Néstor Lenarduzzi, MCH2023, Argentina

BOOKLET
NESTOR LENARDUZZI
MCH | MADRID 2023
D O M E S T I C I T Y

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TABLEOFCONTENTS
PRESENTATIONS
MCH Master in Collective Housing UPM-ETH
Program syllabus
Arq. Nestor Lenarduzzi
MCH participant presentation
SPECIALTIES
S01 Climate, Metabolism & Architecture
Dr. Arq. Javier García-Germán
S02 Housing Practice
Dr. Arq. Fernando Altozano
S03 Construction & Technology
MSc. Arq. Ignacio Fernández Solla
S07 Urban Design
Arq. José María Ezquiaga Dominguez
WORKSHOPS
WS01 Hrvoje Njiriç
"Housing the Unpredictable"
WS02 Andrea Deplazes
"Living+Working"
WS03 Juan Herreros
"Residential Productive Towers"
WS06 Dietmar Eberle
"200 100 50 20 10 - years"
WS07 Lacaton & Vassal
"Housing & reuse at SBB: solutions for good conditions of life"

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MCHSTAFF
Director
Dr.Arq.JoséMaríadeLapuertaMontoya
GeneralManager
Arq.NuriaMuruaisAngel
MCH|MasterofAdvancedStudiesUPM/ETHinCollectiveHousing
The Master of Advanced Studies in Collective Housing is a post-
graduate professional program of advanced architecture de-
sign focused on housing, city and energy studies.
ThismastersisdrivenbytheUniversidadPolitécnicadeMadrid
(UPM), Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid
(ETSAM),DesignStudioDepartment(DirectorDr.JoséMariade
Lapuerta) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
(ETH), Department of Architecture (D-ARCH), Architecture and
Construction Department (Director Prof. Andrea Deplazes).
The master modality is configured in 10 specialties and 7 work-
shops. The specialties are part of the regular content of the
program distributed as subjects throughout the course and
the workshops are intensive one-week long with international
guest teachers.
All the works were carried out in relation to certain topics pro-
posed by the teachers of each subject and were developed in
groups with other MCH participants who are mentioned in the
credits of each submission.
Only a selection is shown in this booklet

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NestorMatíasLenarduzzi
22/12/1987
Spanish,English,ItalianandPortuguese
•UNLMastersinArchitecturalProject(2016-inprogress)
•UTDTArchitectureandTecnologyProgram
•FADU-UNLArchitectandUniversityProfessor
•UrbanPlanner|ConstructionTechnician|Artist
• Winner Team of the 1st Prize of the Urban Competition «Concurso Provincial de
IdeasSantaFe2050:trazasparare-armarunaciudadhumedal»,SantaFe,Argentina.
•Winnerofthe1stGPAAwardinFADU-UNL
• Winner Team of the 2nd Mention «Arquitectura y Ambiente 2012» in the Students
Competition of the 4th International Congress of Architecture and Enviroment, or-
ganizedbyUNLPandthe“ForoLatinoamericanodeCienciasAmbientales(FLACAM)”
•WinnerTeamofthe1stPrizeandofthe1stMention«ArquitecturayAmbiente2012»
intheStudentsCompetitionofthe4thInternationalCongressofArchitecture
and Enviroment, organized by UNLP and the “Foro Latinoamericano de Ciencias
Ambientales(FLACAM)”,inLaPlata,Argentina.
• Winner Team of the 1st Mention in the Ideas Competition «Espacio-Escuela» of the
Seminar “Desplazamientos y límites en el espacio educativo. Intersecciones entre
arquitectura y educación” granted by FADU-UNL and the Missions Abroad Network
IIIArchitecture+Education
• Winner Team of the 1st Mention in the Ideas Competition for students «Parque del
Norte»ofSantaFeCity,Argentina.
•WinnerTeamoftheHonorificMentionintheNationalProjectCompetition(2rounds)
oftheCommemorativeParkoftheNationalConstitution.
•Winnerofthe1stGPAAwardinEIS-UNL
Dedication
toallmydearfamily,
tomymotherMarisaforhersupportandunconditionallove
tomyfatherEdgardowhoguidesmefromheaven
tomybrothersNoelia&Elvioandmybrothers-in-lawCecilia&Mario
tomynephewsBautista,Emilia,Lucca&Lucía
toallmyfriendswhoarealwaysthere
toallthosepeoplewhomadethisbeautifultrippossibleandmademefeelathome,
allmygratitude,devotionandwarmth
MCHParticipant
Birth
Languages
Academicbackground
Awards
2023
2015
2012
2010
2006

SPECIALTIES
S003D printing
leaderMCHArq.FelipeSantamaría
S01Climate,Metabolism&Architecture
leaderDr.Arq.JavierGarcía-Germán
S02HousingPractice
leaderDr.Arq.FernandoAltozano
S03Construction& Technology
leaderMSc.Arq.IgnacioFernandezSolla
assistantsEng.ArchieCampbell,Eng.DavidCastroandDr.Arq.DiegoGarcía-Setién
S04Sociology,Economy&Politics
leaderProf.Lic.Psic.DanielSorando
S05Leadership,Processes&Entrepreneurship
leaderMASArch.SachaMenz
assistant Arch.AxelPaulus
S06LowResources & EmergencyHousing
leaderMSc.Arq.ElenaGiral
assistantsDr.Arch.GiuliaCelentano&Arch.KhaldaEljack
S07Urban Design
leaderDr.Arq.JoséMaríaEzquiagaDomínguez
assistantArq.GemmaPeribáñez
S08City Sciences
leadersMSIng.SusanaIsabel&MSArq.JuliaLandáburu
S09LEED
instructorDanielMartín
WORKSHOPS
HrvojeNjiriçWS01
"HousingtheUnpredictable"
assistantArq.EsperanzaCampaña
Andrea DeplazesWS02
"Living+Working"
assistantDr.Arq.FernandoAltozano
JuanHerrerosWS03
"ResidentialProductiveTowers"
assistantArq.PedroPitach
Elli Mosayebi WS04
"DomesticFragments"
assistantArq.ÁlvaroM.Fidalgo
Batlle&RoigWS05
"MergingCityandNature"
assistantArq.JosepBatlleBlay
DietmarEberleWS06
"200100502010-years"
assistantDr.Arq.AlbertoNicolau
Lacaton&VassalWS07
"Housing&reuseatSBB:solutionsforgoodconditionsoflife"
assistantDr.Arq.DiegoGarcía-Setién

