needs and capabilities, arrange their accommodation
under the roof. It is an architectural framework that
deﬁnes urban location in the urban fabric and prevents uncontrolled
spontaneous growth. The citation by his contemporary,
the Viennese writer Karl Kraus ("From a city in which I am supposed
to live, I demand asphalt, street ﬂushing, house keys, air heating
and hot water. Cheerful I am already myself.") gives us a clear
hint what the cultural and civic atmosphere in Vienna at the
onset of the 20th century was.
The socialists’ idea that the city and its communal politics should
provide framework for housing development is fuelled by various
arguments, such as: The particularity among an intense scheme
to work, should be to understand the city’s morphology, and
always consider population’s identity and cultural recognition as
elements that should be reinforced and maintained.
Workshop 05 · Hrvoje Njiric
Hrvoje Njiric · Esperanza Campaña
Ricardo Martínez · Andrés Varela · Nouhaila Zergane
MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY.

· 4 · Workshop 5 · Hrvoje Njiric · Casa Rosa
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INFINITE INFILL
Examples and References
This year’s task is focused on low-cost housing, on affordable
and innovative solutions to the basic need for a small-sized
housing within a structural and infrastructural framework.
The project „Townhouses under the Municipal Roof“
(1943-44) by the great Slovenian architect Joze Plecnik will
serve as a referential point of departure. Plecnik envisioned a
large roof, supported by a modular grid of columns and
equipped with utility connections. The roof is to be provided
by the municipality. Users would, according to their own
needs and capabilities, arrange their accommodation under
the roof. It is an architectural framework that defines urban
location in the urban fabric and prevents uncontrolled
spontaneous growth. The citation by his contemporary, the
Viennese writer Karl Kraus ("From a city in which I am
supposed to live, I demand asphalt, street flushing, house
keys, air heating and hot water. Cheerful I am already
myself.") gives us a clear hint what the cultural and civic
atmosphere in Vienna at the onset of the 20th century was.
The socialists’ idea that the city and its communal politics
should provide framework for housing development is
fuelled by various arguments, such as:
1. pre-defined and acceptable urban layout
2. increased density and collectivity
3. reduction of individual financing
4. social inclusion and defined neighbourhood mix
5. standardization of house services
6. sanitation and maintenance of the city
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Frame
park hill · jack lynn and ivor smith, 1961
Shelve-Like
carabanchel · amann, cannovas, maruri, 2009
Inﬁll-Prefab
Rigot Collective Housing · Acau Arch, 2019

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Shallow Plan
7m depth
s
4.90 m
3.5 m height
SHALLOW PLAN
6 levels
ZWICKY SUD
Schneider Studer Primas, 2016
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SHALLOW & THICK CLICHES
Speculations on the housing market often result with
extremely deep ﬂoor plans which demand a lot of skill to
deal with. Depths of 20m are not rare at all, often worsened
by an extreme thinness of less than 6m. There is also a
number of historical plans with such measures. Participants
will be asked to ﬁnd and study such examples and derive
ways how to organize them in an appropriate way, making
sure there is enough view, light and ventilation. On the
contrary, websites are brimming with extremely thin houses
which are not wide enough for two functional zones, one
behind the other. The advantages of having cross ventilation
and unobstructed views are topped with an extreme facade
length and thermal losses.
Thick Plan
20 m depth
ZWICKY SUD
Schneider Studer Primas, 2016
T
18.0 m
4.5 m height
THICK PLAN
6 levels
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4.9 4.90 m x 5.10 m
3.5 m height
SHALLOW PLAN
6 levels
isometrics
6 levels
4.90
5.10 3.80
0 5 m
1
N
E 1:100
Shallow Thin grid
4.90 x 5.10 m
4.90
5.10 3.80
0 5 m
1
N
E 1:100
Shallow Thin grid
4.90 x 5.10 m

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18
18.0 m x 6.0 m
4.5 m height
THICK PLAN
6 levels
structure grids
beam spans
18.00
6.00
0 5 m
1
N
E 1:150
Thickest plan grid
18.0 x 6.0 mts
18.00
6.00
0 5 m
1
N
E 1:150
Thickest plan grid
18.0 x 6.0 mts

5.10 5.10 3.80 5.10 5.10
4.90
7.15
0 5 m
1
N
E 1:100
Shallow Thin plan
4.90m
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TYPOLOGIES
unit variations
5.10 5.10
4.90
5.10 5.10
4.90
0 5 m
1
N
E 1:100
Shallow Thin plan
4.90m
5.10 5.10
4.90
5.10
5.10
4.90
0 5 m
1
N
E 1:100
Shallow Thin plan
growth
5.10 5.10 3.80 5.10 5.10
4.90
7.15
0 5 m
1
N
E 1:100
Shallow Thin plan
4.90m
5.10 5.10
4.90
5.10 5.10
4.90
0 5 m
1
N
E 1:100
Shallow Thin plan
4.90m
5.10 5.10
4.90
5.10
5.10
4.90
0 5 m
1
N
E 1:100
Shallow Thin plan
growth
4.9 4.90 m x 5.10 m
3.5 m height
SHALLOW PLAN
6 levels

6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00
7.15
6.00
6.00
6.00
18.00
0 5 m
1
N
E 1:150
Thickest plan
18m
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LAYOUTS
with vertical circulations
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
18.00
0 5 m
1
N
E 1:150
Thickest plan
Typologies A B C
6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00
7.15
6.00
6.00
6.00
18.00
0 5 m
1
N
E 1:150
Thickest plan
18m
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
18.00
0 5 m
1
N
E 1:150
Thickest plan
Typologies A B C
18
18.0 m x 6.0 m
4.5 m height
THICK PLAN
6 levels

0 5 m
1
E 1:100
Shallow section
18m
0 5 m
1
E 1:100
Shallow section
18m
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A
B
C
+ +
TYPOLOGIES
unit variations
4.9 4.90 m x 5.10 m
3.5 m height
SHALLOW PLAN
6 levels

