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YOLANDA DE RUEDA
MASTER IN COLLECTIVE
HOUSING
2019
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YOLANDA DE RUEDA
MASTER IN COLLECTIVE
HOUSING
Universidad Politécnica of Madrid
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

MASTER IN
COLLECTIVE HOUSING
ABOUT
Is a postgraduate full-time
international professional program
of advanced architecture design in
cities and housing presented by
Universidad Politécnica of Madrid
(UPM) and Swiss Federal Institute
of Technology (ETH). After ten
editions, it is rated as one of the
best architecture master’s programs
by architects and experts.

CONTENT
WORKSHOPS
SEMINARS
ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY
JAVIER GARCIA-GERMAN
LOW-COST AND EMERGENCY HOUSING
BELEN GESTO & SONIA MOLINA
CONSTRUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY
IGNACIO FERNANDEZ SOLLA
URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE
JOSE MARIA EZQUIAGA
ALONE BUT CONNECTED
ATXU AMMAN & ANDRES CANNOVAS
FABRICATING HAPPINESS
HRVOJE NJIRIC
HOME OFFICE
JACOB VAN RIJS
HOUSING AND REUSE
ANNE LACATON
FORM, STRUCTURE, ENVELOPE
DIETMAR EBERLE
BUILDING DEPTH
ANDREA DEPLAZES
EL BUEN RETIRO
ALISON BROOKS
4
12
24
42
60
70
82
96
114
122
138

Living alone is a free choice; far from
loneliness and neglect it may reflect the degree
of progress of a society in relation to the
exercise of individual freedom and ability of
emancipation and autonomy. Most of the European
population who lives alone at present consists
of three homogeneous groups that correspond
to emancipated young professionals, separated
or divorced adults and senior widowers, mostly
women. None of them have a common way of life,
nor have different needs from other users, but
a specific form of establishing relations with
a world that has qualified them as a state
of emergency. They have become forced to
get adapted to their specific conditions and
variously inhabit domestic spaces that mostly
respond to past patterns, whose regulated
organizations have the family as a reference.
Housing is no longer a space, but a mental
time. The gender revolution in the sixties and
later the emergence of the information society
have contributed to dissolve the boundaries of
the house. Domesticity has expanded the city
through new micro_equipments and domestic time
space develops in the network, establishing new
relationships with others and with objects,
blurring the classic dualities of insideoutside,
privatepublic, day _night and workleisure.

Yolanda De Rueda + Beltran Jaime Moreno +
Alejandra Martinez + Aakash Gajjar
Amman Atxu & Andrea Cannovas
Gabriel Wajnerman
Silvia Colmenares
Flavio Martella
Workshop Leader
Workshop Assistant
Guest Jurors
Teammates
ALONE BUT CONNECTED

•006•
Participants choose 19 people out
of the photographed group, which
includes an undefined number of
lonely people. All of them decided
to live alone, with specific spaces
and spatial organisations. Their
houses should consider the issues
introduced by each personality.
They should be enhanced and
extended, in this case, inside the
building itself, even if it could
seem contradictory.
Sl - Sleep
Ea - Eat
Wr - Work
So - Socialize
Sd - Sound
Su - Sunlight
Ai - Air
Dc - Domestic chores
Le - Leisure
Oc - Ocupancy
Te - Technology
Hy - Hygene
Conceptual Diagrams for time and use
by the different users
Atxu Amman & Andres Cannovas

•007•
Sl- Sleep
Ea- Eat
Wr- Work
So- Socialize
Sd- Sound
Su- Sunlight
Ai- Air
Dc- Domestic chores
Le- Leisure
Oc- Ocupancy
Te- Technology
Hy- Hygene
MORNING -
7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Sl Ea Wr So
Sd Su Ai Dc
So
Le Oc Te Hy
Sl- Sleep
Ea- Eat
Wr- Work
So- Socialize
Sd- Sound
Su- Sunlight
Ai- Air
Dc- Domestic chores
Le- Leisure
Oc- Ocupancy
Te- Technology
Hy- Hygene
NOON -
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sl Ea Wr So
Sd Su Ai Dc
So
Le Oc Te Hy
Sl- Sleep
Ea- Eat
Wr- Work
So- Socialize
Sd- Sound
Su- Sunlight
Ai- Air
Dc- Domestic chores
Le- Leisure
Oc- Ocupancy
Te- Technology
Hy- Hygene
AFTERNOON -
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Sl Ea Wr So
Sd Su Ai Dc
So
Le Oc Te Hy
Sl- Sleep
Ea- Eat
Wr- Work
So- Socialize
Sd- Sound
Su- Sunlight
Ai- Air
Dc- Domestic chores
Le- Leisure
Oc- Ocupancy
Te- Technology
Hy- Hygene
EVENING -
8:00 PM - 1:00 AM
Sl Ea Wr So
Sd Su Ai Dc
So
Le Oc Te Hy
Sl- Sleep
Ea- Eat
Wr- Work
So- Socialize
Sd- Sound
Su- Sunlight
Ai- Air
Dc- Domestic chores
Le- Leisure
Oc- Ocupancy
Te- Technology
Hy- Hygene
NIGHT -
1:00 AM - 7:00 AM
Sl Ea Wr So
Sd Su Ai Dc
So
Le Oc Te Hy
MORNING-
7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
NOON-
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
AFTERNOON-
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
EVENING-
8:00 PM - 1:00 AM
EVENING-
1:00 AM - 7:00 AM
Alone but Connected

