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The Master of Advanced Studies
in Collective Housing (MCH) is a
postgraduate full-time interna-
tional professional program of
architecture and design in cities
and housing presented by Uni-
versidad Politécnica de Madrid
(UPM) and ETH Zurich.
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WORKSHOPS
SPECIALTIES
WORKSHOP 1
CLIMATE & METABOLISM
WORKSHOP 2
CONSTRUCTION & TECHNOLOGY
WORKSHOP 3
LOW-COST & EMERGENCY HOUSING
WORKSHOP 4
URBAN DESIGN & CITY SCIENCES
WORKSHOP 5
WORKSHOP 6
WORKSHOP 7
“Reload with work”
Madrid, Spain
“Seasonal migration”
Barcelona, Spain
“Housing and Reuse”
Zurich, Switzerland
“From Paris to Rio”
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
“Domestic fragments”
Anywhere
“Weaving the urban fabric”
Sao Paolo, Brazil
“Working+Living”
Barcelona, Spain
“Where do we live?”
Madrid, Spain
“Ordinariness and life”
Split, Croatia
“La Corrala futura”
Madrid, Spain
“16th, 19th, 20th”
Madrid, Spain
8-25
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110-127
128-155
156-167
168-191
44-53
54-63
64-81
82-95
96-107
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One-week workshops offer par-
ticipants a place to further devel-
op the acquired knowledge during
the year. During that week, there
is a change of pace in which they
take a break from the other spe-
cialties and intensify their work in
the workshops to make the best
out of it.
The topic and approach for ev-
ery workshop is different and the
methodology used by the invited
architect is also meant to vary
in order to give the participant a
wide range of cases to learn from.
WORKSHOPS
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WORKSHOP 1
Workshop leaders
Andrés Cánovas
Atxu Amann
Nicolás Maruri
Project team
Alexia Valtadorou (Greece)
Bettina Kagelmacher (Chile)
Jorge Sánchez (Spain)
Felipe Santamaria (Colombia)
Location | Madrid, Spain
Duration | 5 days
In this workshop, we had to re-think one of the
ETSAM pavilions on its four floors as a container
for effective use of work and domesticity.
The proposal accommodates both places for
daily, individual and collective work and for living
during stays of three, six, and twelve months.
We started by doing a survey in the workspace to
analyze the levels of intimacy. For us, it’s not the
shape of a space that defines the activity, but the
people, the objects and the interaction between
them. The objects are powerful tools that give
people the ability to colonize a room and trans-
form empty spaces into domestic spaces.
The floor plan is created through a catalog of
spaces with different shapes and sizes. We
defined five different kinds of systems inside the
building; furnitures, devices, objects, facilities and
fixtures.
The idea is that the user can book its place and
customize it by assembling it himself.
Also, we propose a different way to move inside
the building. Instead of having a fixed circulation,
we have some islands of inhabitable spaces and
the space that is left in between can be used
for other activities. There are just some cores of
staircases and elevators outside the building that
are fixed, and the rest of the building can change
according to the users.
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Objects and intimacy place our spaces and
shape the relationship between them as well.
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-What do objects need for people to use them?
-Architecture.
Yes, it is an architectural system.
FURNITURES
DEVICES
OBJECTS
FIXTURES
FACILITIES
But also the proposal has another kind of architectural operations, as the
communication of the two courtyards.
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WORKSHOP 2
Workshop leader
Anne Lacaton
Project team
Alexia Valtadorou (Greece)
Andrew Georges (Lebanon)
Ishan Goyal (India)
Flavia Guimaraes (Brazil)
Andrés Solano (Peru)
Location | Zurich, Switzerland
Duration | 5 days
In this workshop, we had to develop new
dwelling solutions for the sheds of SBB Depot,
alternative upgrading solutions for the existing
housing buildings and propose new structures
on the site. The main task was to propose a
manifesto defining and exemplifying optimal
conditions to live in the city.
MANIFESTO
Modernity convinced us for too long of a failed
idea of progress.
It promised that industry would bring wellbeing
to everyone.
It did but only for a few.
Cities everywhere are re-imagining their futures
in search of a more human-centered society.
Changing infrastructures centered in the vehicle
to structures thought for people.
We need to do places where we can live in
community and have a generosity of space for
the intimate realm. To be able to meet strangers
and friends when we are happy and feel socia-
ble; but be able to retract when we want to be
alone.
We have the sensation that everything now
changes faster than before, even more with
technology that allows us to do almost anything
almost everywhere.
Our living spaces need to react to this new liquid
reality and become containers for our daily lives,
not limiting our movement, but enhancing our
changing flows.
