Final Master Work

1. COLLECTIVE
HOUSING
UPM I UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID
ETH I SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ETH OF ZURICH
PORTFOLIO
PALOMA ALLENDE FIGUEROA

3. specialties
A . C L I M AT E , M E TA B O L I S M & A R C H I T E C T U R E
B . C O N S T R U C T I O N & T E C H N O L O G Y
C . L O W C O S T & E M E R G E N C Y H O U S I N G
D . U R B A N D E S I G N & C I T Y S C I E N C E S
workshops
0 5 . L AY E R I N G T H E C I T Y I D i e t m a r E b e r l e
0 4 . T H E F U T U R E C O R R A L A I A l i s o n B r o o k s
0 3 . O R I D N A R I N E S S & L I F E I H r v o j e N j i r i ç
0 2 . W O R K I N G + L I V I N G I A n d r e a D e p l a z e s
0 1 . D O M E S T I C F R A G M E N T S I E l i M o s a y e b i
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5. INHABITTING THE
THRESHOLD
This module explores the design opportunities which the field of
thermodynamics and ecology are opening to architecture, and
specifically to the field of collective housing. We focused 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.
Proposing a climatic prototype in the Mediterranean Coast with Javier
García-Germán {TAAs – totem arquitectos asociados}
Team: Jorge Sanchez Bajo, Francisco Heredia, Androniki Petrouski

6. INHABITING THE THRESHOLD
CLIMATE AND TERRITORIAL ATMOSPHERES
Who is a barcelonean guy?
Everyday Life Atmospheres
Working in a big and multicultural city like Barcelona raises a question for us: Who is Barcelonean person? What sort of person is?.
But the climate, in this case, Mediterranean climate is the same for all of them, but not everybody feel the same confort zone.
On the basis of this questioning, the research is focused on the beach as a meeting public space of different sort of people. The only place in the city where clothing doesn’t clearly show people’s economic statu
As a consequence, our next approach is to look at clothing as the primary form of climate control by people. As simple as if you are hot you take off a garment or if you are cold you put on another.
Mediterranean Climate Barcelona Beache
Barcelona and its surroundings
- Months of January, February and March
- Cold and humid climate.
- Average temperature of 9ºC.
- Maximum temperatures during the day of 19ºC.
- Minimum temperatures during the night of 2ºC.
- Average relative humidity of 79%.
- Months of July, August and September.
- Hot and humid climate.
- Average temperature of 24ºC.
- Maximum temperatures during the day of 30ºC.
- Minimum temperatures during the night of 16ºC.
- Average relative humidity of 70%.
- The city has a high relative humidity throughout the year.
- More than 60% of relative humidity = discomfort.
- 64% of the year, the relative humidity is between 60% and 80%.
- 31% of the year, the relative humidity is higher than 80%.
- We can find peaks of almost 90%.
- We only have from 55% to 60% of r. humiduty in 6% of the year.
- We can find the lowest measurment during January noon of
almost 55%.
Winter (January-March):
- Prevalining humid, cold, strong
- Wind temperature less than 2
- Average wind speed of 6 m/s w
Summer (July-September):
- Prevaling humid, cool, light No
- Wind temperature betwwen 2
- Average wind speed of 4 m/s w
Mediterranean sea
Psychrometric chart (January)
S
W E
Barcelona
Barceloneta
Beach
Somorrostro
Beach
No
Psychrometric chart (July) Relative humidity (annual) Win
HOT
SUPER HOT COLD SUP
A QUESTION OF LAYERING
01
HE THRESHOLD
IAL ATMOSPHERES
Everyday Life Atmospheres
editerranean Climate Barcelona Beaches
Barcelona and its surroundings
March
he day of 19ºC.
he night of 2ºC.
- Months of July, August and September.
- Hot and humid climate.
- Average temperature of 24ºC.
- Maximum temperatures during the day of 30ºC.
- Minimum temperatures during the night of 16ºC.
- Average relative humidity of 70%.
- The city has a high relative humidity throughout the year.
- More than 60% of relative humidity = discomfort.
- 64% of the year, the relative humidity is between 60% and 80%.
- 31% of the year, the relative humidity is higher than 80%.
- We can find peaks of almost 90%.
- We only have from 55% to 60% of r. humiduty in 6% of the year.
- We can find the lowest measurment during January noon of
almost 55%.
Winter (January-March):
- Prevalining humid, cold, strong, North wind.
- Wind temperature less than 20ºC.
- Average wind speed of 6 m/s with peaks of 16 m/s.
Summer (July-September):
- Prevaling humid, cool, light North breezes.
- Wind temperature betwwen 20ºC and 24ºC.
- Average wind speed of 4 m/s with peaks not stronger than 8 m/s.
anean sea
hart (January)
S
W E
Barcelona
Barceloneta
Beach
Somorrostro
Beach
Nova Icària
Beach
Bogatell
Beach
Mar Bella
Beach
Llevant
Beach
Psychrometric chart (July) Relative humidity (annual) Wind wheel
01
Barcelona Beaches
ona and its surroundings
S
E
Barcelona
Barceloneta
Beach
Somorrostro
Beach
Nova Icària
Beach
Bogatell
Beach
Mar Bella
Beach
Llevant
Beach
Mediterranean Climate
We begun by exploring the
climate of the Mediterranean
coast (around Barcelona)
and the human physiological
adaptation to this climatic
situation.
Everyday life situations will give
information about how people
inhabit in specific climatic
conditions, documentary
photography showing how
architecture deals between
climate and people.
This exercise, ranging from
architectural references to
cultural adaptations to climate
will analyze how a given culture
adapts to its geography and
climate.
Climate Consultant software
and the psychrometric chart
will help understand the
relationship between climate
and architecture.
Barcelona and its surroundings
Barcelona Beaches

8. PSYCHROMETRIC CHART I JANUARY
Months of January, February and March
Cold and humid climate.
Average temperature of 9oC.
Maximum temperatures during the day of 19oC.
Minimum temperatures during the night of 2oC.
Average relative humidity of 79%.

9. PSYCHROMETRIC CHART I JULY
Months of July, August and September.
Hot and humid climate.
Average temperature of 24oC.
Maximum temperatures during the day of 30oC.
Minimum temperatures during the night of 16oC.
Average relative humidity of 70%.

10. Summer exterior
temperature 40°C
Natural sun
heating
Natural wind cooling
through east-west sea
breeze
Loosing Temperature
through sweating
Body under umbrella
temperature 36.5 °C
Body temp 36.5°C
Skin temperature 40°C
Natural wind cooling
through east-west sea
breeze
Winter exterior
temperature 5°C
Natural sun
heating
Body temp 36.5°C
Skin temperature 10°C
Body temp 36.5°C
Skin temperature 10°C

11. Summer exterior
temperature 36°C
Loosing Temperature
through sweating
Natural sun
heating
Natural wind cooling
through east-west sea
breeze
Body
temperature 36.5°C
Bench temperature
in surface 40 °C
Winter exterior
temperature 5°C
Body
temperature 36.5°C
Bench temperature
in surface 20 °C
Natural sun
heating
Natural wind cooling
through east-west sea
breeze

12. 01 Montjuic
02 Somorrostro
03 Bogatell
Barcelona plan 1961 (9.919 barrascas)
04 Rere el Cementiri
05 Mar Bella
06 Camp de la Bota
07 La Perona
08 Turó de la Rovira
09 Diagonal
The Barraca I A vernacular
informal house from
Barceloneta