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SPECIALTIES
S01 Climate, Metabolism & Architecture
Dr. Arq. Javier García-Germán
S02 Housing Practice
S03 Construction & Technology
MSc. Arq. Ignacio Fernández Solla
S07 Urban Design
Arq. José María Ezquiaga Dominguez
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S01
CLIMATE, METABOLISM &
ARCHITECTURE
Javier García-Germán
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Brittany Siegert (United States)
Camilo Meneses (Chile)
Jerónimo Nazur (Argentina)
William Castro (Peru)
Barcelona, Spain (no specific site)
9 lessons
This specialty explores the design opportunities which the field of thermody-
namics and ecology have opened to architecture, and specifically to the field
of collective housing. It focuses on climatic questions and on the metabolic
dimension of architecture, with the objective of finding design strategies which
bridge the void between quantitative and qualitative approaches.
The module will immerse in the quotidian implications of sustainability, con-
necting everyday life to architecture, which introduces to the specialty the
ethnological dimension of architecture. Under this perspective, the history of
architecture —which offers a rich variety of climatic and metabolic references—
will be a powerful design tool.
As a final submission the team had to deliver a 20-unit collective housing sche-
me adapted to the climate of the chosen location. The project will show how
collective housing can adapt to climatically-inflected inhabitation patterns.
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MCH BOOKLET NESTOR LENARDUZZI NESTOR LENARDUZZI MCH BOOKLET
BARCELONA
Barcelona is a compact city, one of the densest in Europe, with 1.6 million inhabitants
in 101.3 km2 and a metropolitan area of more than 3.2 million inhabitants.
The city is between water and mountain, standing between the coastal mountain
range, the Mediterranean Sea, the river Besòs and Montjuïc mountain.
As a mediterranian city and its location it has one of the biggest passenger ports in
Europe and the world.
Population: 1,621,537
Latitude: 41° 23' 19.64" N
Longitude: 2° 09' 32.36" E
PHYSICOMETRIC CHARTS HYPOTHESIS
LOCATION
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WINTER EVERYDAY SITUATIONS
Morning at the beach
Afternoon public space
Night life

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SUMMER EVERYDAY SITUATIONS
Morning at the beach
Afternoon public space
Night life

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CULTURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL REFERENCES
Shading for sun protection
Thermal inertia for temperature stability
Ventilation to decrease humidity
House in Paul Harris Street | Enrique Brown
The Room Project | Calderon-Folch Studio
The brick house | Ventura-Virzi Arquitectos
San Francisco Building | José Cubila
Jutta von Seht House | Josep Lluís Sert
A Lattice to Live in | Perís + Toral Architectes
57 Habitatges Universitaris 912 | H Arquitectes
Can Lis | Jorn Utzon
Casa 1311 | H Architectes
Jutta von Seht House | Josep Lluís Sert
Studio Brambilla Orsoni | Studio BOCT
Casa de la Marina | José Antonio Coderc