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70 dwellings
D. New 4 storey long building
35 dwellings
A. Refurbishment of Vogt building
B. Extension of Vogt building - up + side
C. New 12 storey building over SBB depot
95 dwellings
65 dwellings
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ZÜRICH NEWS
SBB will get
new face
with project
Bold idea to bring pleasure,
imagination and nature inside the
existing structure
Bigger apartments for existing dwellers, no need
to move out
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refurbish Vogt tower and the SBB
Depot hall with 300 new dwellings
and public space.
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whole community
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buildings, according
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WORKSHOP 3
Workshop leader
Elli Mosayebi
Project team
Alexia Valtadorou (Greece)
Francisco Heredia (Argentina)
Borja Martínez-Alcalá (Spain)
Duration | 5 days
At the beginning of this workshop, we had to
pick randomly three words among which were
two activities and one spatial element. Also,
we had to choose the climate conditions that
we had to embody in our project. The task
was to rethink what happens in a dwelling
and explore how an architectural element can
serve as a design strategy for the proposal
and how the climate affects this as a whole.
The climate given was the Mediterranean
one with dry and hot summers with average
temperatures. Wet and rainy winters with
mild temperatures. The colder it gets, the
more rain and the hotter it gets, the drier it
gets. And the words given was the activities of
sleeping and storing in combination with the
window, as a spatial element.
The idea was to inhabit the layers of the
Mediterranean window and all the spaces of
these extruded layers. The window became
the room, a space for safety and privacy. The
window is the most important part of the
apartment because allows the relation be-
tween interior and exterior and also between
private and public spaces. The interior space
is extended to the exterior, to the balcony with
a curtain that provides intimacy to the user
going in and out of the space.
Finally, as for the storing of the dwelling, we
propose a compact area in the center of the
house with storage walls, that creates a more
open and flexible space.
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sleeping
storing
window
Climatic conditions with dry and hot summers
with average temperatures. Wet and rainy winters
with mild temperatures. The colder it gets,
the more rain and the hotter it gets, the drier it gets.
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LA VENTANA
The idea is to inhabit all the layers
of the mediterranean window and
all the spaces of these extruded
layers. The window becomes the
room, a space for safety and priva-
cy. The window is the most import-
ant part of the apartment, because
it allows the relation between the
interior and the exterior. We pro-
pose, also, a compact area in the
center of the house with storage
walls, that creates a more open and
flexible space.
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WORKSHOP 4
Workshop leader
Andrea Deplazes
Project team
Alexia Valtadorou (Greece)
Paloma Allende (Argentina)
Cristhian Haro (Peru)
Location | Barcelona, Spain
Duration | 5 days
This workshop was about exploring the rela-
tionship between living and working, based
on a specific condition. We had to work on the
integration of working inside the living.
For this, we had to understand what working
means nowadays. We realized that the space
for working has become related to the spaces
for living, so much that they are not identi-
fied as separate elements, but integrated. We
can work anywhere if we have the necessary
support elements.
So, we create a central introverted space to
work with all the necessary support elements
around it that at the same time can serve the
living spaces.
With this concept, we developed four typol-
ogies of dwellings. The one with the one bed,
with the two beds, three beds and a dwelling
with the possibility of extension for a large
group of people. With these four typologies,
we can develop different types of density. The
proposed grouping is developed to achieve the
highest possible density in the Barcelona Cerda
block, leaving only the necessary roads and
spaces within it.
There are many complaints about working at
home, but maybe we just need to structure the
chaos. We must demonstrate that the organic
development of our lives can have an order,
from the development of our cities to our
existence in the house.
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WORKSHOP 5
Workshop leader
Hrvoje Njiric
Project team
Alexia Valtadorou (Greece)
Carolina Basilis (Dominican Republic)
Tita Campino (Chile)
Juanita Gómez (Colombia)
Location | Split, Croatia
Duration | 5 days
This project is focused on low-cost housing,
affordable and innovative solutions to the basic
need for small-sized housing within a specific
Mediterranean context of the city of Split in
Croatia. In this particular site, the complex outline
is topped with a legalized house in the middle of
the designated plot and a road that runs diago-
nally across the site.
The project aims to promote well-tempered
solutions to housing, coming up with afforda-
ble and sustainable units with limited size and
budget to meet demands in the housing market,
even in such a troubled location as Kila. The
assignment allows thinking about the social,
cultural and environmental effects of sustainable
design within defined parameters.