13. MASTER I
FRANCISCO HEREDIA | PAL
PROFESSOR JAVIER GARCÍA - GERMÁN
CLIMATE, METABOLISM AND ARCHITECTURE
Ground Floor Plan
Barraca Development Process
Front Elevation Lateral Elevation
01. Land Demilitation 02. Fenced Plot 03. Built Acommodation 04. Appropriating public s
Longitudinal Section
Cross Section
Analysis of Barracas
e: 1. 100 0 1 2 5
Trying to get as
shade as po
Spaces are col
and compr
MASTER I
FRANCISCO HEREDIA | PAL
PROFESSOR JAVIER GARCÍA - GERMÁN
CLIMATE, METABOLISM AND ARCHITECTURE
Ground Floor Plan
Barraca Development Process
Front Elevation Lateral Elevation
01. Land Demilitation 02. Fenced Plot 03. Built Acommodation 04. Appropriating public s
Longitudinal Section
Cross Section
Analysis of Barracas
e: 1. 100 0 1 2 5
Trying to get as
shade as po
Spaces are col
and compr
MASTER I
FRANCISCO HEREDIA | PAL
PROFESSOR JAVIER GARCÍA - GERMÁN
CLIMATE, METABOLISM AND ARCHITECTURE
Ground Floor Plan
Barraca Development Process
Front Elevation Lateral Elevation
01. Land Demilitation 02. Fenced Plot 03. Built Acommodation 04. Appropriating public s
Longitudinal Section
Cross Section
Analysis of Barracas
e: 1. 100 0 1 2 5
Trying to get as
shade as po
Spaces are col
and compr
Front Elevation
Cross Section
Lateral Elevation
Longitudinal Section
Ground floor plan

14. TECTONICS, CLIMATE AND METABOLISM
Barcelona
Mataro
Granollers
m
m
m
m Recycling
Sant Andreu
Maderas
Sans
Collserola
Palets
Barcelona
Palets
Moa
Palets
Cueva
Comercial
Riba Farré
Barcelona
Metropolitan Area
of Barcelona
50 km
35 km
25 km
10 km
Barcelona
Pedracor
Terra
J Riera
Sant Celoni
Shallom Vermell Quarry
Canro
Egara
Terral
La Fou
Foj
Les Cubetes
Olesa
Cemex
Promsa
Valsan
Dolmen
Metropolitan Area
of Barcelona
50 km
35 km
25 km
10 km
work Timber Sources (Forest and Dumps plants) Rammed Earth Sources (Quarries) Recyclin
Rammed earth
walls
Soil
flooring
Flexible
partitions
Furniture in
disuse
Timber structure
and other elements
Metal roof
(normally aluminium)
Construction
dumps
Reusing
fabrics
TIMBER
TRANSPORTATION STORAGE TRANSFORMATION
difies Trucks from timber company “Fustes Montgròs” Workers at “Fustes Montgròs” storage timber in Trunksandbranchesarebeingprocessedinsawmills Cr
Logistics Cartography
Analysis of the materials of Barraca
MASTER IN COLLECTIVE HOUSING 2022. ETH ZÜRICH, ETSAM, UPM
FRANCISCO HEREDIA | PALOMA ALLENDE | ANDRONIKI PETROU | JORGE SÁNCHEZ
PROFESSOR JAVIER GARCÍA - GERMÁN
05
CLIMATE, METABOLISM AND ARCHITECTURE
INHABITING THE THRESHOLD
MATERIAL CULTURE. BETWEEN TECTONICS, CLIMATE AND METABOLISM
Barcelona
Mataro
Granollers
Sabadell
Terrasa
Martorell
Igualada
Manresa
Sant Pere
de Ribes Metropolitan Area
of Barcelona
50 km
35 km
25 km
10 km
Planta RCD H-Zero
Barcelona
Metropolitan Area
of Barcelona
50 km
35 km
25 km
10 km
Recycling
Sant Andreu
Maderas
Sans
Collserola
Palets
Barcelona
Palets
Moa
Palets
Cueva
Comercial
Riba Farré
Barcelona
Metropolitan Area
of Barcelona
50 km
35 km
25 km
10 km
Barcelona
Pedracor
Terra
J Riera
Sant Celoni
Shallom Vermell Quarry
Canro
Egara
Terral
La Fou
Foj
Les Cubetes
Olesa
Cemex
Promsa
Valsan
Dolmen
Metropolitan Area
of Barcelona
50 km
35 km
25 km
10 km
Barcelona’s industrial network Timber Sources (Forest and Dumps plants) Rammed Earth Sources (Quarries) Recycling Concrete Sources (Dumps plants)
Rammed earth
walls
Soil
flooring
Flexible
partitions
Furniture in
disuse
Timber structure
and other elements
Metal roof
(normally aluminium)
Construction
dumps
Reusing
fabrics
TIMBER
ORIGIN TRANSPORTATION STORAGE TRANSFORMATION RESULT
The reduced tree density of the stands modifies
he water and carbon balance of the forest. (sessile
oak, cherry, ash, maple, chestnut or walnut)..
Trucks from timber company “Fustes Montgròs”
gather and transport timber trunks and branches
from forests to their warehouse.
Workers at “Fustes Montgròs” storage timber in
their warehouse ready to process it.
Trunksandbranchesarebeingprocessedinsawmills
and transformed into Cross Laminated Timber and
Glued Laminated Timber, ready for construction
Cross Laminated Timber (CLT)is mostly used for
walls, floors and wall separation.Glued Laminated
Timber (GLULAM) is used for beams, columns and
rafters.
BIOENERGY
HARVEST
RECYCLING FACTORY
reused furnitures
BUILDING
Branches
Pulp
Showdust
Tree Trunks
SAWMILLS
Transforming trunks
into laminated �mber
PULP SHREDER
Transforming trees dumb
into laminated �mber
Glued Laminated Timber
(GluLam)
Cross Laminated Timber
(CLT)
Cross Laminated Timber
(CLT)
PLANTATION & FORESTS
of sessile oak, cherry, ash, maple,
chestnut or walnut.
PRADES HOLM OAK FOREST
FACTORY
Transforma�on of Pulp and
sowdust into bioenergy
- 01. Walls
- 02. Floors
- 03. Floor separation
- 04. Structural elements (Beams & Columns)
- 05. Rafters of the roof & Carpentry
- 06. Furnitures
Logistics Cartography
Analysis of the materials of Barraca
Timber Sources Rammed Earth Sources Recycling Concrete Sources
Material’s analysis

15. BUILDING DEMOLITION
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
QUARRY
FETDETERRA FACTORY
PROCESS
STORAGE AND
COMMERCIALIZATION RAMMED EARTH BLOCKS

16. PLANTATION & FOREST
TREETRUNKS
BRANCHES
PULP
SHOWDUST
PULP
SHREDER
SAWMILLS
CROSS LAMINATED
TIMBER
RECYCLING
FACTORY
FACTORY
BUILDING
CROSS LAMINATED
TIMBER
GLUED LAMINATED
TIMBER
BIOENERGY

17. BUILDING DEMOLITION
WASTE
TRANSPORTATION QUARRY
CEMENT PRODUCTION
PROCESS
H-ZERO FACTORY
RECYCLED
CONCRETE BLOCKS
RECYCLED
CONCRETE
TRANSPORTATION
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