0 5 m
1
E 1:100
Thickest section
18m
0 5 m
1
E 1:100
Thickest section
18m
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0 5 m
1
N
E 1:150
Thickest plan
18m
A1
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2
bedrooms
C1
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1
bedroom
1
studio
B1
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3
bedrooms
B2
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2
bedrooms
1
studio
C2
-
1
bedroom
A2
-
1
bedroom
1
studio
LAYOUTS
with vertical circulations
18
18.0 m x 6.0 m
4.5 m height
THICK PLAN
6 levels

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MONTEVIDEO,URUGUAY
Of the total real estate sales that take place per year, 30% are
carried out in Montevideo and 20% are carried out in Maldo-
nado. In third place, Canelones is located a few points and a
remaining approximately 40% of all purchases are divided
among the other 16 departments.
According to data from the Uruguay XXI Institute, the ratio of
dwellings over population is higher than 100% in Maldonado,
a value surpassed only by Rocha but with lower numbers.
Maldonado owns 33% of the total homes in the country and
22% of its population, figures that are 11% and 5% respectively
for Maldonado.
Already in 1926, the construction of the Rambla Sur began to be defined
and the final plan leaves a large encircled space projected by the architect
Antonio Scasso, with a great quality of landscape design and hygienic
aspirations. This free space still left unresolved the arrival of the manzanado
front, which at this time was obviously still mostly free.
PLAZA Nº1
PLAZA GURUYÚ
PLAZA JERÓNIMO EUSTACHE
PLAZA ALONSO DE LA VEGA
PLAZA JOSÉ HERRERA Y SOTOMAYOR
PLAZA ZABALA
PLAZA SAN FELIPE Y SANTIAGO
PLAZA MANUEL CIPRIANO DE MELO
PLAZA DEL RECINTO
PLAZA FELIPE V
PLAZA MATRIZ
PLAZA ESPAÑA
PLAZUELA IRINEU EVANGELISTA DE SOUSA
PLAZA INDEPENDENCIA
PLAZOLETA DR JOHN STREET
PLAZA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA
ESPACIO LIBRE FRANCISCO “PACO” ESPÍNOLA
ESPACIO LIBRE CIUDAD DE JERUSALÉN
ESPACIO LIBRE LUIZ CARLOS PRESTES
PLAZA FABINI
PLAZA CAGANCHA
ESPACIO LIBRE ATENAS
PLAZOLETA ROSA LUNA
PLAZA ALFREDO ZITARROSA
ESPACIO LIBRE FUNDACIÓN MARÍA TSAKOS
PLAZA DEL REFUGIADO
ESPACIO LIBRE HERNÁN SILES ZUAZO
ESPACIO LIBRE ALEMANIA
PLAZA GUATEMALA
PLAZA GRAL. JUAN PABLO DUARTE
PLAZA JUAN ÁNGEL SILVA
PLAZA PEDRO FERREIRA
PLAZA PROF. ING. GERMÁN E. VILLAR FERNÁNDEZ
ESPACIO LIBRE REPÚBLICA DE HONDURAS
PLAZA GALICIA
PLAZA REPÚBLICA ESPAÑOLA
PARQUE CALISTENIA
PLAZA DE LAS CIUDADES DEL MERCOSUR
PLAZA DEL CARNAVAL DEL URUGUAY
PARQUE JOSÉ ENRIQUE RODÓ
PARQUE INSTRUCCIONES DEL AÑO XIII
PLAZA CANADÁ
LA RAMBLA
CR

CH - 20
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At present it is the only open sector, in alternation mentioned full-empty,
which maintains a portion of private space. Indeed, the current standards
5,843 (7,379m2), 6,177 (16,578m2) and 7,751 (6,221m2), make up about 3
hectares of parcel space. Additionally, these patterns are located on the
coastline, all which constitutes a difﬁculty for the enhancement of the place.
The National Housing Agency intends to demolish the INVE CH20 Housing
Complex, located in Cuareim and Rambla, of course risk of collapse, and
imposing rehousing solutions that would imply the uprooting of 96
families, some with half a century in the neighborhood. We tour some of the
apartments in the complex and the neighbors give their testimonies.
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EXISTING BUILDINGS
URBAN PLAN

casa rosa
m o n t e v i d e o
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la rambla rosa
the sea promenade at montevideo
La Tira del Tiempo y la Vida, en la Rambla de Montevideo, es una representación a
escala del pasaje del tiempo geológico, el que se mide en miles de millones de
años y que trasciende en gran medida la existencia del ser humano. La Tira del
Tiempo está hecha a escala: 20 km de Rambla representan 4 mil millones de años.
En dicha escala, cada paso de una persona en la Rambla representa el transcurso
de 100 mil años.
materiality
locally sourced and culturally inherited
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BOREAL
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The aim of the module is to understand buildings as entities based
on the interplay of three physical realms: structure, envelope,
services, connected by a process: industrialization. Design is not
possible without construction, and vice-versa, if our buildings are
supposed to be real architecture.
Each case study will be assigned to two groups, in order to be reloca-
ted in two different places and two different technology contexts, as
follows:
Continental, humid climate zone (D)*, in a highly industrialized
economy.
Tropical, wet climate zone (A)*,in a modestly industrialized economy.
Construction & Technology
Ignacio Fernández de Solla · Archie Campbell
David Rutter · Diego García-Setién
Ricardo Martínez · Francisco Ramos
Enriqueta Vindel · Kaustubh Zawar
VARADERO, CUBA.

· 5 · Construction & Technology · Boreal
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TETRARC AT NANTES
Original Boreal
Tétrarc has created 39 social housing shapes as 11 “Houses”
gathered side by side. The resultant continuous volume
describes a light 21 degrees inﬂexion on its half, creating two
distinct households. As the ﬁrst one contains 6 rental houses,
the second one is dedicated to the 5 sold houses.
In order to optimize the space for living rooms without
increasing reference surface areas each housing is organized
around a nucleus made of a kitchen, a bathroom, toilets, and
a staircase for duplex apartments. In the same purpose,
accesses to the housings are located outside the building as
an unexpected & playful iconic element.
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Original Plan
It provides an innovative answer to the sustainable social housing question with new forms
and use of materials. It also provides a recalled quality of life to its inhabitants with its innovative
performances of indoor spaces extended on the outside.
Varadero
· Summers are very hot, mostly cloudy
· Winters ( 3 months) dry, windy and mostly clear
· Temperature ranges from 19 ° C to 31 ° C.
Rarely drops below 14 ° C or rises above 33 ° C
· Wind Speed: 18,7 km/h
· Wind direction mostly from the east during the year
· Humidity: 61%-100%
Nantes
· Temperate summer
· Winters are windy and very cold
· Temperature ranges from 3 ° C to 25 ° C .
Rarely drops below -3 °C or rises above 31 °C
· Wind Speed: 16,3 km/h
· Wind direction mostly from the west during the year
· Humidity: 3% - 7%
FROM NANTES TO VARADERO
Also referred to as Playa Azul (Blue Beach), is a resort town in the
province of Matanzas, Cuba, and one of the largest resort areas
in the Caribbean. Varadero Beach was rated one of the world's
best beaches in TripAdvisor's Traveler's Choice Awards of 2019,
ranking at number two. Common activities include ﬁshing and
excursions to Matanzas, Cárdenas, and the Península de Zapata.