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S02
HOUSING
PRACTICE
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Individual work
no site
12 lessons
The new speciality of Housing Practice is the result of merging the previous
specialties of "Housing theory" and "Housing projects". The first one analyzed
the different solutions of each period, finding the elements to recognise an
architecture far removed from fashions and which became a point of referen-
ce due to its universality. The second one dealt with the central theme of the
subject through the experience of professional architects who have made an
important contribution in the field of collective housing.
The work to be archieved in this specialty consists of carrying out an exhaustive
research on a particular topic related to the field of housing.
Thus this research was aimed to the compactness ratio in buildings through the
analysis of 22 dwelling examples of different parts of the world, and new varia-
bles to consider that were discovered during the investigation.
As a final work the individual submission has to be delivered as an article ca-
rried out through a scientific method: hypothesis , state of the art, relevance,
methodology, analysis of results and conclusions.
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COMPACTNESS RATIO IN
BUILDINGS
A STARTING POINT TO ANALISE BUILDING SHAPES
THROUGH THE COMPACTNESS RATIO AND SOME OF
ITS DERIVATIVES
INTRODUCTION
The vast majority of human interactions, energy consumption and waste generation are
related to —or take place in— buildings and cities. Buildings and, consequently, cities are
also the greatest single cause of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and the
largest consumer of the Earth’s finite natural resources. D’Amico & Pomponi
General approach
Throughout history the building’s construction has responded to epochal paradigms and today
is not an exception. Climate change, growing energy awareness and resource economy are is-
sues that need to be urgently addressed.
Global population growth and urbanization necessitate countless more buildings in this
century, causing an unprecedented increase in energy consumption, greenhouse gas
emissions, waste generation and resource use. It is imperative to achieve maximal effi-
ciency in buildings quickly. The building envelope is a key element to address environ-
mental concerns, as it is responsible for thermal transfers to the outdoors, causing ener-
gy demand and carbon emissions. It also requires cladding, thus consuming a significant
amount of finite resources. D’Amico & Pomponi
As one of the many factors to consider to design and build a wiser, more sensible and efficient
architecture, and consequently more economical, is the Compactness Ratio (CR). The CR is a
shape parameter that relates two variables: the envelope and the volume it encloses, that is, it
is the quotient between the first divided by the second (fig. 1). From the algebraic point of view
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a number that relates surface area to volume is obtained, being able to read it as the number of
hypothetical square meters necessary to contain a cubic unit in each studied case.
It is important to understand that the building envelope is the key by which thermal transfer bet-
ween indoor and outdoor space occurs, thus, it is directly responsible for the building's heating
and cooling demands and related GHG, and to be able to anchor this component to the volume
that allows human activities is crucial. This is not only to reduce the square meters of the en-
velope in relation to accommodating the greatest amount of volume possible, achieving better
energy efficiency for acclimatization during the lifecycle of the building, but also to economize
resources in its construction (try to build less envelope to accommodate the same volume).
State of the art
There are some studies about shape/form factor or compactness ratio and each address the
topic to a geometrical problem either architectural.
According to Bernardino D’Amico and Francesco Pomponi article, there are two macro areas
of research on building forms: one can be labelled as classification-seeking, that includes con-
tributions aimed at a better understanding of the existing building stock and the other can be
labelled as form-seeking, for it aims at identifying optimal or effective forms given a specific
objective. This article is going to be somehow related to the first one. Cases will be studied
and this will lead the investigation to try to understand some parameters and its behaviours
according to geometrical performances respect to different relations, proportions and shapes.
The study of D'Amico and Pomponi aims to provide a tool (suited to a broad range of stakehol-
ders, such as designers, urban planner and policy makers) to help achieve a more sustainable
use of resources and space through geometrial and mathematical analysis concluding in diffe-
rent buildings shapes (that may be taken as typologies) and its parameters.
There are other investigations aiming to reach the relation between the shape and the enve-
lope for rehabilitation of existing buildings (Araujo Romero & Azpilicueta Astarloa), others that
analises the urban shape performances of
the block typologies (Fernandez de Troconiz y
Revuelta) and some about choosing the buil-
ding compactness to improve thermo-aerau-
lic comfort depending on climate (Bekkouche
& others).
Study cases and methodology
The study of cases (maybe some architec-
tural more iconic than others) of collective
residential architecture allows to understand
a problem that seems to be only geometric
in a much broader spectrum. That is, if the
problem of the efficiency of the architectu-
ral form is abstracted only through a mathe-
matical term, this reasoning would fall into a
simplistic (and maybe coherent) conclusion
of constructing spheres that ideally are the
three-dimensional shapes with minimum
external surface area for a given volume, but
without having into account issues as use,
function, human scale, constructive feasi-
bility, formal harmony, proportions, context,
market availability, etc.
In this research, 22 cases of collective resi-
dential architecture of different scales and
places were selected (fig. 2). Each of these
examples was volumetrically redrawn taking
into account some predetermined criteria to
avoid further distortions in the comparison of
cases once the calculations were made.
These conditions are:
• Envelope is the group of surfaces in contact
with the environment separating the interior-
figure 1
Case Name
1 Jennings - Viviendas de apoyo contra la violencia doméstic
2 Edificio 611 West 56th Street
3 Edificio Multifamiliar Cordova de jordi puig
4 Rue des orteaux - Babled Nouvet Reynaud Architectes
5 Häuser A
6 Amarras Center Tower
7 M 5605
8 Kavanagh Building
9 Vivienda colectiva AGVC
10 Sempacherstrasse building
11 Fonavi Centenario
12 Edificio Damero
13 Copa Building
14 Edificio Mandel 3
15 Vecindario Güemes
16 Edificio Armenia
17 Edificio DL1310
18 Habitat 5
19 Procrear Estacion BsAs
20 Cooperativa de viviendas 13 Rosas
21 Procrear Granadero Baigorria
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figure 2
exterior.Bottomfaceisnotconsideredforenvelopeandeitherbasementsforthevolume.
• Semi-covered spaces or balconies will be considered as full-covered spaces just when they
are protruding and have at least four opaque faces, if not, they are exterior. The volumetry
analyzed it is which makes the building identifiable.
RESEARCH PROCESS
First analysis approach
Once the 22 analyzed cases were listed, the information obtained pertinent to the two main
parameters analyzed (the envelope and the volume of each building) and its compactness ratio
(quotient) was arranged in a graph that allows the three aligned values to be observed (fig. 3).
Accompanying this information, an axonometric view of each of the cases was provided to re-
ference its shape and scale (fig. 4).
Subsequently, the list, the graph and the axonometrics of each case were sorted depending on
their CR (fig. 5), with which the first partial conclusions could be obtained.
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figure 4
figure 5
CR ordering
At first sight, after ordering the cases by CR (from smallest to largest), an organization trend
is evident corresponding to buildings of greater volume with smaller CRs and smaller volumes
with larger CRs (a situation that will be developed later). Furthermore, by quickly analyzing the
geometries of buildings it has also been shown that lower CR buildings tend to have purer geo-
metries, they are more massy and the balconies are added geometries (considered exterior for
the calculation) and on the contrary those with higher CR are geometries modeled through ope-
rations of subtraction (balconies are “in” the shape”), they have open groundfloors and they have
more openwork (fig. 6).
Scaling CR: Playing with the cases
After obtaining the first conclusions, it has
been interesting to be able to carry out an
exercise that allows relating the CR of each
building with the case of lowest CR (Hauser
A of Duplex Architekten). To do so, it is ne-
cessary to change the scale of all cases, for
which we must take into account that a shape
scaled to a larger size (that is, increasing its
envelope and its volume), will decrease its CR
because the growth of the envelope (in the
CR equation the divisor) and the volume (in
the CR equation the dividend) are not linear
and both are raised to different exponents:
when the dividend grows exponentially
squared (x2
), the divisor does it to the cube
(x3
). If the shapes of 3 cubes are taken as an
example, with side values 1, 2 and 3 (fig. 7) it is
possible to observe that scaling of the same
shape changes the CR, as the shape gets bi-
gger the CR decreases.
Now it is important to focus on the CR re-
ference case and the rest to be scaled and
this would lead the following question to
arise: how are the cases scaling grades ob-
tained? First of all, it must be understood
that the scaling has to be proportional, that
figure 6
figure 7 figure 8
figure 9
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is, the original shape does not lose its relations, so it is resized equally in X, Y and Z planes
(fig. 8). To obtain the scaling grade it is necessary to operate with the CR of reference and
the CR of the building to be scaled. Suppose we have a building A, which is the reference
CR, and a building B, which is the one that needs to be resized. The quotient is made bet-
ween the reference CR and the original CR, so the percentage of increase or decrease will
be obtained (fig. 9).
Using this procedure, all cases were scaled in comparison to Hauser A's example. To have a
more graphical approach an indicative scaling-grade-line drawing was made with the axono-
metric volumetrics of each case showing its original version (in green) and its scaled shape (in
linear format). Also to these figures, a circle was added in the lower part that refers to the degree
of scaling of each case, having at its beginning “Hauser A” (as a reference unit = 1) and at its ends
“Habitat 5” (as the greatest scaling grade = 3.76) -fig 10-.
After resizing, what about the volume?
After completing the escalation of all cases, a striking situation could be seen regarding the
volume increase (VI) according to the increase in the CR. The VI of each building has not had a
constant or linear increment in regard to the degree of scaling, or a linear relationship compa-