18. INHABITING THE THRESHOLD
FINAL PROPOSAL. EVERYDAY LIFE ATMOSPHERES. PROTOTYPE.
Prototype Development
Green Roof
Green Roof
Concrete Roof Slab
Rammed Earth Blocks
Facade
Wooden Celling
Glazed Skylights
LAYERS ELEMENTS
Full Exposure
Sun Protection
Light Holes
North Protection
Regulatory Thresholds
Winter Room
Cooling Patios
Massive Roof
Prototype
design strategies

20. MA
FRANCISCO HEREDIA
PROFESSOR JAVIER GARCÍA - GERMÁN
CLIMATE, METABOLISM AND ARCHITECTURE
Prototype Assembly The
Prototype Development
Green Roof
Green Roof
Prefab Concrete
Waffle Slab
Concrete Roof Slab
Concrete Roof Slab
Wood + Rammed Earth
Block Box
Glazed Enclosure
Rammed Earth Blocks
Columns
Rammed Earth Blocks
Screen Walls
Rammed Earth Blocks
Facade
Timber Canopy
Concrete Ground Slab
Thermal Blinds
Wicker Cover
Concrete and Timber
Galleries Foundations
Wooden Celling
Wooden Mezzanine
Wooden Panelling
Wooden Celling
Local Vegetation
Glazed Windows
Glazed Skylights
LAYERS ELEMENTS
day
day
Light Holes Winter Room Prototype
OUTDOOR : 32ºC
OUTDOOR : 12ºC

21. tion
SEA
Open space Insulation Prefab construction Shading comfort Thermal
Design Strategies
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2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
e: 1. 75 0 1 2 3,75
Ground Floor Plan
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Thermodynamic Configurations
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+
+
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- -
-
+ +
+
+
+
+
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-
+
+ +
+
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-
-
-
day night
summer
day night
winter
tilation.
benefit from summer breeze.
rols the sunlight.
-Crossed ventilation is controled with windows.
-Open spaces benefit from summer breeze.
-Wall insulation allow rooms to remain cool.
- Enclosing allows the breeze to pass by sunlight
is retained with high thermal materials.
-Heat source at the north provides warmth.
-Enclosing allows the breeze to pass
retained warmth in high thermal m
-Heat source at the north provides
SUMMER
WINTER
DAY
DAY
NIGHT
NIGHT
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
e: 1. 7
Ground Floor Plan
Thermodynamic Configuration
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-
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+
+ +
+
-
-
-
-
+
+ +
+
-
-
-
-
day night
summer
-Crossed ventilation.
-Open spaces benefit from summer breeze.
-Canopy controls the sunlight.
-Crossed ventilation is controled with windows.
-Open spaces benefit from summer breeze.
-Wall insulation allow rooms to remain cool.
- Enclosing all
is retained wi
-Heat source
ation Prefab construction Shading comfort Thermal inertia
Design Strategies
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
e: 1. 75 0 1 2 3,75
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hermodynamic Configurations
-
- -
-
+ +
+
+
-
- -
-
+ +
+
+
+
day night
winter
windows.
breeze.
in cool.
- Enclosing allows the breeze to pass by sunlight
is retained with high thermal materials.
-Heat source at the north provides warmth.
-Enclosing allows the breeze to pass by
retained warmth in high thermal materials.
-Heat source at the north provides warmth.
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
e: 1. 75
Ground Floor Plan
Thermodynamic Configurations
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-
+
+
+ +
+
-
-
-
-
+
+ +
+
-
-
-
-
day night
summer
-Crossed ventilation.
-Open spaces benefit from summer breeze.
-Canopy controls the sunlight.
-Crossed ventilation is controled with windows.
-Open spaces benefit from summer breeze.
-Wall insulation allow rooms to remain cool.
- Enclosing allow
is retained with
-Heat source at
tion Prefab construction Shading comfort Thermal inertia
Design Strategies
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
e: 1. 75 0 1 2 3,75
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hermodynamic Configurations
-
- -
-
+ +
+
+
-
- -
-
+ +
+
+
+
day night
winter
windows.
reeze.
n cool.
- Enclosing allows the breeze to pass by sunlight
is retained with high thermal materials.
-Heat source at the north provides warmth.
-Enclosing allows the breeze to pass by
retained warmth in high thermal materials.
-Heat source at the north provides warmth.

22. MASTER IN COLLECTIVE HOUSING 2022. ETH ZÜRICH, ET
FRANCISCO HEREDIA | PALOMA ALLENDE | ANDRONIKI PETROU | JORG
RMÁN
RCHITECTURE
ssembly Thermodynamic Prototype Behaviour
Thermal Blinds
Wicker Cover
Concrete and Timber
Galleries Foundations
Wooden Mezzanine
Wooden Panelling
Glazed Windows
day night
summer
day night
winter
OUTDOOR : 12ºC OUTDOOR :7ºC
INDOOR : 20ºC
MASTER IN COLLECTIVE HOUSING 2022. ETH ZÜRICH, ETSAM, UPM
SCO HEREDIA | PALOMA ALLENDE | ANDRONIKI PETROU | JORGE SÁNCHEZ
Thermodynamic Prototype Behaviour
day night
summer
day night
winter
OUTDOOR : 20ºC
OUTDOOR :7ºC
INDOOR : 26ºC
INDOOR : 20ºC
INDOOR : 22ºC
INDOOR : 18ºC
DAY
NIGHT
OUTDOOR: 32°C
OUTDOOR: 20°C
INDOOR: 26°C
INDOOR: 22°C
SUMMER

23. Summer - Afternoon - Table Time
elopment
Thermal Blinds
Wicker Cover
Concrete and Timber
Galleries Foundations
Wooden Celling
Wooden Mezzanine
Wooden Panelling
Wooden Celling
Local Vegetation
Glazed Windows
Glazed Skylights
ELEMENTS
day night
summer
day night
winter
OUTDOOR : 32ºC
OUTDOOR : 12ºC
OUTDOOR : 20ºC
OUTDOOR :7ºC
INDOOR : 26ºC
INDOOR : 20ºC
08
Summer - Afternoon - Table Time
day night
summer
OUTDOOR : 20ºC
INDOOR : 26ºC INDOOR : 22ºC
NIGHT
NIGHT
OUTDOOR: 7°C
OUTDOOR: 12°C
INDOOR: 18°C
INDOOR: 20°C
WINTER