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PROJECT INSERTION
North · Uninterrupted views to the seafront
East/West · Neighbouring resorts, main wind ﬂows from east
South · Bamboo reserve, hottest facade, protection with vertical circulation modules
· Ecotourism Resort
· 36 short-rental appartments
· Local materialities and construction
· Bamboo reserve and natural preservation
Project Tropicalization
Volumetric Separation · Enhance air circulation among volumes, footprint enlargement
Ground level permeability · Enhance air circulation among volumes, footprint enlargement
Vertical circulation condensation · Enhance air circulation among volumes, footprint enlargement
A
B
C
A A
3.00
7.40
7.40
111.40
73.00
B
B
C
C

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Ground Floor
Typical Plan
Boréal, Tetrarc at Varadero.
Martínez · Ramos · Vindel · Zawar
Cluster Plan
PROJECT LAYOUT
Different heigth tower displace slightly toward south upon each other, as to welcome the wind and
create sun protections by shading one and other as well as the ground level.

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CLUSTER PLAN
One or towo levels clusters composed by two
to three units, share a common vertical
nucleus, and access bay towards a much
more closed south orientation. To the north,
always a wide open ocean view.

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· 5 · Construction Technology · Boreal
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Boréal, Tetrarc at Varadero
Martínez · Ramos · Vindel ·
Bamboo columns assembled
on site
Prefab beam frames, with
mud compression slab
Prefab concrete piles and
column base
1
2
3
MCH 2021
Structure

MCH 2021
Structure Detail
Steel solid pillar to
help keeping the
union in position.
Metal tensor to deal
with cantilever
Metal base receives
the bamboo structure
pillars. This plate is
screwed to the 1 meter
wide concrete pile.
Concrete pillar
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Construction Process
Towards the principle of industrialization, we developed a hybrid struc-
ture that would use prefabricated concrete for the vertical nucleus, as
well as for foundation piles and ground level joints.
Bamboo frames will be pre-assembled and put together on-site by a
crane, conforming walls, columns and beam frames. After this, only the
mud -slab will be mixed and put in place directly on site.
As most of these elements are at the same time the project’s finishes,
the only missing elements will be windows and furnishing.
STRUCTURE
DETAILS
o.
Zawar
Construc
Cross Section
1
0 5
± 0 M
+ 6.0 M
+ 9.2 M
+ 11.9 M
0.5
2.7
0.5
5.1
2.7
1.8
0.5
+ 13.7 M
Wall as per detail - X
Bamboo screen
15cm Bamboo for beams
Wooden Floor Plank
Mud Floor 12cm Thk.
Wall as per detail - X
Bamboo facia boards
Bamboo truss beam
Bamboo Shingles
Photovoltaic Panels
10 cm Thk. Coir with Air tight
membrane on top
Bamboo screen
Wooden floor plank
15cm Bamboo for beams
Operable Glass Louvers
Photovoltaic Panels
Bamboo Shingles
10 cm thick, coir with air
tight membrane on top
Bamboo facia boards
15 cm bamboo for beams
Wooden floor plank
Bambo truss beam
Wall as per detail
Bamboo Screen
Mud Slab 12 cm thick
Bamboo Screen
Wall as per detail
15 cm Bamboo for beams
Wooden floor plank
Operable Glass louvers

Technology
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Inside
Outside
40mm Thk. Bamboo wall panel
100mm Thk. Coir fiber insulation
25mm Thk. Bamboo wall panel outside
Air tight membrane on the beam line
30-75mm Ø Bamboo for screen
150mm Ø Bamboo for columns
Wall detail - 'X'
Wall Detail
30-75 mm diameter bamboo for screen
25 mm thick bamboo wall pannel outside
Air tight membrane on the beam line
100mm thick coir ﬁber insulation
40 mm thick bamboo wall pannel
150mm diameter bamboo columns
MCH 2021
Envelope
40 mm bamboo plank wall
6
80 mm thermoroot insulation
5
air tight membrane
4
20 mm bamboo board
3
air cavity
2
bamboo 70 mm diameter
1
MCH 2021
Envelope
A
B C
D
COR-TEN Steel - Weathering Steel
A
Powder coloured - concrete
B
Bamboo Boards
C
Mud compression slabs
D
Bamboo structure
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Bamboo Pannels
Bamboo is available in the southeast cuban forest of “Holguin”, with a
wide range of diameters it can be sourced in 15-20 cm diameters and
cutted in 13 or 7.20 metres sections. This sections are immersed in inmu-
nizer solutions to protect it against fungi and insects, as well as a ﬁre
retardant procedure. Beams and joists tie-down to assemble the
bamboo slab and transport to site.
ENVELOPE
MCH 2021
Facade Detail
Elevation view Elevation view Section Zoom
ÀɩȌÇٌȺǘƊȯƵƮǿƵɈƊǶȯȲȌ˛ǶƵȺƊȲƵɩƵǶƮƵƮɈȌɈǘƵǿƵɈƊǶǯȌǞȁɈȺǶȌƧƊɈƵƮ
in the structural pillars.
ÀǘƵȺƵȲƵƧƵǞɨƵɈǘƵƦƊǿƦȌȌǏƊƧƊƮƵɈǘƊɈǐȌƵȺǏȲȌǿȌȁƵȯȲȌ˛ǶƵɈȌɈǘƵ
other in another level.