The site is situated in the unconsolidated half of
the city of Split, in the district of Mejaši. Accord-
ing to the Masterplan, it is located in the mixed-
use zone and thus could be used for housing
development. Two perimeter roads on the east
and west side can be used to connect the plot to
the city infrastructure. In the middle of the site is
an existing building built before 2011 and should
be preserved.
Research and reflections on a desirable commu-
nity are included in this project, paying attention
to local features and, at the same time, to global
aspects that defined the target social group. So,
after analyzing the demographics and the social
needs of the city of Split, we defined the social
groups of the project. This project addresses
families and “starters”, young people looking for
a starting point. This means that there are long-
term and short-term apartments. The ground
floor of each building has a more public charac-
ter with spaces, such as a laundry room, work-
spaces, communal kitchen, library, and cinema.
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_people that look for a starting point
_short-term apartments
FAMILIES
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Services
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4-5 levels
2-3 levels
Land uses
Building heights
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WORKSHOP 6
Workshop leader
Alison Brooks
Project team
Alexia Valtadorou (Greece)
Cristhian Caro (Peru)
Karol Diaz (Colombia)
Andrew Georges (Lebanon)
Location | Madrid, Spain
Duration | 5 days
In this project, we were called to design the “Corra-
la futura”, proposing artist, living and studio spaces
in a specific site at the intersection of several art
centers. The site we were given, is a collective park,
called “Esta es una plaza”, a shared social space of
the inhabitants, which serves as a meeting place
for the neighborhood. The challenge was to make
the most of its context, which responds to the
dense nature of the historic city of Madrid.
The process starts by minimizing the intervention
on the plot, keeping the park as it is used now with
its original functionality. Whatever we must cover,
we reintroduce it within the new structure, as an
elevated public function, welcoming to all.
As a first approach, we want to create an inti-
mate facade that shows and expresses the park’s
communication with the neighborhood. Also, we
reconcile the neighboring facades with a thick and
bearing bricklayer, packed with all the building’s
services and functionalities. Whatever sprouts in-
wards are left light. A filigree of wooden beams and
columns creates the contemporary corrala.
The expression of the street and that of the inner
park are radically different. The building is wedged
between two realities. The inhabitants’ private
lives are expressed as singular and individualistic
shifting arches on the façade, while the communal
spaces are situated at the heart of the building,
evoking a regular grid, where none is prioritized
over the other.
The dwellings themselves are flexible. With an ab-
solute minimum of defined space, the apartments
can be transformed, from domestic spaces into
spaces of creation and production.
The public realm is littered with spaces that allow
the cooperative to engage with the city, whether
through a market for locally produced greens, or
even a series of art galleries and exhibition spac-
es that provide the artists their main source of
income.
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Atelier B - 73.5m2
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Atelier C - 36m2
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Atelier C. Studio
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Atelier B. Studio
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Atelier A. Studio
36 sqm
Atelier A. Home
36 sqm
Atelier B. Home
49 sqm
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WORKSHOP 7
Workshop leader
Dietmar Eberle
Project team
Alexia Valtadorou (Greece)
Location | Madrid, Spain
Duration | 5 days
The task of this workshop was to work in
three different sites with totally different
scales and contexts. We were given three sites,
from different development stages of the
city. The first one is situated in La Latina, in
the historical center of the city (16th century),
the second one is in Plaza d’ España, next to
Palacio Real (19th century) and the third one
is in Madrid Rio, in the newest part of the city
(20th century).
We also were asked to approach the building
in a very different way, breaking it into four
categories: the volumetric mass, the structure,
the façade, and then the plan. Every category
has a different impact on the environment and
is characterized by a different lifespan.
The task was to work every day in a differ-
ent site and develop every day one of these
four categories, starting from the volumetric
mass, the connection with the city and the
surrounding buildings. The next day we had to
take the next site and work on the structure of
the building, by choosing the project of one of
our colleagues to continue.
For the final project, I chose the plot in Plaza d’
España. The structure of the building is from
CLT with wooden columns, beams and slabs
and concrete only for the circulation cores in
the back side of the building. As a cladding, I
used brick so that the building is integrated
into the neighborhood. On each floor, there
are two circulation cores and four apartments
of different sizes with balconies both on the
front and on the back side of the building.
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Day 1
16th century
La Latina
714 m2
19th century
Plaza d’ España
650 m2
20th century
Madrid Rio
24.932 m2
Day 2 | Volumetric mass
La Latina
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Day 5 | Final project
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Typology C | 95m2
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Each specialty seminar is coordi-
nated by a technical director who
lectures together with a group of
teachers and specialists from all
over the world.
Specialty seminars have different
teaching hours each, which can
slightly vary from edition to edi-
tion. In any case, the approach is
basically practical.