figure 10
red to the other cases. For example: while Amarras Center Tower had a rescaling of 1.205, its
volume has increased by 1.77 (+77%) while Kavanagh Building has had a 1.594 and 3.54 (+254%).
Faced with this curious situation, it proceeded to look for a parameter that would allow this
work to compare the values of the rescaled cases, so a quotient was made between the VI and
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figure 12b CR-VI-VI/SG chart
the scaling grade (SG), called VI/SG. This operation informs how much the volume increases
with respect to the degree of scaling (fig. 11). Once these new parameters were obtained, the
original CR, the VI and the new VI/SG parameters were listed comparatively and the corres-
ponding graph was made. To facilitate the reading of the values objectively and to be able to
compare them, a color scale was given: from green to red in the VI and from yellow to pink in
the VI/SG. When the graph is analyzed from left to right, it is denoted that all the examples with
similar Hauser A’s volume have an almost linear increase relationship until the eighth case (Copa
Building) where a radical change of scale occurs and the cases begin to alternate moderately
following the same logic but with some more marked ups and downs (fig. 12a-b).
figure 13
Edificio Damero case
A fairly notable exception in the table co-
lor code and the graph is from the “Edificio
Damero”. It was striking that this case obtai-
ned such low values of VI and VI/SG for the
position where it was in the CR rescaling. To
achieve the same CR of “Hauser A” it had to
be rescaled to 3.256 and consequently its vo-
lume had an increase of 10.06 times, which
gives an increase in volume with respect
to its scaling degree (VI/SG) of 3.091, quite
inferior to all the predecessor and succes-
sor cases in the list with much higher VI/
SG (fig. 13). From there it was interesting
to try to hypothesize as to which factors
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may be the most influential for this exception. First, an
attempt was made to anchor this phenomenon to the
scale of the building, but there are cases that have si-
milar m3
and do not apply to the rule. All cases of similar
m3
(perhaps by mere chance) have a block typology, but
even so the values returned by the “Edificio Damero” are
curious, which even when compared with similar scales
and typologies do not have a evident logic. Intuitively,
the question arose as to whether the “cubic” shape of
the case could explain this phenomenon since the cube
is the parallelepiped that most closely resembles the
most efficient form of CR, which is the sphere. In order
to determine this, the case analyzed (CR: 0.5688 and V:
3310.37m3
) was compared with three examples of simi-
lar scale and typology: Andarzgoo building (CR: 0.5022
and V: 3071.53m3
), Building DL1310 (CR: 0.4712 and V:
2225.61m3
), and Cordova Multifamily Building (CR: 0.3576
and V: 4157.22m3
) -fig. 14-.
In order to compare these cases and verify the hypothe-
sis that this phenomenon may responds in some way to
its “cubicness”, it was necessary to choose a compara-
tive parameter which has been called “Cubicity Shape
Ratio (CSR)”. This new comparative parameter (of which
figure 15 CSR example explanation
figure 16
no antecedents have been found) evaluates the shape of parallelepipeds taking into account
their sides. The smallest side is taken as the elementary reference unit, for example L, and
the quotient between the remaining sides and the reference side (that is, L1/L and L2/L), then
everything is determined based on the same variable L (fig. 15). By multiplying the coefficients
the CSR is obtained, that is, L x L1 x L2 = CSR. Carrying out this same operation, the CSRs of
these 4 cases have been obtained, which shows that the “Edificio Damero” tends considerably
more towards a cube than the rest (fig. 16).
Future investigation lines
This in some way can be taken as a trigger for another type of research: How much does CSR
influence vs. the scale of the building in the CR?. In order to verify (and perhaps quantify) the
influence of CSR on VI/SG (and consequently on CR), all cases could be rescaled taking the lar-
gest volume as a reference, which would allow evaluating the efficiency of the form by taking
out the scale of the equation. Thus a free-scale-comparable CR could be obtained (taking
into account all buildings would have the same m3
), and this would purely and exclusively show
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the efficiency of the shape of each one. This exercise removes a sensitive variable in the CR
calculation such as the scale of the building (fig. 17).
In addition to what was stated, other lines of research that would be interesting to carry out
could be:
1. Plot restriction (height variability): what if we would like to have the lowest-case-CR-buil-
ding in all the other cases, but the only thing we can scale is the building-height (fig. 18)
2. Building latitude (building location): what if we relocate all the buildings acording to the CR
better performances depending on the latitude, asuming some ideal weather and geographic
conditions (fig. 19)
3. Facade/volume (economical relation): what if we would like to maximise the ammount of
m3
and minimise the m2 of facade to improve the economical equation of the building cons-
truction (fig. 20).
figure 20
figure 19
figure 18
CONCLUSIONS
Bringing the term "compactness" into the architectural world is a polite way to talk about shape
(the chassis of a building) without talking about form (the internal content) and its complexity.
Taking an abstract and geometrical parameter as compactness into architecture and treat it
as an isolated problem somehow permits to focus in some issues that would be very difficult to
tackle all at once in the vast architectural knowledge where many sciences meet.
In this work it can provisionally be concluded that those cases with better cubic relations have
a better CR performance what could be expanded and verified with several of the proposed
future research guidelines. Although it has not been the objective of the research, no antece-
dents of shape cubicity analysis in buildings have been found, so a new parameter such as the
CRS was tested. The same thing happened with the VI/GS parameter that allows evaluating how
much the volume of the building increases in relation to its degree of scaling in a resize process.
It can also be concluded by mere mathematical analysis that the scale of the building alters
its CR. In future approaches to this problem, it would be very interesting to be able to intert-
wine scale, shape and typology, to somehow analyze the extent to which they affect the CR.
Although geometric abstraction allows for a much hypothetical and more detailed analysis
of the shape of buildings, it is also necessary to begin to incorporate other parameters as
habitability, minimum requirements for lighting and ventilation, general well-being and si-
tuations that favor the mental health of inhabitants, aspects that have been taken up and
rediscussed again after the COVID-19 pandemic.
In that sense, the work of Bekkouche & others is very valuable because it is situated (that is,
their analysis corresponds to a specific location) and proves that the compactness is better
when the compactness ratio is lower. Like this study, there are others that would be interes-
ting to incorporate in a future expansion of the topic, such as: the relationship between sha-
pe and energy requirements (Depecker & others, Tsanas & Xifara), materials, windows and
shape (Granadeiro & others), building orientation and shape as practical passive parameters
(Aksoy & Inalli) among others.
It is true that analysing the problem in an specific location would allow the research to have
more restrictions with which to operate and thus obtain a more solvent and concrete result
In line with what has been said, there are also different software that allow very accurate
simulations to be carried out in terms of shape optimization, including CR and many other
variables. The possibility of being able to operate with computer systems could expand the
horizons of research by incorporating new variables and bringing the analyzed problems clo-
ser to more real situations. This could be related to one of the future lines of research of
relocation of the cases analyzed to different latitudes according to their CR. It would be in-
teresting to be able to computationally incorporate climatic variables, which would account
for a situated investigation, and to be able to evaluate how each form adapts or responds.
better to local problems.
Starting to analyze isolated variables and then moving on to complex equations aided by
computational models can develop new tools for better decision-making by architects, ur-
ban planners and developers in order to reduce construction costs (the stage that consumes
the most amount of energy and materials) and obtain better energy efficiency over the life
cycle of the building. Not to incorporate passive strategies and morphology adaptation ap-
proaches in early design stages of the building can result in a greater need for active clima-
tisation and, thus, increased energy use.
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is true it has to be emphasised when the climatic situation in certain locations defines scar
thermal comfort levels and therefore the building needs to be acclimatized more frequency
during the year. For example, it would not be of the same importance to have a correspon-
ding CR in Mumbai or Salvador de Bahia than in Oslo or Dubai.
On the other hand, it would also be of great interest to be able to jump scale and incorpora-
te the urban environment as a means of buildings interaction (like Fernandez de Troconiz y
Revuelta). All the cases analyzed in this work have been taken from their singular perspecti-
ve, as unique elements, without taking into account annexed volumes or party walls, which if
incorporated could help to further improve their material and energy efficiency.
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CONSTRUCTION &
TECHNOLOGY
Arq. Ignacio Fernández Solla
Eng.ArchieCampbell,Eng.DavidCastro&Arq.DiegoGarcíaSetién
Gabriel Barba (Peru)
Paloma Romero (Mexico)
Vyoma Popat (India)
Parsi Colony, Mumbai, India (coord 19.0176096, 72.8527197)
10 lessons
The aim of the module is to understand buildings as entities based on the
interplay of three physical realms: structure, envelope and services, connected
by the process of industrialization.
Each team had to select a residential project from a case study list and then
had to modify their project in location and technology terms. This submission is
about the Houses in Sempacherstrasse 51-53 located in Basel, Switzerland and
it had to berebuilt in Mumbai, India.
To do so, the group had to analyze the existing building, its context and location,
its design, its construction process, materials and technology, in order to de-
velop a new design adapted to the new location, its culture, the climate, its new
users, possible uses, available technologies and materials, among others.
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ORIGINAL BUILDING
HOUSING IN SEMPACHERSTRASSE
Architects: Miller & Maranta
Location: Basel, Switzerland
Construction year: 2015
Groundfloor
1st level
2nd level
3rd level
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WHERE ARE WE GOING TO? CLIMATE COMPARISON