Overhead water tank
Water heat pump
ƊɈǘȲȌȌǿ‫ش‬jǞɈƧǘƵȁ˛ɮɈɐȲƵȺ
Rain water harvesting
Underground water tank
Service Systems
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
5
5
7
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8
8
8
9
9
9
9
10
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Energy + Water Systems
For water related services, gravity is the main strategy, as to guarantee
most of the usage of the building even in moments of energy failure. But
even in the electrical subject, this is a sustainable project, independent
from the local grid, thanks to the energy geneerated from the photovol-
taic pannels on top of all the sloped rooﬁngs facing south in the angle for
maximum solar exposure.
SERVICES

MCH 2021
Photovoltaic pannels
AC Outdoor Units · VRF System
AC Indoor Units
Plugs, switches, lights
Electric Service Panel
Batteries
6
6
7
8
9
10
11
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THE GOOD INTERIOR
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Here, the house is not simply an isolated space but part of a wider
system where the boundaries between the public and
private sphere, urban and domestic, are blurred.
This exercise tries to erase pre-conceptions towards the inside-outsi-
de paradox in housing. Is it a good moment in human history, to
understand Earth itself as our home, as our interior domesticity.
Workshop 6
Andrea Deplazes · Fernando Altozano
Ricardo Martínez · Angela Molina
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.

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MAIO, Madrid, 2020
Here, the house is not simply an isolated space but part of a wider
system where the boundaries between the public and private sphere,
urban and domestic, are blurred. Today the house is no longer an
unchanging space where we have our belongings, but a multi-connect-
ed, transient space that can be expanded or reduced depending on our
needs, with the use of applications and similar products.
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Toni Girones, 2009
The budget is optimized by presenting only one type of dwelling, which
is articulated around a central space where wet areas and installations
are concentred.
These dwellings are subsequently divided into two different parts: 1)
entry, kitchen, dining room, living room and 2) two bedrooms and
bathroom including the washing area.
80 salou
A set of depth dimensions (600, 900, 1200, 1500, 1800, 2100) is distributed
among the group, assigning two teams to the same measure as to ﬁnish with a
comparison between both processes. And do this in a gradient of working
scales: Dwelling, repetition system and variations, accesibility, structure,
infrastructure, envelope, building, city.
ASSIGNED DEPTH
15 m
15 m

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15 m

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5.00
2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50
5.00
5.00
5.00
2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50
5.00
5.00
5.00
2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50
5.00
5.00
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Context
Topography + Vegetation
Structure
Vertical Regular Grid
Platforms
Horizontal Adaptative Grid
+ Infrastructure
System
100 sqm platforms
in 200 sqm footprint
15-20m
infra
bridge
5m
GRID PROCESS 3d

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A ﬁrst exercise about a light grid placed in a rather
natural landscape, but with a ﬁxed pre-conception
about “built” or enlosed spaces; demanded for even
weaker boundaries.
FIRST APPROACH
Terrace Balcony Gallery Courtyard Patios Outdoor Living
fail.pdf

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The Studio Olafur Eliasson Tables
“When you share a table, either cooking, eating,
chatting, working... you may very well end up
learning something new, even from yourself”.
tables_rock.pdf
The SOE Kitchen team runs the kitchen at the studio of artist Ólafur Elíasson in
Berlin. Four days a week, the team prepares organic, vegetarian meals that are
shared by the full 100-person studio team as well as guests and collaborators
who happen to be visiting at the time.
TABLES AS SPACE CONFIGURATOR
concept.pdf

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mexico city
SITE

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location.jpg
Plaza Rosaleda
h +15
Galería Clausell
h: +15
h:0
Bosque de Chapultepec
Mexico City
Jardín Carpatos
h: +20
The nobility of the climate of Mexico City, of temperate characteristics (not much difference in temperature
between summer and winter, and rains only in summer), allows as few locations the best location for this
experiment. Where continuous contact with nature and eventually its inclement weather becomes the
main challenge. There is also the urban connection within the natural system without interrupting its
natural ﬂows. It wil be possible to go from the 1st point to the last, walking or even by bike in a very natural
promenade. The system is then, such as nature determines.
ECO-CLIMATIC LOCATION

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mexico city
SITE PLAN SITUATION -X

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A very important element for the project is the “bridge” level, which
is rather public and works not only as the main distributor to each
dwelling, but also as an urban connector to important points in the
area, previously, disconnected.
SECTION
A enclosed module containing the resting area, closet and bathroom
is shiftingly placed at every dwelling upon needs of household size or
dwelling personalization. The rest of the spaces and ﬁxtures are
always, outside. The personality of each space is granted by the
diffferent displays of one only element, tables.
TYPE PLAN

7-12
RISSANI
LEON,SP
MADRID
LEON,MX

CARVED SERPENT
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Domestic Fragments : Tasks + Climate context
The plurality of concepts of life leads to a high differentiation in the
patterns of demand and individual expression. How does architec-
tural design respond to these changing conditions?
Private households still produce far too much CO2 for heating and
cooling the interior. We want to design exemplary projects that
rethink form, space and material from the principles of a speciﬁc
energy resource and a speciﬁc climatic zone and develop a unique
form of living from it. How does a house in a medium climate, a lot
of fog and rain showers differ from a house with harsh temperature
differences between summer and winter?
Workshop 3
Eli Mosayebi · Alvaro Fidalgo
Alberto Hueso · Ricardo Martínez · Elissavet Passli
RISSANI, MOROCCO.

· 7 · Workshop 3 · Eli Mosayebi · Carved Serpent
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Climate Context
Hot enough to fry an egg on the surface. It has a lot of wind and
heat-absorbing surfaces on the ground. It is such a hot environ-
ment that there is almost no plant life.
The climate in Rissani is called a desert climate. There is virtually
no rainfall during the year in Rissani. According to Köppen and
Geiger, this climate is classiﬁed as BWh. The average annual
temperature in Rissani is 22.2 °C | 72.0 °F. Precipitation here is
about 64 mm | 2.5 inch per year.
With an average of 34.8 °C | 94.6 °F, July is the warmest month.
The lowest average temperatures in the year occur in January,
when it is around 10.4 °C | 50.7 °F.
Project is to be developed under this context and with 3 main
keywords as main activities or architectural elements as soul of
the project’s concept.
Studying
Reading
Wall
It is in this context that the ruins of Petra gain value as a suitable
reference for this project. Faced with a challenging climate, the
source of the established architectural element, it seems obvious
that it comes from the most abundant resource in the place, the
ground itself. This is how we come with our carved serpent.
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“Serpent carved on a wall the wall in the sun
breathes, vibrates, ripples, piece of heaven alive and
tattooed: the man drinks sun, he is water, he is earth.”
En Uxmal, Octavio Paz.