The specialties were: “Climate &
metabolism”, “Housing practice”,
“Leadership, processes & entre-
preneurship”, “Sociology, econ-
omy & politics”, “Construction &
technology”, “Low-cost & emer-
gency housing”, “Urban design &
city sciences”.
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CLIMATE, METABOLISM
& ARCHITECTURE
Specialty leader
Javier García-Germán
Project team
Alexia Valtadorou (Greece)
Juanita Gómez (Colombia)
Suzane Kteich (Lebanon)
Andrés Solano (Peru)
Location | Barcelona, Spain
Duration | 3 weeks
It is a collective housing project, focused on the
quotidian implications of sustainability, connecting
everyday life to architecture, by exploring the design
opportunities which the field of thermodynamics
and ecology are opening to architecture, and finding
strategies that bridge the void between quantitative
and qualitative approaches.
The project doesn’t only take into consideration cli-
matic conditions for design but also proposes a new
way of living in connection with nature and changing
seasons. It is also easy to understand and replicate
with local materials, which will have a low metabolic
impact on the environment.
The project proposes a system of seasonal migration,
similar to that of birds that travel each year to warm-
er areas of the planet during winter. In the commune
proposed, different areas are used at different times
of the year, according to climatic comfort.
The system is composed of a series of elements
that can be used to assemble together and create
a commune. There are winter and summer units
that can be used according to the season and placed
according to a manual. There are also many smaller
elements like connectors (stairs, stands, lattice walls)
that can be used to articulate the different units
between each other. The expansions are wooden
structures used for canopies that can serve to create
covered areas for temporary uses.
Because these units are made of simple locally
available materials of small size, they can be easily
assembled by the users using a manual. In this case,
the commune can grow organically by following
simple instructions on how to locate them in relation
to each other, for them to work climatically. A new
aesthetic of architecture is endorsed giving value to
the accumulation of small-scale buildings, whose
shape can change in time, instead of a formally com-
plex finalized design.
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working space combining
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traditional architecture the best
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garden. Bringing light and heat
during winter using glass and
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lunch
sleep
work
siesta
16:00hrs / During the afternoon, when
it is really hot, and there is plenty of
sun radiation, the best way to have a
siesta is outside with a shade from a
light roof canopy to protect from the
sun. The sleeping or relaxing time can
be done in a hammock. The fabric can
be of a breathable mesh to promote
ventilation.
14:00hrs / Lunch time in summer
can be done outside like a picnic if
the proper space is found. A perfect
space would be under the trees
with a big canopy, close to a body of
water so that the wind can lower its
temperatureasitapproaches.
11:00hrs / During the morning, the
best working space would be under
a roof, protected from the prevailing
wind, but still well ventilated with a
lattice on the facade that helps also
to reduce the too much sunlight
exposure.
22:00hrs / At night, the best location
for sleeping would be in a ventilated
space with openings to the exterior.
This can occur inside or outside the
builtspace.
11:00hrs / For working during cold
mornings, the best conditions would
be to let the sun in from the top
protected by louvres and glazing. In
that way the sun can let heat warm
the room and also stop disturbing
sunlight.
work
14:00hrs/Atlunchtime,thebigfacade
is oriented to the South which allows
plenty of sunlight to be harnessed
through glazed enclosure. The glazing
also extends in angle to the roof so
that more sunlight is allowed inside,
warming the room.
lunch
22:00hrs / During night time, a high
room is proposed, connected to
another lower room on the ground
floor. During the day this lower room
will harness heat through the sunlight
exposure, so that at night this will
create a flow of warm air to the
sleeping area.
16:00hrs / For siesta, the temperature
at this time of the day is not that cold,
butstilltheroomneedstogetwarm.A
trombe wall is used to heat the room,
whilst opening a window in the East-
West direction for indirect ventilation.
sleep
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Certified Timber
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B/ Las Guillerías - Diseminado Afueras, 33, 17166 Susqueda, Giron -
Certified Forest
C/ Sebastia - Industries de la Fusta - C-13, km 133, 25594 Rialp, Lérida -
Sawmill
Reused Brick
F/ Demolition of existing buildings at PobleNou, Barcelona
G/ COM-CAL - lime mortar for assembling bricks
H/ Grup Tort - Carrer de Priora Xixilona, 64 - Factory that manages
construction waste for converting bricks into roads
Compound Earth Panel
D/ Extraction of earth at Castellbisbal
E/ Valley of the Ebro - Rice husk for earth mixture
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Policarbonate
To protect the Quincha
panels on the North and
South facade.
Planted roof
To enchance thermal
inertia during summer.