24. MASTER IN COLLECTIVE HOUSING 2022. ETH ZÜRICH, ETSAM, UPM
FRANCISCO HEREDIA | PALOMA ALLENDE | ANDRONIKI PETROU | JORGE SÁNCHEZ
FESSOR JAVIER GARCÍA - GERMÁN
MATE, METABOLISM AND ARCHITECTURE
2.00
2.00
2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00
36º
36º
36º
36º
36º
9 - 32º 12 - 29º
10 - 31º 16 - 28º 10 - 27º
south facade north facade
20 - 26º
22 - 28º
18 - 26º
14 - 26º
70º
25º
e: 1. 50 0 1 2,50
Cross Section
Rammed Earth Screen Walls
promote air flow and allow self-
breathing during the summer.
They also allow cross ventilation
through the patios.
Foundations are slightly
elevated from the ground by
means of galleries, as well
as a large amount of gravel,
allowing for some air flow
and limiting the effect of
humidity on the pavement.
Wicker cover in the canopy to control the
sunlights, both vertically and horizontally,
providing shade in summer and allowing
maximum light in winter.
In-Between spaces to
allow better control of
thermal comfort through
user actions.
Indoor vegetation
acts as a regulator of
internal humidity.
Thermal curtains to retain the return
of solar radiation during the winter.
And during the summer, they try to do
the opposite.
In summer, the opening of the skylight
allows hot air to be released from the
rooms. During the winter, it will retain
the heat inside the rooms.
The high thermal inertia of the vegetation
roof reduces heat loss, conserving heat
during winter nights. The same applies to
the walls of rammed earth blocks.
Swing window systems make
it possible to regulate the
ventilation and the air flow of
rooms.
Polished concrete flooring
allows the heat generated by
the sunlights to be retained
during the night.
North patios generate
different microclimates
(lower temperature in the
shade) while reducing the
effect of winter wind.
+
-
+
-
+ - + -
-Crossed ventilation.
-Open spaces benefit from summer breeze.
-Canopy controls the sunlight.
-Crossed ventilation is controled with windows.
-Open spaces benefit from summer breeze.
-Wall insulation allow rooms to remain cool.
-Enclosing allows the breeze to go over the building.
-Sunlight is retained with high thermal materials.
-Maximum sunlight captured through open canopy.
-Enclosing allows the breeze to pass by
retained warmth in high thermal materials.
-Interior enclosing allow room to remain warmt

25. 22 - 28º
Winter Room
Rammed Earth Screen Walls
promote air flow and allow self-
breathing during the summer.
They also allow cross ventilation
through the patios.
Foundations are slightly
elevated from the ground by
means of galleries, as well
eturn
inter.
to do
osite.
ng of the skylight
eleased from the
nter, it will retain
inside the rooms.
The high thermal inertia of the vegetation
roof reduces heat loss, conserving heat
during winter nights. The same applies to
the walls of rammed earth blocks.
Swing window systems make
it possible to regulate the
ventilation and the air flow of
rooms.
Polished concrete flooring
allows the heat generated by
the sunlights to be retained
during the night.
North patios generate
different microclimates
(lower temperature in the
shade) while reducing the
effect of winter wind.
+
-
+
-
-
Thermodynamic Configurations
ed with windows.
mmer breeze.
o remain cool.
-Enclosing allows the breeze to go over the building.
-Sunlight is retained with high thermal materials.
-Maximum sunlight captured through open canopy.
-Enclosing allows the breeze to pass by
retained warmth in high thermal materials.
-Interior enclosing allow room to remain warmth.
day night
winter
3
36º
36º
36º
9 - 32º 12 - 29º
10 - 31º 16 - 28º
south facade
20 - 26º
22 - 28º
14 - 26º
70º
25º
Summer Room
Wicker cover in the canopy to control the
sunlights, both vertically and horizontally,
providing shade in summer and allowing
maximum light in winter.
In-Between spaces to
allow better control of
thermal comfort through
user actions.
Indoor vegetation
acts as a regulator of
internal humidity.
Thermal curtains to retain the return
of solar radiation during the winter.
And during the summer, they try to do
the opposite.
In summer, the opening of the skylight
allows hot air to be released from the
rooms. During the winter, it will retain
the heat inside the rooms.
Polished concre
allows the heat
the sunlights to
during the night
+
+ - + -
Thermodynamic Configura
-Crossed ventilation.
-Open spaces benefit from summer breeze.
-Canopy controls the sunlight.
-Crossed ventilation is controled with windows.
-Open spaces benefit from summer breeze.
-Wall insulation allow rooms to remain cool.
-Enclosin
-Sunlight
-Maximu
day night
summer
22 - 28º
Winter Room
Rammed Earth Screen Walls
promote air flow and allow self-
breathing during the summer.
They also allow cross ventilation
through the patios.
Foundations are slightly
elevated from the ground by
means of galleries, as well
skylight
om the
l retain
rooms.
The high thermal inertia of the vegetation
roof reduces heat loss, conserving heat
during winter nights. The same applies to
the walls of rammed earth blocks.
Swing window systems make
it possible to regulate the
ventilation and the air flow of
rooms.
Polished concrete flooring
allows the heat generated by
the sunlights to be retained
during the night.
North patios generate
different microclimates
(lower temperature in the
shade) while reducing the
effect of winter wind.
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rmodynamic Configurations
ndows.
ze.
ool.
-Enclosing allows the breeze to go over the building.
-Sunlight is retained with high thermal materials.
-Maximum sunlight captured through open canopy.
-Enclosing allows the breeze to pass by
retained warmth in high thermal materials.
-Interior enclosing allow room to remain warmth.
day night
winter
36º
36º
36º
36º
9 - 32º 12 - 29º
10 - 31º 16 - 28º
south facade
20 - 26º
22 - 28º
14 - 26º
70º
25º
Summer Room
Wicker cover in the canopy to control the
sunlights, both vertically and horizontally,
providing shade in summer and allowing
maximum light in winter.
In-Between spaces to
allow better control of
thermal comfort through
user actions.
Indoor vegetation
acts as a regulator of
internal humidity.
Thermal curtains to retain the return
of solar radiation during the winter.
And during the summer, they try to do
the opposite.
In summer, the opening of the skylight
allows hot air to be released from the
rooms. During the winter, it will retain
the heat inside the rooms.
Polished concrete flooring
allows the heat generated b
the sunlights to be retained
during the night.
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+ - + -
Thermodynamic Configurations
-Crossed ventilation.
-Open spaces benefit from summer breeze.
-Canopy controls the sunlight.
-Crossed ventilation is controled with windows.
-Open spaces benefit from summer breeze.
-Wall insulation allow rooms to remain cool.
-Enclosing allows the
-Sunlight is retained w
-Maximum sunlight c
day night
summer
-Crossed ventilation
-Open spaces benefit from summer breeze
-Canopy controls the sunlight
-Enclosing to prevent the breeze to go through
-Sunlight retained with high thermal materials
-Max. sunlight captured through open canopy
-Crossed ventilation is controled with windows
-Open spaces benefit from summer breeze
-Wall insulation allow rooms to remain cool
-Crossed ventilation is controled with windows
-Open spaces benefit from summer breeze
-Wall insulation allow rooms to remain cool
SUMMER
WINTER
DAY
DAY
NIGHT
NIGHT

26. INHABITING THE THRESHOLD
FINAL PROPOSAL. EVERYDAY LIFE ATMOSPHERES. COLLECTIVE HOUSING. COMMUNE
Type 01 Floor Plan - Double Height Balconies
Type 02 Floor Plan - Continous Glazed Facade
Cluster Development
Full Exposure Sun Protection
North Protection Regulatory Thresholds
Cooling Patios
10
SING. COMMUNE
Cluster Development
Sun Protection Light Holes- Winter Rooms
Regulatory Thresholds Massive Roof Housing
Type 05 Floor Plan - Double Height Rooms
Rooftop Floor Plan - Greenhouses
Full Exposure
Regulatory
Thresholds
North Protection
Massive Roof
Cooling Patios
Light Holes
Winter Rooms
Sun Protection
Housing
from the prototype to the
collective housing

28. 3.20
4.00
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night
night
WINTER
DAY
NIGHT

29. ABITING THE THRESHOLD
ROPOSAL. EVERYDAY LIFE ATMOSPHERES. COLLECTIVE HOUSING. COMMUNE
4.00
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+
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day
day
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night
SUMMER
DAY
NIGHT