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DATA MOUNTAIN
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The project explores the design opportunities which the field of
thermodynamics is opening to architecture, and specifically to the
field of collective housing. From a practical and project-oriented
stand point, the module focuses on connecting thermodynamics
and ecology to architecture with the objective of finding potential
design strategies which bridge the void between quantitative and
qualitative approaches. Contrary to current energy approaches to
architecture which are based on quantitative analysis, the module
bridges the gulf between energy and architecture, exploring those
disciplinary parameters —such as spatial and material structure,
program or perception— which are specifically connected to its
material and atmospheric performativity.
Energy and Sustainability
Javier García-Germán · Pablo Pérez Ramos
Ricardo Martínez · Georgia Strinopoulou · Kaustubh Zawar
LEON, SPAIN.

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Climate Architectural Context
Leon's architectural context is highly influenced by it's neighbouring location south of Galicia and Asturias regions and
north from Valle del Duero. Along this region, we may clearly identify 3 main types of dwellings, which are very similar to
each other but with meaningful differences, mainly related to orography and material availability. Houses are habited
from both humans and animals and their typology is related to the local economic activities. More specifically there are
usually compact unit typologies or rooms developing around a central patio with sloped roofs. Contemporary architec-
ture keeps the monolithic structure.
LEON,SPAIN
SITE - Villafruela del Condado
-Characterised as a humid temperate climate with no dry season.
-Slight climatic changes between the mountainous and plateau areas.
-Average Temperatures are constantly under comfort zone. Specifically, on extreme conditions average temperatures
are for January 30ºC and for July 19,50ºC. Average temperature for middle seasons is 11,50ºC.
Generally low annual sunshine exposure.
-High chances of raining throughout the year from September until June. Drier season lasts three months.
-Relative Humidity also above comfort zone throughout the year especially from October until May.
-Continuous fresh breeze of 6 m/s (5 beaufort) speed and NW direction. SE winds in November.

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TREES
PARCELS TERRAIN
ROAD
NETW
ORK
W
ATER DISPLACEMENT
BUILDINGS AND
TOPOGRAPHY

1
Orientation
2
Precipitation
3
Ventilation
4
Circulation
Adaptation
Adaptation to site, use the river
as a humidity source
Commune
Introduction of larger communal spaces
and a main central one
Growth
Following the rules of the process of module
insertion and looking at orientations
Activity
Data centre as a heat source under common areas
The galleries work as the distributers of the heat
1 2 3 4
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South Facade 2 Levels
Closed Facade
South Facade
All-year Rain
Roofs
Summer Wind
Public
Private
Winter Wind
Flows
Private Public
Summer Day
Outdoor 19ºC
Indoor 23ºC
Ground 14ºC
Summer Night
Outdoor 11ºC
Indoor 21ºC
Ground 10ºC
Winter Day
Outdoor 3ºC
Indoor 23ºC
Ground 8ºC
Winter Night
Outdoor 0ºC
Indoor 21ºC
Ground 6ºC
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COMMUNE
THERMODYNAMICS
VOLUMETRICS
Heat Vent
Warm air exits the module through
high roof openings.
Control - M
Wooden shutters shading south
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Control - A
Sun automatic control - climbing rose
for shading of the gallery during
summer, and humidity inclusion.
Ventilation
Cross ventilation of the interior, through open gallery
across to north smaller windows.

DATA CENTER
Artiﬁcial topography is created, not only to create correct views and
solar radiation (block north winds) towards every built module, but to
install a data center in the underground levels as to use the heat
produced by the servers into the inhabitable spaces, and at the same
time ventilate these machines with a more stable underground
temperature and cold winds coming from the north.
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Heights Height distribution to avoid
shadowing between units.
Galleries South oriented glass-galleries
to maximize heat gathering.
Circulations Main corridors for
project distribution.
Main Plaza Main corridors for
project distribution.
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house, data centre in basement
Thermo All of the modules and open spaces
receive the most of the heat.
Ventilation Slightly cooler circulations
for cross-ventilation.

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GREEN ISLAND
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NEW URBAN PERSPECTIVES FOR SOUTH-WEST MADRID METRO-
POLITAN AREA: URBAN INTERVENTIONS AND PUBLIC SPACE IN
THE NEAR FUTURE TO CREATE AN SMART AN LIVEBLE CITY
The New District we will be working on is located southeast of the
city of Madrid and surroundings, and constitutes the most important
piece to complete this area of the metropolitan city, whit almost 200
Ha. + 600 Ha.
The district has to be a ﬁne-grained, mixed and lively place, at the
same time it has the potential for a globally exemplary sustainable
project that takes limited resources into account. Around 10,000
apartments have to be planned, rented and owned, for cooperatives
and building associations, of which a half are subsidized apartments.
The social infrastructure with primary school and day care centers as
well as new offers for local supply, sport and culture will also ﬁnd their
place here. In addition, locating workspaces to house a number at
least greater than 10,000 jobs will be a chance.
Urbanism Design Landscape
José María Ezquiaga · Gemma Peñavera
Anna Davidovich · Ricardo Martínez
Daniel Segovia · Camila Ureña
MADRID, SPAIN.