•008•
Concept Collage

•009•
The proposed plot has a 4 meters façade
and a depth of 50 meters. It is allowed
to build up to 20 meters height, which
means a maximum volume of 4.000 m3.
The building can only get light from the
two short sides and from the top.
The resulting units should be able to
grow or decrease, to expand themselves
or to be adapted, to generate shared
spaces between them... to be able to
be modified over time. This condition
becomes essential for the proposals’
development, their adaptability.
Their resilience.
Concept Section
Alone but Connected

•010•
Service and technology Cores
Shared Spaces
Living Cells

•011•
The necessity of housing in cities
now has to deal with constraining
sites and different types of users.
The proposal is responding to people
living alone in a unit of the future.
A technological cell that is connected
to the infrastructure cores and
from there the user can expand its
domesticity to the shared spaces and
furthermore to the city.
Alone but Connected
Expanded Domesticity
to the City
Growing Cells

Housing is deeply embedded in its immediate and
broader context. Therefore, it is necessary to
regard collective residential typologies in
relation to urbanistic issues.
In terms of architecture, it makes sense to
observe the ever-changing social transformations
and market trends when designing households. It
does not matter if the floor plan is slim or
deep...
These two aspects will mark our research –
actual lack of territory and current housing
demands.
Dugopolje business-park in Croatia will be our
test-bed. Obscured by the planning bureaucracy
and suffocated by the market economy, this
sattelite of the City of Split offers a
perfect exercise on how an urban sprawl could
be regenerated as a lively neighbourhood,
functioning 24/7 and promoting specific public
space in its own right.
The workshop headline comes from the speech of
the New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
who spoke herself in favour of an emotional
approach – whatever we do, even politics.
Finally, this exercise should raise awareness
that all our efforts will be, sooner or later,
measured by how much love and passion we put in
our labours. Period.

BRANCHING HAPPINESS
Iñaky Perez + Yolanda De Rueda
Hrvoje Njiriç
Esperanza Campana
Juan Elvira
Workshop Leader
Workshop Assistant
Guest Jurors
Teammates

•014•
SITEDUGOPOLJE
CROATIA
Site Context
SITE STUDY
Hrvoje Njiric

•015•
Site Diagram
SPLIT
DUGOPOLJE
“Branching Happiness” addresses housing as a way of life by
using strategies that makes users feel at Happy.
Dugopolje, as an industrial city of Croatia lacks fabrication of
happiness. By generating a buffer from the highway, the project
is isolated from noise and outer interferences creating an
atmosphere of peace and wellness. The project is located at an
important intersection of the city which allows for “Branching
Happiness” to be connected both to Split and Dugopolje. Using a
residual area of an existing site makes the project to be viable
since it represents a good business solution both to the owner
of the plot and the building company. “Branching Happiness”
is meant to create a community by implementing co housing
techniques, shared spaces and common areas. The project blends
the citizen with the city.
Fabricating Happiness

•016•
Strategy Diagram
Bands as an elements of
responding to the site
Hrvoje Njiric

•017•
SITE CONDITIONS
COLLECTIVE SPACE / BUFFER
UNITS
HIGH WAY
ENTRANCE
COLLECTIVE PATIOS
SOUND BUFFER
HOUSING
Site Implementation

•018•
SITE SECTION
SITE PLAN
Hrvoje Njiric

•019•
GROUND FLOOR
UPPER FLOOR

•020•
UNIT1
Extension Service Storage Circulation
UNIT1+AUNIT1+BUNIT1+A+B
Hrvoje Njiric
UNIT MATRIX