30. e: 1. 150 0 1 2 5 7,5
Cross Section
3.20
4.00
3.20
3.20
3.20
6.40
6.40
3.20
2.00
2.00 2.00
2.00 2.00
2.00 2.00
2.00 2.00
2.00 2.00
2.00 2.00
6.85
south facade north facade
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31. + -
+ -
+ -
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summer
day night
winter
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winter
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day night
winter
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SUMMER
WINTER
DAY
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NIGHT
NIGHT

33. This module consisted in exploring and reinterpretating the building
Caracol designed by the architect Juan Herreros in Barcelona, Spain.
The assignment was to relocate the project to a cold climate and
adapting it to the chosen site (Oulu, Finland), in an efficient and
sustainable way.
Relocating and reinterpretating the building Caracol byJuan Herreros,
from Barcelona, Spain to Oulu, Finland with Ignacio Fernández Solla,
David Castro, Diego Garcia Setien and Archie Campbell {ARUP}
Team: Cristhian Haro Diaz, Ishan Goyal, Victoria Ottenwalder
CONSTRUCTION
AND TECHNOLOGY

34. Site research
The existing project is located in the Mediterranean Coast, Barcelona.
The hot and humid climate defines the building and it’s materiales, in
order to reduce as much as possible it’s energy consumption.
The Caracol building is an invitation to rethink the concept of
periphery, in Barcelona. Residential blocks and industrial warehouses
are the main uses of the buildings in the area. Central condition
accessible to a variety of contexts and scales that are not available
from the conventional center.

36. Typical Floor Plan
Typical Floor Plan
Typical Floor Plan
Typical Floor Plan
Typical Floor Plan
Typical Floor Plan
Typical Floor Plan
Typical Floor Plan

39. TRADITIONAL CONSTRUCTION
Regular structural grid with concrete columns and bims, and load
bearing brick walls. Not recomended because of it’s extended time of
execution, waste of material in the construction process, high amount
of embodied carbon and not possible to readapt to other programs
or needs in the future.

40. Ground Floor Plan
Typical Floor Plan

42. Summer
Temperature from 25°C to 35°C
Average hours of daylight: 15.2
Winter
Temperature from 5°C to 15°C
Average hours of daylight: 9.2
Summer
Temperature from 12°C to 20°C
Average hours of daylight: 22.1
Winter
Temperature from -14°C to -7°C
Average hours of daylight: 3.6
User
Women in vulnera-
ble situations
Climate
One of the coldest
countries worldwide
CONDITIONS
Site
Same periphery and
residential situation
Oulu I Finland
Barcelona I Spain
FROM BARCELONA TO OULU
The assignment was to relocate the building to a cold climate site, in
order to adapt it and make it suitable through design strategies. We
chose Finland, one of the coldest countries worldwide.

43. SITE RESEARCH
The chosen site is characterized by having similar properties than the
one of the existing project in Barcelona. It is located in the second
largest city of Finland, in a peripherical neighbourhood that has
residential and industrial buildings.
We selected the city of Oulu, not only for its climate, but also because
of the user. We proposed a shelter for women in vulnerable situations
and Finland is one of the countries with higher rate of gender violence.

44. WALK THROUGH I PERMEABLE
The building merges with the
city, hard to control
WALK THROUGH I PERMEABLE
The building merges with the
city, hard to control
SECURITY ACCESS LOBBY
The building as a shelter, access
control to protect the users
SECURITY ACCESS LOBBY
The building as a shelter, access
control to protect the users
SINGLE CENTRAL CORE
Difficult access to the building
and evacuation problems
TWO SEPARATE CORES
For an easier circulation and
faster evacuation
BEFORE AFTER

45. COURTYARD AND FLOORS
Bigger patio for more sunlight and
reduced height for less shadow
COURTYARD AND FLOORS
The building has a 8 mts wide
courtayrd and 8 stories
BEFORE AFTER
DENSIITY REDUCTION
To generate communal terraces
and encourage social interaction
VOLUME SUBSTRACTIONS
To generate private and public
terraces, and extr ventilation
INDUSTRIALIZED 2D PANELS
Industrialized exterior 2D panels,
to protect the wood from water
VENTILATED EXTERIOR INDUS-
TRIAL PANEL SHEET

46. 1. CLT 3D Service Core
2. 2D Slab Panels
3. 2D Wood Trussers
4.Custom Wood Railling
5. 2D Drywall Panels
6. 2D Load Bearing Facade
7. 2D Slab Panels
INDUSTRIALIZED CONSTRUCTION
COMPONENTS

48. 1. Floor Wood Finish
2. Concrete Layer / Radiant Heating System
3. Acoustic Panel
4. CLT Solid Panel
5. Wood Trussers
6. False Ceiling
7. Wood Railling
8. Service Core / CLT 2D Panels
9. Wall Wood Finish
10. Drywall Wooden Structure
11. Wood Bench
12. Interior Wood Finish
13. Laminated Wood Structure
14. Mineral Wool Insulation
15. Exterior Panel
16. Control Layers
17. Extra Mineral Wool Insulation
18. Steel Structure
19. GRC Panels
20. Custom Windows
INDUSTRIALIZED CONSTRUCTION
LAYERS OF COMPONENTS

52. Building System
The project is a passive building capable of heating with low
energy demand. We opted for a centralized system because
having different people throughout the year, it is better to
maintain a stable energy consumption for the national organi-
zation in charge.

53. Water City Distribution
Finland has the best drinking water quality in the world, also It’s
the country with the longest supply network in Europe, with a
length of 19.5 meters of pipe per person.
Water consumption
per person daily:
120 lts
People living in
the building: 200
Total water con-
sumption of the
building: 24.000

54. STORAGE OF RAIN WATER
Finland wants to become a sustainable country and proposes to stor-
age the rain and snowfall during the year.The average annual rain and
snowfall in Oulu is 520 mm/year and we have an area of 1812.00 m2,
and if we convert the final amount to liters we get 942 240 L (year).
8 760 000 L (year)
Water consumption
in the building
942 240 L (year)
Storage the rain
and snowfall
10.75%
Water savings
per year

55. Separation of Black & Grey waters
Regarding black and grey water separation, we were analyzing the
possibility of using a recovery system in the building, but we found
that Finland has started to evaluate: recycling waters and recovery nu-
trients. As Sweden and Netherlands where the separation system has
already been introduced. For this reason we decided to continue with
the city’s existing sewage connection.

56. Dimestic Hot Water
Finland has a very good district heating network, but data reveals that
75% of the energy used for heating systems comes from fossil fuels.
Therefore we had to evaluate if it was appropriate to connect to the
existing grid and we found that Finland wants to become a carbon
free country by 2035, and for this it has started several actions such
as: Drilling wells for geothermal plants and Deliver the heat from the
servers of companies. Therefore, we decided to stay on the city’s ex-
isting grid knowing its improvement in the future.

57. Facilities
In the Nordic electricity market, Finland has a strong lack of electric-
ity and it’s Russia that exports most of it. Knowing this, we looked for
other alternatives to generate electricity and found that in the last five
years, the production of solar energy in Finland has increased tenfold.
Electricity
consumption
14972 kwh
People in
the building
200 ppl
Total energy
consumption
2994400 kwh/year
Solar panel
production
1.38 kwh
Quantity
solar panels
306 units
Total energy
generated
154132 kwh

58. Heating System I Radient flFLoor
Finland is home to the leading Finnish brand Uponor, one of the most
advanced companies in the field of heating systems, they are experts
in the installation of underfloor heating, and are always trying to im-
prove the system to reduce the climate impact. So, knowing that Fin-
land wants to become a carbon-free country by 2035 and that their
strategy is not to eliminate the existing grid but to change the source
that produces the energy, we decided to connect to the city’s heating
system.