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CAMPAMENTO
ecolo-
gical
reco-
very
densi-
ty
+
Campamento is the only component of the Metropolitan ring
that confronts the urban mass of Central Madrid with a succes-
sion of peripheral cities. This fact means that the condition of
the landscape on both sides cannot and should not be the
same.
Therefore, the project starts from imagining a forest within this
complex metropolitan system. A sustainable and green space
that contributes to the ecological recovery of Madrid, increas-
ing density while reinventing the urban dynamics of the center
and periphery.
During the month of July 2020, an ideas contest was held for the design and
execution of a Metropolitan Forest in Madrid, Spain organized by the Madrid
City Council whose urban policy aims towards green transformation with a
global concept of a belt forestry that seeks geographical continuity by
articulating more consolidated pieces with others with great potential for
action.
MMX for the Madrid’s Bosque Met. Competition 2020.
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Green Areas System Green System + Hidrology
sys-
tem-
conti-
nuity
GOALS
At the core of this strategy is a
vision to create a resilient,
healthy and diverse forest for
the future. That creation
begins by building upon the
present and the past.
CHALLENGES
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built fabric, services and people of the city.
A healthy urban forest will play a critical role
in maintaining the health and liveability of
Madrid.
STRATEGIES
Our vision is of a healthy, resilient and diverse
urban forest that contributes to the health
and wellbeing of our communities, and to a
liveable city that will create better urban
environments for everyone.
up
to
+5ºC
in areas of Madrid at the same time.
(Ventas 33ºC
Ciudad Universitaria 27ºC)
UPM Research, Carmen
Sánchez Guevara,
2015.
Climate
Change
Urban
Heating
Population
Growth
Increase Tree
Canopy
Intensify Uses
and Population
Procure Water
Quality
Improve Diversity
and Ecology
Democratize
the Project
Resilient
Landscapes
Habitability
Sustainability
Community
Wellbeing
Over the next 20 years and beyond, Madrid will experience
a changing climate, becoming increasingly warm, dry, and liable
to more frequent extremes of heat and inundation. We can also
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We seek to provide solid, sustainable foundations for the
future communities of Madrid. We are prepared to
embrace the unfamiliar if it helps us achieve our lofty
ambitions. We will continue to encourage our community
to take positive actions – to be part of the solution at a
local, national and global level.
The City of Madrid’s urban GREEN ISLAND will be resilient,
healthy and diverse and will contribute to the health and
wellbeing of our community and to the creation of a
liveable city.
Melbourne urban concept upon urban forests and it’s
greening process.
GREEN
ISLAND
tar-
gets
prin-
ciples
78
35%
1000%
From approx 12% to _____ by 2040. Ground properties and water quality
adeccuate even for agriculture.
Increase density _____ by 2040.
From approx 47 to _____ by 2040.
Create workshops and forums
to engage with the community
Increase Tree
Canopy
Intensify Uses
and Population
Procure Water
Quality
Improve Diversity
and Ecology
Democratize
the Project
Mitigate and adapt to climate change.
reducethe urban heat island effect.
Become a water consciouscity.
designfor health and wellbeing.
Design for habitabilityand cultural
conservation.
Create healthyecosystems.
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New subway stop
Econnector
Green bridge
Econnectors
ECO-NNECTOR
NEW SUBWAY STATION
GREEN BRIDGE
ECO-NNECTORS
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out
SYSTEMS JOINT
The proposal will continue the process of urban transforma-
tion started with the burial of the M-30 and the execution of
the Madrid River Project on public land, proposing in the
recovered river axis, a strategy comprehensive for interven-
tion in the building and space free private and in the fabric
of social activities and economic, through an innovative
proposal in Sustainable rehabilitation, revitalization and
renewal of the building and the urban scene, which will
transform the relations between the A5 border, existing city,
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1.1 Roads 1.2 Roads
2.1 Main Green Areas 2.2 Green Alleys
3.1 Public Uses 3.2 City Radios

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26-28m
Main Roads, Neighborhood Barrier
Calle Princesa
Calle Fuencarral (N)
16-18m
Secondary Roads
Calle San Bernardo
16m
Inner Streets
City Center
urban
process
1.3 Roads Section
2.3 Green City 2.4 Green Network
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typi-
cal
block
Greenhouse Typology
Communal Garden
Streetfront Structure
Roof Garden
55% built area vs 45% unbuilt
open permeable surface for
pedestrian and communal use
eco-
nnec
tor
Safe crossing spots not only
for pedestrians, but for the
actual natural system to
inter-connect.

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Permeable Tiles
Insect Hotel
Heat Wall
Roof Plantation
PV Pannels - Energy
Hydroponic Vertical Garden
Thermal Mass Trees
Rain Harvesting Building Cooling

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TRES TORRES
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The Courtyard and the Tower - Aware of the disputes, but with an
independent mindset to provide the best environment for end users,
neighbours and visitors, this workshop will assume the present
empty plots, unbuilt remains of the original purchase and demoli-
tion of homes, as the starting point for the brief.
Workshop 2
Alison Brooks Workshop
Alison Brooks · Alejandro de Miguel
Faraz Baniasadi · Ricardo Martínez
Anna Davidovich · Tanvi Shah
MADRID, SPAIN.