Canopy
Can be put in place during
summer to give extra
shadow on the summer
part of the unit.
Quincha Panels
Made out of a wooden
frame, filled with small
wood parts and covered
in adobe mud. Finished
like a stucco with the
own earth mixture.
Lattice
Made out of a wooden
shelving structure,
contains reclaimed bricks.
Wood panels
To protect the Quincha
panels on the East and
West facade.
CLT Structure
Cross Laminated Timber
structure for columns,
beams and slabs.
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Prototype tectonics
W 1a
S 2a
W 1b
S 2b
S 3b
W 1c
S 2c
S 3c
Units. Conectors. Expansions /
The system is composed of a series of
elements that can be used to assemble
together and create a commune. There
are winter (W) and summer (S) units
which can be used according to the
seasonandplacedaccordingtoamanual.
There are also many smaller elements
like conectors (stairs, stands and lattice
walls) that can be used to articulate the
different units between each other. The
expansions are wooden structures used
for canopies that can serve to create
coveredareasfortemporaryuses.
C 1
stair
C 3
lattice
C 2
stands
Woodandbricklattice/
Thethermalpropertiesofreusedbrickarebeneficial
for the project. Because the structure of the units is
made up of wood, a special wooden shelving design
is proposed where bricks are placed like books. This
allows contact with the sun and the wind allowing
thelatticetoenhanceitsthermalcapacities.
E 1
canopy
Elements of the commune system
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year
1
summer sun
winter sun
Because these units are made of simple locally available
materials of small size, they can be easily assembled by
the users using a manual. In this case, the commune can
grow organically simply by following simple instructions
on how to locate them in relation to each other, for them
to work climatically. A new aesthetic of architecture is
endorsed giving value to the accumulation of small scale
buildings, whose shape can change in time, instead of
formally complex finalized design.
Self-built affordable units.
How to assemble
years
5
years
10
years
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winter
summer
Birds migrate, people too /
The project proposes a system of seasonal
migration, similar to that of the birds that
travel each year to warmer areas of the
planet during winter. In the commune
proposed, different areas are used in
different times of the year, according to
climatic comfort.
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CONSTRUCTION &
TECHNOLOGY
Specialty leader
Ignacio Fernández-Solla
Project team
Alexia Valtadorou (Greece)
Flavia Guimaraes (Brazil)
Androniki Petrou (Greece)
Alexandre de Rungs (Mexico)
Nayanatara Tampi (India)
Location | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Duration | 3 weeks
In this specialty, we chose one building and we
had to move it to a place with different climatic
conditions. We had to work with the hot climatic
conditions and for this, we had to create a new
structure, so that the building responds to that.
The original project is a social housing by Atelier
Kempe Thill, in the Montmartre district of Paris.
We relocate the project to Rio de Janeiro, in a
neighborhood with similar characteristics as the
previous one for the social, cultural, and eco-
nomic context.
For the new building, we keep the same shape
as the initial, changing its size and creating a
grid of 3x4m that serves for the industrializa-
tion of the construction. We also keep the idea
of the two identical buildings with the empty
space between them as a shared space.
The ground floor and the main cores of the two
buildings that are used for the vertical circula-
tion are constructed with reinforced concrete
and they have a public character with parking
and commercial spaces. The load-bearing ele-
ments of the rest of the floors are constructed
with Cross Laminated Wood (CLT). They consist
of wooden beams, columns and slabs with
an addition of metal balconies. The balconies
work as an independent system, as it is just an
addition to the rest of the building. They consist
of metallic beams and columns, a wooden
deck for the floor, and rotating wooden louvers,
which form the last layer of the building.
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TO RIO DE JANEIRO
FROM PARIS
Adaptation to the new plot,
scaling and adjusting the layout
Cross and central ventilation
North and south orientation
Public park and ammenities
Shadow situation in the center
Eliminating second building and
mirroring primary building
Adaptation to the new plot, scal-
ing and adjusting the layout
Cross and central ventilation
strategy.
North and south orientation
Est
West
Original Montmartre Paris building
state
Public park and ammenities
Shadow situation in the center.
West East
Eliminating second building and
mirroring primary building.