59. Ventilation System
About ventilation, we found that Finland is executing a strategy of
renovation of ventilation systems to old buildings because of the
increased thermal load. For that reason, we will place the controlled
mechanical ventilation system with heat recovery in the building, to
reduce heat loss and generate energy savings.

61. The site of study is a peripherical and vulnerable neighbourhood
called Chacara Florida, chracterized by it’s temporary, unplanned
housing that ends up being permanent. It’s a risk area for construction,
exposed to erthquakes and floodings and with no infrastructure.
Low cost & Emergency Housing in a vulnerable area of São Paolo,
Brazil, with Cristiane Muniz and Fernando Viegas {Muniz&Viegas}
Team: Andrew Georges, Nancy Mandhan, Sebastian Worm
LOW COST AND
EMERGENCY
HOUSING

62. POPULATION GROWTH
ACROSS SAO PAOLO
POPULATION GROWTH
ACROSS SAO PAOLO

63. SITE STUDIES
SOCIAL ANAL
YSIS

64. Temperature
(°C)
Current values monthly (2021)
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50
100
150
200
250
300
350
0
J F M A M J J A S O N D
5
10
15
20
25
30
40
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Precipitation
(mm)
Temperature
(°C)
Precipitation
Maximum air temperature
Minimum air temperature
Jan
ch
ch
ch
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ch
ch
ch
Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
SITE STUDIES
CLIMA
TE CHANGE
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50
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250
300
350
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J F M A M J J A S O N D
5
10
15
20
25
30
40
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Precipitation
(mm)
Temperature
(°C)
Precipitation
Maximum air temperature
Minimum air temperature
Historical series (1993-2014)
Jan
0 inch
2 inch
Feb Mar

65. SITE STUDIES
ZEITGEIST
Photographic documentation IIdentifying scope
PHOTO-DOC

66. Text description provided by the architects. In the early hours of the
morning, the movement begins. Regulars in gym clothes choose to start
the day by practicing some kind of physical activity. Walking, running,
outdoor gym, biking, soccer, and volleyball are just some of the options
available. All this takes place on the shores of nine interconnected
lagoons, the wetlands. This is just a brief summary of what can be found
in the first stage of the Parque Rachel de Queiroz project.
Rachel de Queiroz Park I Fortaleza,Brazil
REFERENCES

67. Supported by the Fundación de Cultura Viva, the team of students,
architects and architects led by Laura Rojas and Diego Cárdenas from
Bicistema works in this sector, together with Mauricio and Andrés
Moreno from República Portable, who intervene a soccer field and some
improvised stands which will become a space for everyone, including a
playground, a vertical garden around guadua (bamboo) structures and
tactical urban interventions on the soccer field.
Latin American Social Workshop I Manizales, Colombia

69. PROPOSAL
IDEATION

70. Intervention
Type
A
Steep
slope
CURRENT CONDITION
Intervention
Type
B
Water
Flow
Intervention
Type
C
Retention
Ponds actual condition
Intervention B
Existing Water Flow
Intervention A
Uncontained Steep Slope

71. STRATEGIES
PROPOSAL
MAIN STRATEGIES
Intervention B
Wider Water Flow
Intervention C
Addition of retention Ponds
Intervention A
Contained Steep Slope

72. SITE PLAN
CURRENT CONDITION
Actual Condition
We can see in the existing site, the buildings that are in risk because
of floodings, due to it’s lack of infrastructure and bad soil. Rains
leave unconnected ponds in the lower part of the slopes and is not
absorbed by the soil.

73. SITE PLAN
PROPOSAL
Proposal
The main strategy consists on recovering the water course, connecting
the ponds and avoiding the floods. In order to avoid constructions in
the risk areas, we propose a public and recreational water front well
iluminated for safety purposes.

75. PROTOTYPE III
TERRACED SLOPES
Intervention A
Contained Steep Slope

77. PROTOTYPE I
DOMESTIC W
A
TER PA
THS
Intervention B
Wider Water Flow

79. PROTOTYPE II
RETENTION POND - W
A
TERFRONT
Intervention C
Addition of retention Ponds

80. I
III
IV

81. MASTERPLAN
II

87. New design paradigms are emerging based on human-centered
principles and systems-based approaches. Based on the notion of the
City as a complex system, or as a system of systems. City making, and
the application of City Science is a dynamic and iterative process in
which the conclusions have to be periodically revisited as the base
conditions and the technological tools and solutions are constantly
evolving.
Urban planning and open space planning qualification of the new
district Campamento with José María Ezquiaga, Gemma Peribáñez
Ayala, Julia Landaburu and Susana Isabel
Team: Carolina Basilis, Bettina Kagelmacher,
Flavia Fernandes and Juanita Gomez
URBAN DESIGN
AND CITY
SCIENCES

88. Country I Spain City I Spain
District I Latina Neighbourhood I Campamento

89. Site research
The chosen site is characterized by having similar properties than the
one of the existing project in Barcelona. It is located in the second
largest city of Finland, in a peripherical neighbourhood that has
residential and industrial buildings.
We selected the city of Oulu, not only for its climate, but also because
of the user. We proposed a shelter for women in vulnerable situations
and Finland is one of the countries with higher rate of gender violence.

90. Mobility I Connection with the City
Green Spaces
H
H
H
Mobility I Connection with the City
5 km from City Centre
10 km
from
City Centre
Green Spaces
5km
from
City Centre
10 km
from
City Centre

91. Regarding the context, we can notice the quality of the public space,
leading to empty streets and no sense of community. This generates
an unsafe environment for pedestrians and encourages the use of
private cars for mobility. In the pictures we can see the buildings
isolated from each other and from the streets, a typical phenomenom
of the peripherical neighbourhoods.

92. Green Spaces

93. Casa de Campo
1 535,52 ha
Royal Botanic Garden
22 ha
Campo del Moro
20 ha
Parque del Oeste
75,65 ha
El Retiro Park
118 ha
Enrique Tierno Galvan
45 ha
Agustin R. Shagun Park
18 ha
De la Ventilla Park
15 ha

95. Demographic Analysis
Accordingtothecensus,thepopullationof CampamentoCarabanchel
in Madrid, is mostly women allone above 65 years old, couples
between 16-64 years old and couples above 64 years old. This aging
society is typically seen in peripherical neighbourhoods, of low price
properties, because they can’t afford to live in the City Centre.