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COMMON CAUSE
Times of crisis can bring out the best in people. Inevitably, they
make us see the world through a new lens. This
coronavirus pandemic is perhaps the first time all of humanity
has seen the world through a common lens. Suddenly
we’re all on the same side, acutely conscious of our interde-
pendence. We’re paying much closer attention to values of
open-ness and transparency. Nature itself is coming into
better focus.
We’re realizing what aspects of our daily lives are essential, or
superfluous. We’re more aware of the value of our public
institutions like the civil service, the NHS, schools, universities,
museums and arts organizations, social care charities,
our public gathering spaces and transport systems. We’re also
more conscious of the commercial enterprises critical
to a functioning civil society: food supply and distribution
networks, pharmacies, utilities providers, financial and
communication services, to name a few. Together these
institutions form an inter-connected support system for our
collective well-being.
Our current crisis is a test of these institutions’ resilience: their
ability to simultaneously respond to both the macrocontext
of international political relations and the micro-context of
local, specific, individual needs. You might say this
has been a test of civilization as we know it.
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Urban Scale
The plot, situated on the edge of the Valdeacederas, is surrounded by streets on almost
all sides with Paseo de la Dirección on the southern face being the primary access and
forming a border between the neighborhood and the Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún
Park. The plot also includs an extreme topography, it was intended to reduce the
amount of excavation required for the construction process. This was achieved through
the placement of the buildings on platforms with different elevations.
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BUILDING Scale
The project aimed to take advantage of this big difference of street levels and the axis
created by the streets on the north. Hence, on the southern corner which has the most
spectators, the V-shaped public courtyard was formed. This space opts to frame the
incredible view of the park from the neighborhood and intends to be the link that
connects the park and the neighborhood. The form also highlights a sense of privacy
towards the residential zone for the viewers in lower levels.
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BUILDING Scale
The challenge of respecting the existing context was approached by splitting the
project in two scales. On the northern part, a small-scale courtyard typology was
introduced with a total of 110 units to match the existing fragmented urban texture.
The southern part which forms part of the Madrid city block pattern, was created by a
perimetrical massing following the street lines and three towers that were erected on
top of these perimetrical blocks including a total of 300 units. These towers have differ-
ent heights corresponding to their position and are placed with setbacks from the
main streets to keep the street-views in the human scale.
On the street level, different situations were to be answered. Facing Paseo de la Direc-
cíon, the ground ﬂoor is made up by commerce and the public void. On the rest of the
facades, the street level was intended to have several setbacks and openings which
intend to provide public spaces. The entrances were planned to create a smooth transi-
tion from public to private using the courtyards as the required thresholds for the
residents.
The façades were divided in two vertical parts to maintain the scale of the project. the
bottom part, rising up to 6 ﬂoors, follows the same vocabulary towards the whole
projects with the exterior parts being more open to the city and the inner courtyards
being opaquer to obtain the privacy required. The towers were designed with three
different approaches but all following the idea of “vertical courtyards” adding greenery
to the skyline and to create more diversity within the cityscape.
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The northern part includes an alley which is accessed from the lower-level courtyards
and provides access for the upper levels. This alley is terraced over the lower level so that
it can connect with the main street. The change of level, made to reduce the excava-
tion, is also translated to the roof. This was done to avoid creating a massive building
next to the street and to make a transition from the narrow street, located in the
western border of the plot, to the roof level of the existing neighborhood situated on
the higher level of ground. As a result of this approach to the topography, the rooftops
create an elevated landscape towards the park which are communal spaces for the
residents.
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FROM URBAN TO DOMESTIC Scale
The civic institution designated to the project is “the Market”.
Placed on the southern edge of the plot, the market is to be a
transparent block emphasized by the break in the volume of
the building. The multi-story market also takes advantage of a
rooftop terrace towards the park and the adjacency to the
public space.
The L-shaped typology was selected for the domestic scale as it
provided more corner situations offering double orientations
for the building. The repetition of the module around the court-
yards created the typologies in the north and in the southern
part, inner courtyards were added to create the same situation
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LATINA 50
173
In 3 different urban contexts in configuration but above all in tempo-
rality; This exercise seeks to find solutions at different scales starting
from the urban and reaching the domestic scale starting from a
series of premises.
Urban development must always seek the welfare of society as its
first objective. Urban structures have to be projected to life times
+100 years, leaving aside purely commercial interests (-30 years). The
aesthetics of the building is its best tool towards urban and social
acceptance; its qualification is given to a greater degree, by the one
that passes through there and not so much by the one who lives
there. Continuous development is the key, you don't have to reinvent
the world.
Workshop 7
Eberle Workshop
Dietmar Eberle · Rosario Segado
Ricardo Martínez
MADRID, SPAIN.

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TIME AND SCALE
The process consists of jumping every 24 hours between the
different locations and project scales, but without starting
from scratch; but by recovering the process of a partner and
taking it to the next step, not without first refining the previous
step.
In a process that starts from volumetry and urban insertion,
then to its structure and materiality, it ends at the façade. All
these elements end up configuring a base plan, and a propos-
al to go through the project itself.
The challenge then is not only the scale of the surfaces (where
2 lots have a surface between 300 and 700 m2, and the 3rd one
exceeds the hectare) but also the urban contextualization in
areas of the city that were developed in such different
timeframes a of the other. Along the same lines, it is also
important to consider the proportion of the streets, the height
of the boundaries and, of course, their better integration into
society based on their ground floors and their connectivity.
I started the process in the Guindalera, with a volume that did
not evolve much more than first intentions, I think that the
scale in such a short time ended up not working. But in later
exercises in Latina and Chamberí, it was more a collection of
principles that came and went between the two scales, and
that ended up speaking of a clearer and stronger process. The
volume that I developed for the final project was the one
proposed by Nouhaila Zergane.
16th Century
16th Century
Latina

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19th Century 20th Century
19th Century
Chamberi
20th Century
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Volume - Patio and Main Facades
Urban Iso
Volume - Urban Contextualization
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Structure + Vertical Nucleus
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Structure - Urban Contextualization

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NY 401
187
It was the master's process as well as a deep theoretical and practical
learning, an introspection process that ended up expressing itself
and collecting extraordinary experiences and of course, friendships.
It is in this framework that we decided to participate in a housing
competition in our country under the precept of staying true to the
qualities and characteristics that we conceived and evolved throu-
ghout the course.
The León housing project seeks to propose new ways of conceiving
the exterior and the public in the framework of social housing in
Mexico. We seek to create ideal atmospheres throughout the
gradient; from the most public to the most private.
IMUVI Housing Competition
IMUVI León
Ricardo Martínez · Daniel Segovia · Camila Ureña
LEON, MEXICO.