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Cross ventilation Keeping sun light Double facade keeping
ventilation
Double facade sun control for
summer
Double facade keeping Double facade sun control for
Cross ventilation
Double facade,
keeping ventilation
Keeping the sunlight
Double facade,
sun control for the summer
Climatic strategies
Winter 44°
Summer 88°
Cross ventilation
Heat release
Double facade
Sun light
Climate diagram
Cross ventilation
Heat release
Double facade
Sun light
Climate diagram
Cross ventilation
Heat release
Double facade
Sunlight
Summer 88o
Winter 44o
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Concrete structure from the
groundfloor to the first floor
CLT secondary interior partitions
CLT primary structural walls
apartment and core divisions
Steel columns and beam slabs
structure for balconies
Concrete structure From ground
floor to first floor concrete
CLT primary walls apartment and
core divisions
CLT secondary internal walls
divisons
Steel columns and beams sub
structure for balconies
CLT secondary internal walls Steel columns and beams sub
Structural strategies
CLT structure
Prefab concrete beams,
columns and slabs
Steel substructure
In situ concret foundations
Structure diagram
CLT structure
Prefab concrete beam
columns and slabs
Steel substructure
In situ concret foundat
Structure diagram
CLT structure
Steel substructure
Prefab concrete beams,
columns and slabs
In situ concrete foundations
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12 m
3 m
3 m
3 m
New surface 3 x 4 m grid new proposal 2 D CLT 12 X 3 m slabs prefab 2 D 3 x 3-12 m modular and prefab
inernal and structural facade
Industrialization Strategy
12 m
3 m
3 m
3 m
New surface 3 x 4 m grid new proposal 2 D CLT 12 X 3 m slabs prefab 2 D 3 x 3-12 m modular and prefab
inernal and structural facade
ndustrialization Strategy
12 m
3 m
3 m
3 m
New surface 3 x 4 m grid new proposal 2 D CLT 12 X 3 m slabs prefab 2 D 3 x 3-12 m modular and prefab
inernal and structural facade
rialization Strategy
12 m
3 m
3 m
3 m
New surface 3 x 4 m grid new proposal 2 D CLT 12 X 3 m slabs prefab 2 D 3 x 3-12 m modular and prefab
inernal and structural facade
alization Strategy
Services Strategy
Vertical ciruclation and ducts in
the center
Humid areas located in the center
near ducts.
Central HVAC per apartment
inside humid areas ceiling
2 Water tanks:
- Rain and gray waters
- Daily water tank (treatment
plant)
Solar panels in Roof Top
ervices Strategy
Vertical ciruclation and ducts in
the center
Humid areas located in the center
near ducts.
Central HVAC per apartment
inside humid areas ceiling
2 Water tanks:
- Rain and gray waters
- Daily water tank (treatment
plant)
Solar panels in Roof Top
ces Strategy
Vertical ciruclation and ducts in
the center
Humid areas located in the center
near ducts.
Central HVAC per apartment
inside humid areas ceiling
2 Water tanks:
Rain and gray waters
aily water tank (treatment
plant)
Solar panels in Roof Top
Strategy
Vertical ciruclation and ducts in
the center
Humid areas located in the center
near ducts.
Central HVAC per apartment
inside humid areas ceiling
Water tanks:
and gray waters
ater tank (treatment
plant)
Solar panels in Roof Top
New surface
Water tank:
Daily water tank
(treatment plant)
Vertical circulation and
ducts in the center
Wet areas located in the center
near the ducts. Central HVAC
per apartment inside wet areas
ceiling
Solar panels
in the roof top
3x4m grid proposal 2D CLT 12x3m
prefabricated slabs
2D 3x3m modular and
prefabricated internal facade
Industrialization strategies
SERVICES STRATEGIES
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CLT core and structural walls
CLT slabs Metal balcony
Interior partitions
Structure
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EXCAVATION AND
WATER TANK
PRE CAST CONCRETE PARKING
AND COMMERCIAL
CONCRETE CORE AND
BEAM GRID
PRECAST CONCRETE
BASE SLAB
Concrete
Precast concrete
base slabs
Concrete core and
beam grid
Precast concrete
parking and commercial
areas
Excavation and water
tank
Structural axonometric
ADJUSTABLE LOUVRE
FACADE (OUTER)
INTERNAL WINDOWS FACADE
CLT STRUCTURAL WALL GRID
0.2M THK
SECONDARY PLUMBING
WALLS 0.15M THK
CLT SLABS
3MX12MX0.2M THK
1.5M BALCONY
LIGHTWEIGHT SLAB
SOLAR PANEL
TERRACE LAYER
CLT
Solar panel
terrace layer
CLT slabs
3mx12mx0,2m thickness
1,5m balcony
lightweight slab
Secondary plumbing
walls 0,15 m thickness
CLT structural wall grid
0,2 m thickness
Internal windows facade
Adjustable louvre