•021•
UNIT1UNIT1+AUNIT1+BUNIT1+A+B
Living Bands Plan Organization Unit

•022•
Kitchen
Bedroom 2
Dining Area
Living Room
Main Bedroom
Bathroom
Foldable Table
CurtainRailingCurtainRailing
Foldable Single Bed
Foldable Double Bed
StorageStorageStorage
Entrance
SlidingShelfRailing
4.55
1.75 0.80 2.25
0.75
0.75
0.60
1.50
0.95
4.80
WORKING/ LIVING
Kitchen
Bedroom 2
Dining Area
Main Bedroom
Bathroom
Foldable Table
CurtainCurtain
Foldable Single Bed
Foldable Double Bed
Entrance
4.55
1.75 0.80 2.25
0.75
0.75
0.60
1.50
0.95
4.80
SLEEPING
Kitchen
Bedroom 2
Dining Area
Living Room
Main Bedroom
Bathroom
Foldable Table
Foldable Single Bed
Foldable Double Bed
Entrance
SlidingShelfRailing
4.55
1.75 0.80 2.25
0.75
0.75
0.60
1.50
0.95
4.80
EATING
Kitchen
Bedroom 2
Dining Area
Living Room
Main Bedroom
Bathroom
Foldable Table
Foldable Single Bed
Foldable Double Bed
Entrance
SlidingShelfRailing
4.55
1.75 0.80 2.25
0.75
0.75
0.60
1.50
0.95
4.80
NEUTRAL
Hrvoje Njiric
MOVABLE UNIT

•023•
Kitchen
Bedroom 2
Dining Area
Living Room
Main Bedroom
Bathroom
Foldable Table
Foldable Single Bed
Foldable Double Bed
Entrance
SlidingShelfRailing
4.55
1.75 0.80 2.25
0.75
0.75
0.60
1.50
0.95
4.80
22 M2
Kitchen
Bedroom 2
Dining Area
Living Room
Main Bedroom
Bathroom
Foldable Table
CurtainRailing
Curtain Railing
Foldable Single Bed
Foldable Double Bed
Entrance
SlidingShelfRailing
1.75 0.80
2.15
2.25
1.10
1.05
2.10
1.50
0.95
4.80
4.55
27 M2
Kitchen
Bedroom 2
Dining Room
Main Bedroom
Bathroom
CurtainCurtain
Foldable Double Bed
Entrance
Living Room
Foldable Single Bed
4.00 0.80 2.25
0.75
0.75
0.60
1.50
0.95
4.55
7.05
32 M2
Kitchen
Bedroom 2
Dining Area
Living Room
Main Bedroom
Bathroom
Foldable Table
CurtainRailing
Curtain Railing
Foldable Double Bed
Entrance
SlidingShelfRailing
Dining Room
Living Room
4.55
4.00 0.80
2.15
2.25
1.10
1.05
2.10
1.50
0.95
7.05
37 M2
GROWING UNIT

After a period of excessive consumption of
material and spatial resources in
architecture and intervention in the territory,
it is time to rethink the models of envelopment
and the need to work with the existing built
environment. The ideal green city far from being
the desired approach to Nature, represents a
low density scheme which increases the need
for infrastructure and demands more shifting.
The extensions that the cities have suffered
in the last decades almost without exception
have attended a model based on the private
car, which has relegated the public space to
infrastructural and leftover spaces.
The city of the future should be austere in
resource consumption, and compact and three-
dimensional as a way of formalization.
We are committed to operating with density and
the efficiency of infrastructures. The growth
of the urban population is over one million
people weekly. Over two hundred cities in the
developing countries are over one million
inhabitants, and there are twenty cities with
more than ten million residents. Furthermore,
it is not expected to slow down the increase.
Furthermore, density, is the most sustainable
way to host a larger population with lower
environmental impact.
The ecological footprint can be reduced if we
offer a more sensible mix of uses in the city
that can bring less need for commuting. We are
usually working and sleeping in different places
and that distance defines the behavior of the
city. If we manage to reduce it to the minimum
we will help to reverse the negative evolution
and introduce an optimistic vision of the
future.