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WHO ARE WE DESIGNING FOR?
SITE MAIN FEATURES
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MATERIALS
REMAINED STRATEGIES
DENSIFICATION ON THE NEW SITE
Cores
Double façade / cross ventilation
Staggering
Minimun 3 times the plot size
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Apartments 2 to 5
Apartments 1 and 6
Long section
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CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS

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TRANSPORTATION LOGISTIC

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FAÇADE FULL-WINDOW DETAIL FAÇADE TERRACE DETAIL
Folding bamboo panel made
out of bambusa tulda, frame
5cm, 85x175cm. Screen filled
with bambusa nana 2x165cm
Folding bamboo panel made
out of bambusa tulda, frame
5cm, 85x275cm. Screen filled
with bambusa nana 2x265cm
Fix bamboo panel made out of
bambusa tulda, frame 5cm,
175x70cm. Screen filled with
bambusa nana 2x60cm
bambusa nana 2x60cm
Double glazed sliding
doors with wooden frame
5x85x250cm
Double glazed sliding
doors with wooden frame
5x85x150cm
Terrace structural tensors
bambusa nana 2x90cm
Bamboo panel made out
of bambusa tulda, frame
5cm, 175x70cm. Screen
filled with bambusa nana
2x60cm
Double glazed fix window with
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URBAN DESIGN
Dr.Arq.JoséMaríaEzquiagaDomínguez
Arq.GemmaPeribáñez
Angela Tamayo (Mexico)
Camilo Meneses (Chile)
Vyoma Popat (India)
Campamento, Madrid, Spain (coord 40.3907107, -3.7849814)
11 lessons
This specialty is about strategies to create flexible places and creative envi-
ronments, where people live and work, locally produce energy, food and clean
water, in addition to the smart mobility systems that connect them and foster
the development of more vibrant and entrepreneurial community, in response
to the urgent challenge of rapid global warming.
The area of intervention was Campamento (Madrid west). The same site was
given to all groups equally, and each one had to respond to the demands coming
from a particular analysis of its context.
The submission was organized in three parts: analysis, strategies and urban
proposal. In the first, a diagnosis was carried out on the scale and limits, con-
nectivity, mobility and transportation, and green spaces. In the second, the
intervention strategies for integration with the existing neighborhoods were
shown, the particular intervention of the A5 highway, the new greenery and
public spaces system, and the proposal staging. The third and last shows the
master plan, general sections, designed urban profiles and stageability.
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CAMPAMENTO, MADRID
Macro satellite view / Madrid outskirts General diagnosis map
MADRID
M30
M30
M30
M40
M40
M40
A5
Casa de Campo
Pozuelo
de Alarcón
La Moraleja
Fuencarral-El Pardo
Alcobendas
Somosaguas
Aluche
Carabanchel
Villaverde
Usera
Leganés
Vallecas
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Aviación Av.
sports facilities (indirect green)
spread
greenery
bushy
greenery
in between stream’s glen
valchico stream
meaques stream
valchico
wetland
ciudad de la imagen
hard limit
topographic limit
A5
highway
disconnection
Aviación Española
Estación de tren
Maestra Justa Freire
Polideportivo Aluch
Campamento
Empalme
Las Águilas
Colonia Jardín
Ciudad De La Imagen
José Isbert
Ciudad Del Cine
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DIAGNOSIS 1
Existing limits Scales and main features
The site is soundrounded by different types of urban shapes. It has been detected 2 types of
situations that were considered as “inner limits” (nighbourhoods that are somehow not well
connected with others setting them as urban island or clusters with their own grid, scale, typo-
logies, etc.) and external borders.
It has been also detected an accumulation of buildings in use, abandoned and in ruins belonging
to different sectors of the military forces. Some of them present an advanced degree of dete-
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DIAGNOSIS 2
Connectivity, mobility and transport
This site is crossed by one of the main access roads to the city of Madrid. The A5 is a 6-lane
highway that hosts not only rapid transit, but also domestic traffic. The coexistence of the two
different types of traffic flow is not well resolved.
The lack of measures to accommodate the different types of vehicles, traffic and speeds
is risky.
At the beginning and end of the portion determined for this urban development are Av. de los
Poblados (to the northeast) and Av. de la Aviación (to the southwest).
Although the area has great potential to be satisfactorily supplied in terms of mobility, the pre-
sence of the A5 is consolidated as a very marked urban barrier that turns out to be treated in
order to integrate the northwest front with the southeast.
In the surrounding area, there are several metro, metro ligero and cercanías renfe lines that
ensure good urban connectivity with the rest of the city (to the center and to the outskirts).
BUS
METRO
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DIAGNOSIS 3
Green and public spaces
Most of the area to be intervened is vacant and disused, so a portion has been recolonized by
native vegetation.
In this area we find two streams: the Meaques and the Valchico. At its confluence, a wetland
is formed that connects with some tributaries that derive from Casa de Campo. This natural
urban edge is located within a metropolitan network of forests and parks that make up a ring
of ecosystems and green spaces, so it is of utmost importance to maintain and reinforce its
presence by conserving its flora, fauna and biodiversity.
Bosque Metropolitano Madrid
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STRATEGY 1
Integration with the existing neighbourhoods
The proposal must take into account pre-existing conditions so as not to generate urban dis-
ruptions. To achieve this, two strategies have been taken into account: the incorporation of
military layouts and buildings in a historical view of the district and the implementation of the
different scales of the city of Madrid on the site.
> Integrate the main grid with some of the neighbourhood axes (continuities) and refunction
the existing "safe" buildings to keep the place identity and minimize the impact of the propo-
sal towards its limits and integrate them to the urban fabric through green areas.
> Use different densities and typologies to allow the social interaction and mix uses the pro-
posal towards its limits and integrate them to the urban fabric through green areas.
Continuities and existing building
Chosen scales to work
La Latina
Continuous façade
3 to 4 floors
Narrow streets 6 to 7 mts
0
10
21
16
40
Regular urban fabric 90x120 mts
Continuous façade
5 to 7 floors
Medium streets 12 mts
Irregular urban fabric
150x120 mts;120x75 mts;
100x50 mts
Irregular urban fabric
120x100 mts;120x60 mts;
90x30 mts; 60x45
Regular urban fabric
75x75 mts
Continuous façade
5 to 8 floors high
Big streets from 20 to 50 mts
In main intersections and remanent
spaces
in a break of the continuous
In the street and in massive sports
centers
all around, outside and inside the
block
Medieval city Modern city 90’s expansión city Outside expansión
Chamberi Tetuán Ensanche Vallecas
9/18/23, 11:41 AM Google Earth
https://earth.google.com/web/@40.40982231,-3.710727,654.03917536a,808.85557087d,35y,0.94793656h,46.28791224t,0r 1/1
Cámara: 1.213 m 40°24'30"N 3°42'38"W 644 m
100 m
9/18/23, 12:13 PM Google Earth
https://earth.google.com/web/@40.45792899,-3.69039742,701.24382317a,1094.46014833d,35y,0.94796287h,46.2897684t,359.99999999r
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https://earth.google.com/web/@40.43375842,-3.71348751,690.6740085a,1109.75634409d,35y,0.94796418h,46.28986782t,0r
Cámara: 1.458 m 40°25'54"N 3°42'48"W 671
100 m
https://earth.google.com/web/@40.37099609,-3.61007448,641.48609563a,1180.93920182d,35y,0.94797046h,46.29033051t,0r
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Continuous façade + retired front 10 to 12 floors
Medium and big streets 9, 20 & 50 meters
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STRATEGY 2