facade (outer)
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Trickle vent system
Sylomer
Angle bracket
Insulation
Exterior finishing
CLT slab
Impact insulation layer
Concrete
Floor finishing
Wooden frame
CLT slab
Impact insulation layer
Concrete
Insulation
Exterior finishing
Wooden frame
Floor finishing
Angle bracket
Sylomer
Trickle ventilation system
Connection of the CLT structural elements and the metal balcony Shading diagrams
Completely closed
Some of them open
Completely open
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TRADITIONAL CONSTRUCTION
TIME PERIOD
TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS
NO OVERLAP OF CONTRUCTION TIMES
OVERLAP OF CONSTRUCTION TIMES
FABRICATION DONE OFFSITE
ASSEMBLED AND FIXED ON SITE
OVERLAP OF CONSTRUCTION TIMES
FABRICATION DONE OFFSITE
PARTIAL ASSEMBLY OFF SITE
FIXED ON SITE
TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS
TIME PERIOD TIME PERIOD
2D FLATPACK CONSTRUCTION 3D MODULAR CONSTRUCTION
Traditional construction 2D Flatpack construction
Overlap of construction times
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abrication done off site
Assembled and fixed on site
Transportation emissions
Transportation emissions Transportation emissions
Overlap of construction times
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abrication done off site
Partial assembly off site
Fixed on site
No overlap of construction times
time period time period time period
3D Modular construction
Timeline of construction - industrialization
NO. OF COLUMNS = 27
NO. OF SHEAR WALLS = 15
NO. OF STAIRCASE SLABS = 3
NO. OF TRANSPORTATION UNITS = 1.5
NO. OF BEAMS = 47
HORIZONTAL BEAMS = 18
VERTICAL BEAMS = 25
SLANTING BEAMS = 4
NO. OF TRANSPORTATION UNITS = 2
NO. OF PRECAST RCC SLABS = 31
NO. OF TRANSPORTATION UNITS = 1.5
NUMBER OF PARTS
PRECAST RCC FLOOR X1
INTERNAL FACADE PANELS = 43
EXTERNAL FACADE PANELS = 97
NO. OF TRANSPORTATION UNITS = 3
CLT SHEAR WALLS = 26
SECONDARY WALLS = 17
RCC SHEAR WALLS = 14
NO. OF TRANSPORTATION UNITS = 3
CLT SLABS = 19
BALCONY SLABS = 31
RCC STAIRCASE SLABS = 3
NO. OF TRANSPORTATION UNITS = 3
NUMBER OF PARTS
CLT FLOOR X1
No. of columns = 27
No. of shear walls = 15
No. of staircase slabs = 3
No. of transportation units = 1,5
No. of internal facade panels = 43
No. of external facade panels = 97
No. of transportation units = 3
No. of CLT shear walls = 26
No. of secondary walls = 17
No. of RCC shear walls = 14
No. of transportation units = 3
No. of CLT slabs = 19
No. of balcony slabs = 31
No. of RCC staircase slabs = 3
No. of transportation units = 3
No. of beams = 47
- Horizontal beams = 18
- Vertical beams = 25
- Slanting beams = 4
No. of transportation units = 2
No. of precast RCC slabs = 31
No. of transportation units = 1,5
Pieces of construction
Precast RCC floor
CLT floor
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LOW COST & EMERGENCY
HOUSING
Specialty leader
Cristiane Muniz
Fernando Viégas
Project team
Alexia Valtadorou (Greece)
Ishan Goyal (India)
Borja Martínez-Alcalá (Spain)
Alexandre de Rungs (Mexico)
Ana Victoria Ottenwalder (Panama)
Location | Sao Paolo, Brazil
Duration | 2 weeks
In this specialty, we had to develop a new
project considering urban issues and archi-
tectural themes for a favela in the extreme
south of Sao Paolo.
The concept of the project is the creation of
scaffolding systems that can be easily con-
structed and replicated wherever it’s need-
ed. The systems are made of metal for the
structure, wood of the palettes for seatings
and corrugated sheet for the roof, a material
that is used a lot in the area. All those mate-
rials are cheap and can be easily used by the
residents to construct the systems. Those
systems can have different functions, for
example, bus stops, bleachers, bridges, and
stairs. The staircase system can be used in
places with very steep slopes and the bridge
system can be, also, adapted to the terrain
connecting different parts. In some of the
systems, there are canals to collect the water
that can be used for the inhabitants’ needs.
We propose two possible situations, where
these systems can be replicated, creating a
space for the residents of the neighborhood.
Situation A is about a walkway where you
can go from one place to the other, walking
with safety, as there are bus stops, bleachers
and other connecting elements with lighting
for the night. Situation B on the other hand is
located in a place with a very steep slope, and
it is about an outdoor sports space.