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97. main strategies

98. current connectivity with the
city centre

99. Public Transport I Bus line
extension

100. regulated vehicles roads

101. desire lines

103. integration i diversity i inclusion

104. pedestrian network

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108. buil
t and heights

109. schematic sections

110. buildings i uses

111. green spaces i categoriess

114. road 1 i plan and section

116. road 3 i plan and section

118. road 4 i plan and section

120. Pollinator Garden
Esplanade Garden
Public Spaces

121. Community Orchard
Public Garden
Public equipment

122. 


pocket
park
green
boulev
ard
linear
park

123. species

124. resource consumption and
climate readiness

125. renev
able energy

126. 
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water treatment plants in madrid

127. 
sanitation system

128. 
purification service i canal de
isabel ii

129. 
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connection with rio manzanares

130. bike and car share

131. bollards regulating car traffiffiic

133. An approach to three different scales and times in the city of Madrid
from three different issues of project. The exercise consists in the
use and interpretation of the work of others, in orther to integrate
volumetry, structure and facade in one of these options, presenting
into a reasonable, canonical and clear way.
Intervining scales time in the city of Madrid with Dietmar Eberle
{BaumschlagerEberle}
Prof. Dietmar Eberle´s MCH Workshop, October 2022, Madrid
MCH_Dietmar Eberle’s Housing Workshop Plots
XVI Century XVII Century XIX Century
City of Madrid
City growth
City of Madrid
City Growth
16th Century 17th Century 19th Century
16th C. 19th C.
Prof. Dietmar Eberle´s MCH Workshop, October 2022, Madrid
MCH_Dietmar Eberle’s Housing Workshop Plots
XVI Century XVII Century XIX Century
City of Madrid
City growth
City of Madrid
City Growth
16th Century 17th Century 19th Century
16th C. 19th C.
Prof. Dietmar Eberle´s MCH Workshop, October 2022, Madrid
MCH_Dietmar Eberle’s Housing Workshop Plots
XVI Century XVII Century XIX Century
City of Madrid
City growth
City of Madrid
City Growth
16th Century 17th Century 19th Century
16th C. 19th C.
16th C
16th Century 17th Century 19th Century
17th C 19th C
Prof. Dietmar Eberle´s MCH Workshop, October 2022, Madrid
Prof. Dietmar Eberle´s MCH Workshop, October 2022, Madrid
19th C.
Prof. Dietmar Eberle´s MCH Workshop, October 2022, Madrid
20th C.
LAYERING THE
CITY I MADRID

134. The challenge of the site
was the scale and the infinite
possibilities of appopiation. The
proposal tries to deal with this
issue, working with a group of
buildings to generate a human
scale with a contained courtyard
and views to the river.
footprint
12.648,50 m2 173.100,00 m2 46.160,00 m2
57.700,00 m2
volume total area rentable area
SITE AND MORPHOLOGY I 19th C
CENTURY I MADRID RIO
RINT
6 4 8 , 5 0 m 2
E OF THE PROJECT
3 . 1 0 0 , O O m 3
E AREA
7 0 0 , 0 0 m 2
7 0 0 , 0 0 m 2
E AREA
1 6 0 , 0 0 m 2 W O R K S H O P D I E T M A R E B E R L E P A L O M A A L L E N D E F I G U E R O A

136. A compact building in a high
density area like La Latina is
the better way to preserve the
identity of the neighbourhood.
The structure is a system of
columns and bims on the
perimeter and two concrete
cores, leaving a free plan.
SUBDIVISION AND STRUCTURAL
SYSTEM I 17th C
AXONOMETRIC VIEW
N
0
15 m
5
E 1:300

137. RUPACIONES DE VIVIENDAS - PLANTA TIPO 0
15 m
5
E
RUPACIONES DE VIVIENDAS - PLANTA TIPO 0
15 m
5
E
59.50
m2
54.00
m2
50.00
m2
50.00
m2
90.00
m2
59.50
m2
57.00
m2
73.00
m2
56.60
m2

139. The challenge of the site
was the scale and the infinite
possibilities of appopiation. The
proposal tries to deal with this
issue, working with a group of
buildings to generate a human
scale with a contained courtyard
and views to the river.
SITE AND MORPHOLOGY I 19th C

140. Ground Floor Plan
Typical Floor Plan

145. the future
corrala
It is likely that the Spanish “corridor house” model evolved as a
synthesis of the traditional Castilian noble house (heir to the Roman
domus, with the courtyard as the axis of the building and a structure of
wooden bays on its outer perimeter) and the Andalusian Parapet that
will provide the future corrala with the model of coexistence, without
planning or infrastructure, sometimes forming dead ends that created
a social space that will later be repeated in the Hispanic corral.
Reinterpretation of the former corralas and design of a Housing for
Artists in La Latina, Madrid with Allison Brooks
Team: Anastasia Lizardou, Isabella Pineda and Sebastian Worm

146. S
s
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o,
n
s
y
o
n
r
d
d
s
the traditional corrala
Life in the corrala was communal. Everyone lived in the central patio,
where the children played and the adults socialized. The houses were
really small and with no interior divisions, often separated with screens
or fabric. As so many people lived so concentrated and overcrowded,
diseases were easily spread.
TYPICAL CORRALA
floorplan section facade

147. corralas nowadays
Over time, these houses improved, adapted their conditions: bathrooms
were included and new partitions were pulled and built in the houses
to endow them with larger size and rooms. Most of those Corralas that
remain are concentrated in popular neighborhoods, such as Lavapiés,
Carabanchel or Tetuán.
DAYS
WADAYS
uses
their
oms
new
lled
es to
arger
ralas
are
ular
h as
el or

148. SITE I MADRID I LAVAPI
MADRID I LAVAPIÉS
Country I Spain
City I Madrid

149. OURHOOD
location
Neighbourhood I La Latiina

150. SPACES
rket
ea Plaza
1
2 3
4
5
6
public spaces in the area

151. PUBLIC SPACES
1 Cebada Market
2 El Rastro
3 Arturo Barea Plaza
1
2 3
4
5
4 San Fernando Market
5 La Tabacalera
6 Esto es una plaza
6

153. ESTA ES UNA PLAZA’S CURRENT ACTIVITIES
CHILDREN’S
WORKSHOPS
usually integrating
art, recycling, and
sustainability
ADULT
WORKSHOPS
usually integrating
sustainability such as
bike repairs, planting
COMMUNITY
MEETINGS
regarding topics
such as feminism,
urbanism, art, and
horticulture
HORTICULTURE
space destined for
horticulture, and
taken care by the
community
T ACTIVITIES
COMMUNITY
MEETINGS
regarding topics
such as feminism,
urbanism, art, and
horticulture
HORTICULTURE ART
INSTALLATIONS
COMMUNITY
CINEMA
space destined for
horticulture, and
taken care by the
community
possibility of free
appropriation,
identity given by the
art installations
exterior cinema for
the public
CURRENT ACTIVITIES OF THE PLAZA
Children’s
workshops
Horticulture
usually integrating
art, recycling and
sustainability
space for horticulture
and taken care by
the community
Adult’s workshops
Art Installations
sustainable activities
such as bike repairs
and planting
possibility of free
appropiation,
identity of the artists
Community
meetings
Community cinema
regarding topics
such as feminism,
urbanism, art, etc
exterior cinema for
the public managed
by the community

154. The proposal consists on the
minimum footprint over the plot,
to maintain as much as possible
of the Plaza. We consolidated
the streets, communicating
them on the Ground Floor level,
but containing the courtyard for
the community.
site plan
CONSTRAINTS
SUN PATH
VIEW AND CONNECTIONS
OF OTHER BUILDINGS
NETWORKS

155. THE SITE!
HIGHLIGHTING GRID

156. INFILL AREAS
GROUND FLOOR
LEVEL 01

157. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACES
LEVEL 01
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACES
GROUND FLOOR

158. 0 1
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OFFICE
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162. PLANTA TIPO A
Standard Dwellings - Type B - 70m2 interior
(*)También se construye el tipo simétrico.
(*)A simmetrical version was also constructed.