A5 intervention / highspeed vs. domestic use
To bury the A5 (high-speed section) and leave parallel streets with more domestic traffic at the
current level it is done to achieve better vehicular flow. In order to avoid delays and setbacks
for the city's inhabitants, it is proposed to build a new buried A5 and reuse the existing one as
a street for minor circulation, pedestrians and bicycles, which will also reduce demolition and
construction costs.
The most significant urban continuities are the only roads that cross the A5 buried transversally
through green bridges.
> Connect both sides through green-bridges and services
> Build a new buried A5 and build 2 new domestic streets by the sides. Keep the existing A5
operational while building the intervention.
Green-bridges concept
Paseo del Rio, Medellín Madrid Rio, Madrid Paseo del Bajo, Bs. As.
2.00 19.00 2.00
2.0000 8.0000 2.2000 2.0000 15.9998 2.0000 12.2000 8.0000 2.0000
2.00 17.00 2.20 2.00 16.00 2.00 12.20 8.00 2.00
existing A5
demolition + new construction
nowadays situation
refunction A5 - domestic street + biking + pedestrian
new A5
linear park domestic street
refunction A5 - domestic street + biking + pedestrian new A5 linear park domestic street
new A5
linear park domestic street
domestic street
demolition + new construction
refunction the old A5
2.00 16.00 2.00
12.20
63.40
2.00
2.20
17.00
2.00 8.00
2.00 16.00 2.00
12.20
63.40
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STRATEGY 3
New greenery and public spaces system
A system of public and green spaces is proposed that intersperse different scales and loca-
tions. Some of these spaces are structured according to the pre-existence of the buildings to
be refunctionalized and enhanced.
This spaces are subordinated to the main roads that are structured as drainage through a natu-
ral slope from the southeast towards the streams. At each end of each of these green streets,
relevant urban infrastructure is positioned.
> Structure a comb tipology that considers the natural drainage system, the topography and wa-
terrunofftothe creekscombiningdifferent scales and featuresofpublicspaces
STRATEGY 4
Staging in 4 steps
> Add different type of plants/trees and consider biodiversity in the new public spaces hea-
ding to low maintenance proposal and build a resilient riverside limit.
native
flora
low maintenance planting
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STREETS TYPOLOGIES
2.00 2.50
3.50 3.50 1.50
1.50 1.50
0.50
18.00
1.50 2.00 16.00
63.40
2.00
2.20
17.00
2.00
25.00
2.00 3.50 2.00 2.50 3.50 3.50 2.00 2.00 4.00
2.00 2.50 3.50 3.50 3.00
1.50
2.00 1.50
0.50
20.00
2.00 2.50 3.50 3.50 3.00
1.50
2.00 1.50
0.50
20.00
2.00 2.50 3.50 3.50 1.50
1.50 1.50
0.50
18.00
1.50
4.00 1.50
0.50
10.00
2.00
2.00
1.00
0.50
8.00
1.50 3.50 1.50
2.00 2.50 3.50 3.50 1.50
1.50 1.50
0.50
18.00
1.50
4.00 1.50
0.50
10.00
2.00
2.00
A. Riverside St.
A C F E B D B E
D. A5 and domestic side streets
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HEALTHY CITY
>Mobility
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WORKSHOPS
WS01 Hrvoje Njiriç
"Housing the Unpredictable"
WS02 Andrea Deplazes
"Living+Working"
WS03 Juan Herreros
"Residential Productive Towers"
WS06 Dietmar Eberle
"200 100 50 20 10 - years"
WS07 Lacaton & Vassal
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HOUSING THE
UNPREDICTABLE
Arch.HrvojeNjiriç
Arq. Esperanza Campaña
Lucas Navarro Arévalo (Argentina)
Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina (coord -31.6322134,-60.6754845)
5 days
The workshop is designed to challenge and seek creativity with ideas and con-
cepts in architectural design for the affected areas of a chosen city. It aims to
promote a multitude of answers of a population affected by a natural disaster,
coming up with affordable and sustainable units of limited size and budget to
meet the urgent demands.
The chosen place was the city of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz in Argentina. Since
its fundation this city has persistent flooding problems regarding its location
in the large flood valley of the Paraná River basin, flanked by the Salado River
and the Santa Fe River. In response to this, a ring of embankments has been
built to protect the "formal city", but what happens to those who do not live
within those limits?.
This submission is an approach to have a solution for the fishermen who live on
the coasts of the islands surrounding the city, who are rarely taken into account
as right to the city people.
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workshops workshops
Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz city, Argentina
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workshops workshops
Old city
CAYASTÁ
60km
New city
SANTA FE
New bridges system
Normal rivers flow 2003 rivers flood
SantaFehistory:70%ofSantaFecityjurisdictionis
occupiedbyrivers,lagoons,andwetlands,anditis
locatedbetweenthefloodvalleysoftheSaladoand
Paranárivers.
After80yearssinceitsfoundationin1573,thecity
moved60kmsouthduetothecoastalerosiondoneby
theCayastáriver(tributaryofParanáriver).
Thenewplacewasnotbetter.Thecitysufferedsig-
nificantfloodsin1905,1915,1966,1973,1983and1998.
Duringthistime,variousembankmentsystemswere
constructedtoactasadefenseagainstthem.
2003flood:In2003thebiggestfloodoccurredinthe
city,duetoanunprecedentedgrowthofthelevelof
theSaladoriverandintenseprecipitationsatthesame
time(in5days1400milimeters).Despitethefactthat
thereweredefenseembankments,15metersnorth
ofthecityhadnotbeenfinished.Asthecitywasin
therivervalley,toreleasetheaccumulatedwater,it
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workshops workshops
How do the fishermen live? Artist: Juan Arancio (1931-2019)
WE DON'T LIVE IN
THE PROTECTION
RING...
WHAT IF
WE GET FLOODED
OUT?
HOWCANWEBE
MORECONNECTED
TOTHECITY?
WHERE SHOULD
WE GO WHEN THE
FLOOD OCCURS?
WE CANNOT
MOVE OUT, THE
RIVER IS OUR
WAY OF LIVING
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Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy
Chengyang Bridge, Liuzhou, China
Bridge Houses, New York, USA. Steven Holl (project) Pont de Rohan, Landerneau, France
Pillars' former programs
Pillars' project background
Program Inhabitable bridge
1935-1943 Freight trains
Shopping mall
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Intervention site 3d model
system 1
city link system
city connection emergency
services area
system 3 (bridge)
housing 1 system
permanent housing and
cohousing
market
main circulation
system 2
housing link system
plazas / public spaces
links the bridge and
the river
system 4 (river)
housing 2 system
permanent cohousing
temporary housing
common working space
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S1 city link system city connection emergency services area
normal situation
pedestrian/bicycling street
public space
free entrance/circulation
cathastrophe and emergency
supplies and logistics area
professional assistance tents
controlled access corridor
structure
cultural use
weekend market
1st block
provisioning parking
emergency parking and
access to first aid services
3rd block
professional assistance
first space help and assis-
tance guide guards
first psychological
containment
2nd block
organization of supplies and logistics
food and supply assistance reception of
donations
ACCESS FROM THE CITY
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S2 link system plazas, public spaces and links the bridge and the river
how do they link?
pillar join and structure
module structure
circulation path
pedestrian/bicycling street
cultural activities
music band
open cinema
expo-painting
spontaneous activities
sunbathing
family time
walking-reading
sport activities
cycling competition
fishing competitions
marathons
kids activities
playground
skating
plazas different uses
and appropriations
link system
sections
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S3 housing 1 system (bridge)
permanent housing
cohousing
market
structure
how is the program distribution?
how do we inhabit the bridge?
which are the proposed housing typologies?
collective housing
housing units
public fuctions
markets
multifunction spaces
gallery expansion
front unit patio
atrium customers
circulation
pedestrian st
(also emergency use)