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URBAN DESIGN & CITY
SCIENCES
Specialty leader
José María Ezquiaga
Project team
Alexia Valtadorou (Greece)
Ishan Goyal (India)
Nancy Mandhan (India)
Isabella Pineda (Philippines)
Location | Madrid, Spain
Duration | 3 weeks
In this specialty, we worked in the area of
Campamento in Madrid. This district is located
southeast of the city of Madrid and constitutes
an important part of the city. The task we had
to was the creation of a new neighbourhood
that needs to be a fine-grained, mixed and
lively place, with around 10,000 apartments
by cooperatives and building associations, of
which half are subsidized apartments. The
social infrastructure with primary school and
daycare centers as well as new offers for local
supply, sport and culture will also find their
place here.
The highway M30 (Extremadura highway) that
crosses the study area, divides the site in two
and creates two different places that they don’t
interact. Our main design strategy is the con-
nection of those separated areas by taking the
highway underground. Also, we propose the
connection of the two large green spaces with
a green spine. The existing roads in the area
define our main road network and with this
as a base, we define our five neighborhoods.
Then, we create green neighborhood parks on
the pedestrian green networks which overlap
with the activity nodes that exist in each neigh-
borhood. The first layer of buildings close to the
highway is the more public one, with buildings
such as hotels and hospitals. The next layer
is the “live + work”, with buildings that have
semi-public character. And the last layer is the
more private with buildings only for housing.
Also, the new neighborhood aims at some
technological tools and solutions such as solar
panel roofs, photovoltaic, electric vehicles,
sensors for collecting data, wi-fi in every plaza
and CCTV cameras.
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Campamento - Madrid center | 10 km ~ 15 min
Campamento - Atocha | 15 km ~ 20 min
Campamento - Barajas airport | 31 km ~ 30 min
Connection with Madrid Site analysis
Land uses
Networks
Greens
Figureground
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Neighborhood
Existing road axes define major road network
Home City
A community like a small Village- people with highly diverse needs live together in individu-
al forms of housing...
For neighbourhoods to truly become a piece of the livable and viable city, a proper mix in
needed...
The productive city ie places where commerce logistics and production can take place with-
out being relegated to the outskirt...
A laboratory for very specific lifestyles that are subject to constant change...
Those who share get more...
Intergenerational neighbourhood
Young mobility_additional mobility services, shared mobility
Cross-building approach
Boundaries between living and working are fluid
Neighbourhood oriented towards cohabitation and mutual support of young and old
First floor uses and community activities
A family house for all generations. The offerings for working at home and as your own start-
up come in all sizes, shapes and costs
“
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Connection of the big greens areas with a green spine
Overlapping neighbourhood greens with activity nodes
Subway station Campus of religion City center Health care
Sports area
School
City center
Commercial center
Museum | Cultural Neighborhood farm
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Identifying
one node
Multiple nodes as a main
framework
Nodes
Housing location based on
necessity to each node
Healthcare
Housing for homeless
Home for the aged Single parent housing
Student housing
Residential communities
for elderly people
Housing for mentally ill
Disabled - frienly living
Temporary
housing for refugees,
immigrants
Green space
Home for the aged Single-parent housing
Residential communi-
ties for the elderly
Disabled-friendly living
Schools
Single-parent
housing
Student housing
Commercial
Housing for
homeless
Cooperative flats
Residential commu-
nities for the elderly
Single-parent
housing
Private owned
flats
Temporary housing
for refugees and
immigrants
Shared accommodation
for young people
Youth
hostel
Student
housing
Disabled-friendly
living
City center
Disabled-friendly
living
Shared accommodation
for young people
Single-parent
housing
Youth hostel
Subway
Disabled-friendly living
Youth hostel
Single-parent housing
Shared accommodation
for young peple
Temporary housing for
refugees and immigrants
Sport areas
Disabled-friendly living
Students
housing
Residential communites
for the elderly
Shared accommodation
for young people
Private owned
flats
Home for the aged
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Cooperative Housing + Coop store
Student housing + Commercial
Private housing
Live + Work housing
Temporary housing
Elderly housing
Experimental housing
Housing with public parking
Commercial
Hotel
Cultural center
Office
Educational campus Kindergarten Campus of religion
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Regenerative natural habitat &
biodiversity
Use of renewable energy
sources for electricity generation
Green facades & rooftops to
reduce heat island effect
Enhanced walking environment
Improved air quality & health
Attractive retail environment
Increase stormwater retention
Capacity & filtration
A. Campus of religion
B. Neighborhood park
C. Retail
D. Co-working
E. Residential
Key plan