165. ordinariness
and life
The very idea to take luxury as a theme sounds maybe illogical in the
world of today which faces the crisis in all sectors. But we are actually
addressing a very common fact that architects are badly trained to
succesfully stage luxury without falling into the trap of cliches, banality
or kitsch. We should not limit ourselves to invent a series of extended
or broadened floor plans, but to interpretate luxury in a variety of
ways and spatial configurations, with more general articulations.
An excercise in anti-Neufert design to approach the topic of Luxury
in architecture in the city of Split, Croatia with Hrvoje Njiriç from
{Njiriç+Architekti}
Team: Andres Solano, Alexandre De Rungs, Bettina Kagelmacher,
Nancy Mandhan, Paloma Allende

166. site research

167. typologies

168. THE HOUSES OF THE FOUR ECOLOGIES
UPPER STREET
ROCKY CLIFF
FOREST
LOWER STREET
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A
B
B
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THE HOUSES OF THE FOUR ECOLOGIES
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current condition
FOUR ECOLOGIES
The plot is located in Split, Croatia, a city characterized by it’s irregullar
topography and rich vegetation. We identified four ecologies on site
to deal with: the upper street, the lower street, the rocky cliff and the
forest. Based on this variety of factors affecting the plot, we defined a
typology for each ecology.

169. iness and life
ogies
riness and life
logies
MASTER PLAN
The project is a reinterpretation of the “favelas”, regarding the way the
units adapt to the topography. We worked with small scale units, one
for each ecoogy, and the left-over areas would be for collective uses,
for free appropiation.

170. riness
and
life
logies
cliff
catalogue i cliff

171. ordinariness and life
four ecologies cliff
ordinariness and life
four ecologies cliff
ordinariness and life
four ecologies cliff
ordinariness and life
four ecologies cliff

172. riness
and
life
logies
forest
catalogue i forest

173. ordinariness and life
four ecologies forest

174. riness
and
life
logies
lower
street
catalogue i streets

175. ordinariness and life
four ecologies upper street
ordinariness and life
four ecologies lower street

176. ordinariness and life
four ecologies
ordinariness and life
four ecologies

177. urban section
urban section

178. ordinariness
and
life
four
ecologies
envelope
proposal

180. ordinariness and life
four ecologies
ordinariness and life
four ecologies
THE HOUSES OF THE FOUR ECOLOGIES
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B
B
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UPPER
STREET
ROCKY
CLIFF
FOREST
LOWER
STREET
THE HOUSES OF THE FOUR ECOLOGIES
THE HOUSES OF THE FOUR ECOLOGIES
A
A
B
B
1
2
UPPER
STREET
ROCKY
CLIFF
FOREST
LOWER
STREET
THE HOUSES OF THE FOUR ECOLOGIES
ordinariness and life
four ecologies
small
boundaries
parking
small
boundaries
parking
stairs
and
bridges
pure
nature

181. ordinariness and life
four ecologies envelope in concrete blocks
ordinariness and life
four ecologies
ordinariness and life
four ecologies

183. working + living
structures
As Andrea once told us “architecture is like a pizza, you just need
good ingredients to make it good”. The goal of this workshop was to
test out new combinations of spaces, and then take it to the pllot of
Barcelona and adapt it to the site and context. Basically, we started
from the inside to the outside, from the user to the city, not limiting
ourselves to the traditional way of thinking and designing. By doing
this, we could reach excellence.
We no longer live as we used to, so this workshops tries to adapt to
the currents working+living situation, providing spaces that could be
appropiated easily with Andrea Deplazes from {Bearth + Deplazes}
Team: Cristhian Haro Diaz, Alexia Valt

184. Anna Puigjaner once said..
”I believe that a change of mentality must take place and begin to
appreciate that the quality of housing is perhaps not so much related
to the m2 it has, but to what services it offers us. In an offer for a home,
we always talk about its surface, but practically never about those
things that can improve our daily life, for example, if there is a school
or a local market. We have to begin to understand housing from this
perspective, that is, to value housing for its ability to respond to our
daily needs, and that others adapt to our vital changes.”
concept living spaces

185. The New Yorker
Has the Pandemic Transformed the Office Forever?
”In the past three decades, a series of quiet revolutions in design have
changed the way offices are used, erasing former hierarchies of walls
and cublicles and incorporating workplace methodologies from the
technology industry into team-based, open plan layouts. At the same
time, digital tools have made the a worker´s presence iin those offices
less essential. The pandemic has collapsed these divergent trends into
an exiistential question: What´s an offiice for? Is it place for newbies
to learn from experiiences colleagues? A way for bosses to oversee
shirkers? A platform for collaboration? A source of friends or social life?
A respite from the family? A reason to leave the house? It turns out that
work, which is what the office was supposed to be for, is possible to do
from somewhere else.”
concept working spaces

186. Working space Bathroom Bedroom
Patio
Type A
Type C Type D
Type B
Living room Dining room
program as a morphological tool
typologies

187. Introvert architecture
“ Introvert architecture is a spatial pattern that tends to conceal what
exists or occurs inside, insisting on privacy, seclusion, and secrecy of
the house. The very beauty of the architecture could be observed only
when you are inside the building or in its courtyard.”
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“ Introvert architecture is a spatial pattern that tends to conceal what
seclusion, and secrecy of the house. The very beauty of the architecture
the building or in its courtyard.”
Introvertion
Self sufficient houses
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Self sufficient houses

188. 0 2
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Typology A Typology B
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Typology C

189. 0 2 10
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Typology D
Typology E I F I G
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AGRUPATION
BY A STRUCTURED DISORDER
The in-between spaces have a domestic scale ir order to be easily appropiated
by the community, and avoid the feeling of no owners.We realized that people
always look for the niches and thresholds instead of wide open public spaces.

190. 50 % 75 % 100 %
25 %
Levels of density
solving the puzzle
Aggrupation
levels of density
solving the puzzle

191. GROUND FLOOR - CERDÁ BLOCK
1/250
PÚBLICO
Units Perimeter Circulation and
Public Space
Main circulation
and access

193. domestic
fragments
A reflection on the problems and challenges of current housing
production raises three central questions: Innovation in housing?
The conformity of urban schemes and floor plan configurations is
reinforced by the dominance of private investment. Housing for
whom? based on the observation that the predominant bourgeois
housing models fail to reflect the wider changes perceptible in
society, from family structures and population ageing to immigration
and multiculturalism. Housing and climate? We want to design
exemplary projects that rethink form, space and material from the
principles of a specific energy resource and a specific climatic zone
and develop a unique form of living from it.
Rethinking architecture and designing in a new way, focusing on the
three words given random: bathing, blow-drying and courtain with
Elli Mosayebi {emi-architekten}
Team: Carolina Basilis, Gaurav Chordia

194. High seasonal variability. Very dry season in summer when most
of the flora dries out with clear skies. Rainy season in winter, with
thunderstorm flooding and warm temperatures with cloudy skies.
climate

195. High seasonal variability. Very dry season in summer when most
of the flora dries out with clear skies. Rainy season in winter, with
thunderstorm flooding and warm temperatures with cloudy skies.
references
why bathing in a shower if we
could enjoy the exppereince?

196. Team 09. Paloma Allende, Carolina Basilis, Gaurav Chordia
Workshop Elli Mosayebi, Álvaro M. Fidalgo
MCH 2021, UPM ETH Zürich
Miniature
our miniature

198. fflloor plan

199. Team 09. Paloma Allende, Carolina Basilis, Gaurav Chordia
Workshop Elli Mosayebi, Álvaro M. Fidalgo
MCH 2021, UPM ETH Zürich
Detail
detail

201. 2022