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S4 housing 2 system (river)
permanent cohousing
temporary housing
common working space
fishermen services
pillar
density
permanent housing
meeting place
fishermen working
plaza / workshops
temporary housing and
boat mooring
vertical connection
which are the proposed housing typologies?
floating dynamic
dock system
dock behaviour when the river's level changes
high average low

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WS02
LIVING &
WORKING
Prof.Arch.AndreaDeplazes
Camila Cano (Colombia)
no site
5 days
Leader
Assistant
Team
Location
Duration
Syllabus

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Concept delivered by the professors with living (L) and working (W) distribution
L
L
here there
this
public access
private
how to link?
Art Street
W
W
?

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Tension Complementarity Contain Weave
Proposed systems
Housing
Different long-balcony
units of different sizes
Working
Different atelier sizes
and distributions
Bridges
3 types of programs
-kitchen + dinning (L)
-garden terrace (M)
-balcony / corridor (S)
Circulation / Cores
As the working and living
systems alternate
2 types of cores are
needed
How to join?
Internal linking? How to interact with the city?
Bridging with
programs
The city can attatch
Introvert scenario
The city is separated
Extrovert scenario
Concepts
1B
1A
2
3

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Example plans L and W alternation
Height evaluation 3d printed models for analysis
Chosen heights 4 / 5 / 6 floors variations
L L
W W
bridging bridging
c
b b
c

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WS03
RESIDENTIAL PRODUCTIVE
TOWERS
Arq.JuanHerreros
Arq. Pedro Pitarch
Paloma Romero Perez (Mexico)
Stephany Pavón (Honduras)
Madrid, Spain (coord 40.4574581,-3.6896035)
5 days
This workshop explores alternative residential strategies in coexistence with
productive programs, taking as an intervention object some iconic office
buildings of Madrid. The double scope of work, that of typological correction
and that of the construction of a personal, involved and radical attitude that
includes optimism and, why not, fantasy at the highest level, is the experimental
foundation of the project to be carried out.
The objective it is to explore and test innovative residential approaches from
different points of view and according to different scales in coexistence with
productive programs.
This submission is taking part at the Tower of the Cusco Ministerial Complex
in the center of Madrid. The chosen productive programs to merge with some
alternative residential typologies are brewery and winery. These (new) ways of
living have to do with the productive seasonality of the incorporated industries.
The vacancy of these productive spaces when they are not in operation for
alternative uses and appropriations was also taken into account.
Leader
Assistant
Team
Location
Duration
Syllabus
LIVING WITH THE INDUSTRY

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Torre del Complejo Cuzco
Building to intervene
Concept
Winery + Brewery + Housing