Alejandra Martinez + Yolanda De Rueda + Magali Schwenkow
Jacob Van Rijs
Ignacio Borrego
HOME OFFICE
Workshop Leader
Workshop Assistant
Teammates

•026•
1. HOME OFFICE CASE STUDY
SC 2: Cube (20mx20m, H=20m)
Edificability: 2.500m2
How to deal with flexibility?
The separation between living and working, once
a dogma of modern urbanism, has become more and
more obsolete in the modern society where this
division is fading.
We can combine live and work in different scales;
we can plan a neighbourhood
where residential units share the area with
working blocks; or we can force that combination
in the same buildings, or by creating new
typologies under the concept of Home office,
where living and working can happen in the same
space. Our research will focus on a smaller
scale but aims to have the overview of the whole
picture of the design of our future environment.
Jacob Van Rijs

•028•
Volume
Floors Structure
Plot
Facade Vertical Circulation
VOLUME RESPONSE
Jacob Van Rijs

•029•
Pixel Cube
Public Space
Public Space
Public Space
Public Space
Extension of Volume
ADDED VALUE
Home Office

•030•
CORES
SKELETON
FACADE
• Concrete column grid
with circulation cores
pushed to the sides
to allow for free
circulation.
• Continuous circulation
crossing the cube from
bottom corner to upper
corner. This creates
visual connection from
the bottom to the sky.
• Thick Concrete facade
structure
• Installations Systems go
through the facade and then
transferred through a false
ceiling.
• Program can be added to
the thickness of the facade
Jacob Van Rijs

•031•
UP D
UP
FLOOR 0 FLOOR 1
FLOOR 4 FLOOR 5
D
UP
D
UP
D
FLOOR 2 FLOOR 3
Home Office

•032•
HOUSING
Outdoors
Open Program
Enclosed Program Enclosed Program Enclosed Program
OFFICE
Outdoors
Open Program
IN BETWEEN
Outdoors
Open Program
HOUSING OFFICE 50% - 50%
Pixel Possibilities
Jacob Van Rijs
PIXEL CATALOGE

•033•
INFILL MADE OF PIXELS
UP
D
UP
D
UP
D
UP
D
UP
D
UP
D
50% OFFICE & 50% HOME
100% HOME
100% OFFICE
Home Office

E: 1/200
SECTION
•034•
SECTION
SUPPORT / INFILL
Section Support Infill Option
E: 1/200
SECTION
• Filled/Empty space: built block is much more dense
• Filled space is technically open to all its axes
despite of its rigidity
• Structure and partitions are the same throughout,
framing spaces and connections
• Fostering light and constant interaction between
different spaces
• Circulation is entirely eliminated and instead used
by programmatic spaces
• Succession of spaces and materiality create a
cosier atmosphere for living conditions
Jacob Van Rijs

•035•
SECTION
PERSPECTIVE
Home Office

•036•
3. MIX PROPOSAL
TOWER
15 x 15
CUBE
20 x 20
PLATE
50 x 50
Cube Pixel Extension Tower Plate
+
+
Jacob Van Rijs

•037•
Structure Diagram
Home Office

•038•
Pixels Plan
Jacob Van Rijs

•039•
Section Framing
Home Office

•040•
Plaza Pixels
Jacob Van Rijs

•041•
The Final Result
Home Office

The reuse of our existing buildings is one
the biggest challenges we face nowadays. As
architects, it is our responsibility to,
whenever it’s possible, readapt an obsolete
structure to be able to respond to the society’s
changing necessities and consequently, to
elongate our buildings’ lifespan.
This process starts from the comprehension
of the historic building. By extracting its
positive values, our aim is to treat the
existing element as a precious layer of time.
The new proposal should have a tolerant and
respectful attitude towards it, enhancing
the coexistence of both architectures. It is
important to preserve these different layers
in order to create an architecture which is
tied to its past, responding to its present and
adaptable to its future.
We propose to give a step forward from
obsolescence to vitality, to transfigure the
space based on the everyday scenes, as an
overlap of fragments that express different
ways of life. The Magasins Généraux a Pantin has
the quality of offering spaces with different
heights, which allows the building to host
diverse uses with a minimal intervention in the
existing structure. This given value gave us an
specific location for housing in the building
that required a study of depth and light for
optimal use.

Juan Jose David + Yolanda De Rueda + Carolina Martin
Anne Lacaton
Diego Garcia-Sitien
Momoyo Kejaima
MAGASINS GÉNÉRAUX A PANTIN
HOUSING AND REUSE. GOOD CONDITIONS OF LIFE
Workshop Leader
Workshop Assistant
Guest Jurors
Teammates

•044•
MAGASINS GÉNÉRAUX A PANTIN
Case Study
• Built in 1929
• Used to stock various goods, mainly flour and grain
• Reinforced concrete structure on a 10x7m grid of pillars
• 10m span beams separated 1,75m, and stood by portals every 10m.
• Surrounded by a 2m wide loading deck
Anne Lacaton

•045•
GIVEN VALUES
Luminosity and height
Level 1
4.9 m
Level 2-4
3.4
Appropiate scale for living
Level 5
4.3
Double height
Housing and Reuse

•046•
2.0. INHABITING
THE MAGASINS GÉNÉRAUX A PANTIN
LEVELS STUDY
Actual Section
LIGHT STUDY
Actual Plan
Anne Lacaton