QUALITIES COMPENDIUM
The pandemic has come to question preconceptions about
decent housing around the world. It is true that we have
learned to live on increasingly limited surfaces, increasingly
challenging the exercise of self-limitation; But now we are
faced with a much more complex context than mere real
estate competition. Today we know with certainty that the
relationship of the interior with the exterior is fundamental,
and that in an unfortunate circumstance of conﬁnement, the
lucky owners of a balcony, a garden or a terrace, will be the
most suitable. It is in this context that we approach our propos-
al from the intentions of outer space in all its qualities. Public,
semi-public and private exterior; they are all the necessary
gradient for decent habitability today.
Today we must be generous in our efforts to return to the
home, a breath of fresh air.
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1,806
NUEVA YORK
KANSAS
The
property
located
just
2.5
kms
from
the
center
of
the
city
of
León
and
on
the
corner
of
Kansas
and
New
York
streets,
1806
m2,
has
a
north
orientation
on
the
longest
facade
(New
York),
and
adjoining
towards
the
south
with
the
project
“Las
Américas”.
The
principle
is
to
create
a
connection
not
only
with
the
immediate
context,
but
with
the
neighborhood,
collaborate
towards
an
identity
and
allow
appropriation
in
different
degrees,
on
the
part
of
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
Americas.
The
strategy
is
to
solve
the
north
orientation
in
the
longest
façade
of
the
project,
guaranteeing
thermal
comfort
to
all
the
houses
and
creating
a
semi-public
space,
which
allows
recreation
to
the
inhabitants
of
the
project.
It
is
proposed
on
the
ground
floor,
commercial
and
public
areas,
which
under
the
principle
of
mixed
use,
seek
integration
with
the
residents
of
the
area
not
only
due
to
the
commercial
program,
but
also
due
to
the
circulation
area
and
perimeter
permanence
with
shade
and
for
the
extension
of
trade.
The
parking
lot
is
located
behind
these
commercial
premises,
which
in
addition
to
avoiding
the
basement,
remains
hidden
from
the
pedestrian
and
the
user,
generating
a
more
pleasant
building
towards
the
city.
All
this
occurs
on
a
firm
foundation,
with
a
rhythm
and
proportion
suitable
for
scale
and
pedestrian
accessibility.
The
house
is
developed
on
4
levels,
on
the
commercial
area
and
with
controlled
access.
A
dialogue
begins
with
the
neighboring
building
(Las
Américas),
at
first,
from
the
equalization
of
the
maximum
heights
of
the
building.
The
housing
volume
is
displaced
from
the
basement
with
a
slight
recess,
which
pays
for
a
better
pedestrian
scale,
in
addition
to
the
privacy
conditions
for
and
from
the
balconies
and
circulations
of
the
same.
This
same
retreat,
although
broader
towards
the
eastern
border,
obtains
garden-terraces
for
a
group
of
apartments.
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We
create
a
plaza
level,
above
the
commercial
and
parking
area,
which
not
only
provides
a
visual
and
formal
connection
with
the
neighboring
building,
but
also
receives
the
south
and
embraces
solar
radiation
throughout
the
day.
This
gesture
finds
for
the
coldest
and
longest
façade
(north),
now
also
the
warmest
front
of
the
complex.
The
principle
is
that
all
homes
have
a
double
orientation
that
allows
proper
sunlight
and
ventilation
for
the
different
seasons
of
the
year.
It
is
no
less
important
to
note
that
through
this
movement,
both
projects
co-exist
in
a
prosperous
relationship
in
aesthetic
terms,
this
by
adding
a
semi-public
space,
exterior
and
with
the
purpose
of
accessible
recreation,
if
desired,
from
the
1st
level
of
both.
A
last
modification
to
the
general
volume,
a
distinction
in
height
for
the
western
area
of
the
project,
which
together
with
the
separation
between
buildings
completes
the
effort
to
also
maintain
the
healthy
relationship
with
the
neighboring
building
without
affecting
its
thermal
and
lighting
situation.
Thus
guaranteeing
solar
radiation
for
all
homes
in
both
projects.
This
space
will
also
be
destined
for
common
use
among
the
inhabitants
of
the
new
building.
The
relationship
of
heights,
the
proximity
of
the
ground
floor,
the
flexibility
and
versatility
of
the
plaza
level
and
houses
always
with
double
orientation
and
customizable
exterior
spaces,
complete
our
proposal
as
a
whole
under
the
principle
of
increasingly
including
the
exterior
and
nature
itself,
as
part
of
the
home.
Bioclimatic Profile Final Volumetrics

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3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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12
13
14
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16
17
25
24
23
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20
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18
26
27
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S
S
Ground Level
192

Typical Plan
193
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S
B
B
B
B
B
B

194
The exterior circulations have, in addition to the appropriate proportion,
multipurpose elements to promote their use. For the bench / ﬂowerpot,
just bring a table closer to redeﬁne the experience in a simple hallway.
GL
Plaza
1
2
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4
COMMUNAL POT-BENCH

A collection of habitable endeavors
The Master of Advanced Studies in Collective Housing is a postgra-
duate professional program of advanced architecture design
focused on housing, city and energy studies. The value of this unique
program lies in its excellence and practice-oriented synthesis of
design with integrated disciplines and theoretical issues of dwelling
and housing.
MCH is directed by Prof. José María de Lapuerta (UPM), Prof. Andrea
Deplazes (ETH) and managed by Prof. Rosario Segado.
I want to thank each individual that I shared with during this
wonderful experience. Unforgettable teachers and rich and equally
profound lessons, I take as my main acquisition. Talented and deter-
mined colleagues that I will surely meet more than once in practice
or perhaps also, on the cover of a magazine. An ambitiously well-de-
signed course that challenges students to push themselves to the
maximum to find, through the creativity of their different profiles,
solutions in short but rigorous time frames.
Thanks to Chema and Andrea for their ambition to create one of the
most successful and challenging postgraduate architecture
programs in the world. Thanks to Rosario for always directing and
accompanying such a strenuous course with care and dedication,
but above all for always doing it with a smile. Thanks to each of my
colleagues with whom I shared work, laughter or even just a
constructive comment, but above all those whom I already carry in
my people's basket forever.
For my part, I hope that I have fulfilled the expectations placed on
me. Looking back, I notice that perhaps there was an opportunity to
give more of myself, but I take the peace and pride of knowing that I
remained authentic, willing and purposeful. I apologize at times or to
people that I did not give my best version to, but it is true that I
always try to do it, intensely.
Finally, thanks to you without whom I could not be here. That they
supported me (even involuntarily) to achieve this dream and perso-
nal debt with which I carried a long time. Thanks Arnulfo and Patricia,
for always pushing me even though sometimes I can't see it. Thank
you Camila for making me brave and persevering. Thank you Yaffa
and Xavier for taking care of me and supporting me unconditionally.
Thank you Nufo, for the great effort that I imply for you, that I could
do this. Always thank those who can forget at this time, but it is true
that although the memory perishes, the gratitude is eternal.
Remain curious.
- Ricardo

Ricardo Martínez MAS in Collective Hou
UPM · ETH Zurich

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