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WS06
200 100 50 20 10
YEARS
Arch.DietmarEberle
Dr. Arq.Alberto Nicolau
Individual work
Madrid, Spain (coord 40.4098579, -3.7089792)
5 days
The workshop proposed an exercise with a quite innovative methodology. The
teachers gave three places of intervention: the first located in the historic city,
the second in the city of the 19th century and the third the city of the 21st cen-
tury. Also three design strategies were given which the students must develop:
the form, the structure and the façade. The first three days the students desig-
ned through a strategy in one of the sites. The next day each student exchan-
ged the place and developed the next strategy based on another classmate's
project. The urban context of each site was key to being able to develop each of
the projects.
This workshop final submission took place at site 1 of the historic city, taking
into account typological and compositional criteria of the façade, the scale of
the building with respect to the neighborhood, high density, color palette and
compatible materials and programs.
Leader
Assistant
Team
Location
Duration
Syllabus

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SITE 1 (chosen)
Historic City
CL López Silva 6, Madrid
Type of Plot: Urban
Built Area: 424 m2
Year of constuction: 1945
Ground Surface: 424 m2
SITE 2
19th Century city
Almagro 7, Madrid
Type of Plot: Urban
Built Area: -
Year of constuction: 1940
Ground Surface: 1.516,5 m2
SITE 3
21st Century city
PS Virgen del Puerto 51 , Madrid
Type of Plot: Urban
Built Area: -
Year of constuction: -
Ground Surface: 2.495 m2
Context main features
horizontal layering
rhythm and repetition
tall windows with railings
framed windows
balconies with different depth by floor
colour pallet

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WS07
HOUSING & REUSE AT SBB:
SOLUTIONS FOR A GOOD
CONDITIONS OF LIFE
Arch.AnneLacaton
Dr. Arq.Diego García-Setién
Samira Taubmann (Austria)
Zürich, Switzerland (coord 47.3845138,8.5229555)
5 days
This workshop focus on defining and exemplifying optimal conditions to live
in the city. It must provide exceptional quality of life by offering a large range
of facilities, proximities, and pleasures, as well as a large variety of dwelling
typologies to fit different needs, expectations and ways of life: living in a public
space, living in the neighborhood, living collectively within a close community,
and living individually.
This workshop will continue exploring the potential reuse of obsolete industrial
facilities turned into mixed-use and dwelling structures to foster good con-
ditions of life. The work site is in Kreis (Zurich) owned by the Schweizerische
Bundesbahnen (SBB), the swiss national railway company and occupied by
workshop sheds, still used as a train reparation center.
A master intervention plan for the building (developed by a group from the last
MCH edition) was assigned to each group, which they must respect/criticize.
From there they had to choose a series of " Qualities of Inhabiting" and attempt
to reflect them in their proposal.
Leader
Assistant
Team
Location
Duration
Syllabus

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Conceptual Master Plan of the building delivered by the professors Conceptual interpretation of the team

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SBB satellite view SBB aerial view

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SBB wooden truss shed (protected) SBB Depot G (werkhalle) concrete workshops

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CHOSEN QUALITIES OF INHABITING
Freespace and extra-space
It has no defined function, it is free in its usage.
As an equivalent to the programmed space and in addition to the traditional space, extra-
space decompresses space enabling the user to fully inhabit. Freespace acts as a mediator.
Free from standards, it loosens norms, and creates new ways of inhabiting.
Capacity of appropriation
Architecture needs to imply the capacity of free interpretation, which is central in order to
appropriate space and to invent infinite situations of use. This allows life-long evolution of
the space and its users.
Private outdoor space
Such as a balcony, terrace, or winter garden relates to the environment, and offers a sort of
garden like in a house, while being on one’s own, in peace.
01
04
07
10
01 02 03
04
05
06
07
08
10
12
11
09
02
05
08
11
03
06
09
12
Atmosphere
sequence

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5 15
10
0
N
N
5
10
1
0
dwellings
building 1
dwellings
building 2
Groundfloor Buffer level
Public space

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N
N
5
10
1
0
5
10
1
0
Structure grid
Dwelling building Dwelling building
Typical floorplan
public corridor
system
passages
joker/satellite rooms
(rentable to anyone)
communal rentable
big saloon to public
associations
(more fix use)
core
stairs + elevator
dwelling use
main stairs
public access
public use
elevator
public access
public use
dwelling stairs
public access
domestic use

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N
N
5
10
1
0
5
10
1
0
Playground floorplan
Dwelling building Dwelling building
Common and semipublic spaces

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age
and
ne
age
mock
rass
Passage type 1 playground sand and stone Passage type 2 relax hammock over grass
exterior exterior
interior interior

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110 200 350 350 140
satelite
01
room
2
rent
110 200 350 350 140
satelite
02
workshop
Joker/satellite type 1 community rental room Joker/satellite type 2 workshop-atelier
exterior exterior
interior interior

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110 200 350 350 140
satelite
03
library/
workspace
Joker/satellite type 3 library-workspace
exterior interior
N
5
10
1
0
Dwelling building
Dwellings typologies on typical floorplan
t1
t4
t2
t3
t5

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400
400
400
400
110 200 350 350 140
ype
01
6m
2
2m
2
400
400
400
110 200 350 350 140
ype
02
4m
2
8m
2
exterior exterior
interior interior
TYPE 1 area 56 m2 (w/ wintergarden 72m2) TYPE 2 area 64 m2 (w/ wintergarden 88m2)

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400
400
400
140
350
350
200
110
ype
03
0m
2
6m
2
400
400
400
110 200 350 350 140
ype
04
78m
2
102m
2
exterior exterior
interior interior
TYPE 3 area 70 m2 (w/ wintergarden 86m2) TYPE 4 area 78 m2 (w/ wintergarden 102m2)

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400 350 350 200 100
400
400
200
100
ype
05
8m
2
130m
2
exterior
exterior
interior
TYPE 5 area 88 m2 (w/ wintergarden 130m2)

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Long section (north-south)
Long section (north-south)

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Cross section (east-west)
k p
l

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General section private, semipublic and public situations Groundfloor community and free appropiation

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Buffer public specific activities Corridors semipublic-common activities / unexpected situations

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Common spaces bringing life into the interior Rooftop communal shared moments / common outdoors living space

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Dwelling outdoors connection Dwelling domestic situations

MCH Arq. Nestor Lenarduzzi
THANK YOU
“When I’m working on a problem, I never think about its
beauty, I just think about how to solve the problem, but when I
finish it, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it’s wrong.”
Richard Buckminster Fuller

BOOKLET
NESTOR LENARDUZZI
MCH | MADRID 2023
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