•047•
4 FLOOR
COLUMNSPACEHEIGHT
3 FLOOR
2 FLOOR
3.35 m
.84 m
.66 m
.41 m
3.40 m
3.40 m
LIVING CASE STUDY
Level 2-4
Housing and Reuse

•048•
LIGHT VS. DARK
IN DEPTH
Case Study
TRADITIONAL VS INNOVATIVE
Living Spaces
Anne Lacaton
To study living in depth in existing structures the proposal will be to
COMPARE THE CONVENTIONAL WITH AN INNOVATIVE WAY OF LIVING; the conventional
requires the building to be transformed more than the innovative. The new
proposal is to inhabit the building in an ephemeral way by having movable
partitions that can adapt to the users.
Good building conditions will be met by creating spaces that are generous
enough to enable flexibility of uses or seasonal transformations. But above
all, users will have spatial freedom, the inhabitants will be able to
accommodate their space the way it best responds to their necessities.
We understand the building as living organism, readaptable and chameleonic
over time, as a constant result of the users’ requirements.

•049•
LIGHT STUDY
Living Spaces
LIGHT VS DARK
Living Spaces
Housing and Reuse

•050•
DWELLINGS
Living Spaces
ACCES AND CONNECTIONS
Living Spaces
Anne Lacaton

•051•
COLLECTIVE SPACE
Living Spaces
HUMID SPACES
Living Spaces
Housing and Reuse

•052•
Kitchen
Glass
Partitions
Permanent
Partitions
Light Opening
TRADITIONAL
Anne Lacaton

•053•
INNOVATIVE
Collective
Space
Ephemeral
Partitions
Ephemeral
Partitions
Columns
Housing and Reuse

•054•
PRIVATE TO COLLECTIVE
Living Uses
DARKNESS TO LIGHT
PERMANENT TO FLEXIBLE
Anne Lacaton

•055•
Organization of uses
Organization of uses
Housing and Reuse

•056•
PRIVATE
Common Spaces
Fixed and are not shared with other units
PERMANENT
Dwellings
Fixed and the light comes from interior patios
Anne Lacaton
TRADITIONAL

•057•
COLLECTIVE
Common Spaces
Allow for the dark spaces to be part of the program
PHEMERAL
Dwellings
Oriented to take advantage of the sun light and to be movable
Housing and Reuse
INNOVATIVE

•058•
PUBLIC GROUND
Ground Floor
Anne Lacaton

•059•
PUBLIC GROUND
First Floor
Housing and Reuse

How much does a building last? How much should
it last? What would our building be when time
passes by? Architecture is always public and
that implies a responsibility that should
make us think in a time horizon in which our
buildings would change and their success would
depend on the resilience it has. Thus arises
a method to project that focuses on those
elements that determine its later adaptations.
These are: relationship with the surroundings;
structure and core location; the envelope and
its relationship with the street and the comfort
it provides.

Yolanda De Rueda
Dietmar Eberle
Victor Ebergenyt
FORM, STRUCTURE, ENVELOPE
XVI CENTURY - XIX CENTURY - XX CENTURY
Workshop Leader
Workshop Assistant
Teammates

•062•
PLOTS CITY OF MADRID
XVI Century
XIX Century
XX Century
Dietmar Eberle

•063•
1.0.FORM
XX CENTURY
XX Century
Form, Structure, Envelope

•064•
2.0.STRUCTURE
XVI CENTURY
Dietmar Eberle
STRUCTURAL GRID
31 m
3.1 m

•065•
CONCRETE WAFFLE SLAB
LOAD BEARING FACADE
CONCRETE CORE

•066•
3.0.FACADE
XIX CENTURY
FACADE AXON
Dietmar Eberle

•067•
SECTION AND ELEVATION
FACADE
PLAN
57 m2
75 m2
34 m2
77 m2
70 m2

•068•
FACADE
4.0.FORM, STRUCTURE, FACADE
XVI CENTURY
Dietmar Eberle

•069•
SITE CONTEXT

What does it mean having a building depth of
6 metres? And what if they were 28 metres?
How does a dwelling vary if it has different
building depth but the same amount of squared
metres? As if it was a typological catalogue,
participants will analyze the implications that
having one or another building depth would
have for a dwelling. Which qualities regarding
circulation, access, sunlight, ventilation,
facilities location and intimacy has a dwelling
according to its depth. Identifying the
strengths of each case and its problems would be
a first step to make in this laboratory, so that
it is possible to propose a conceptual approach
according to it, afterwards.

Oscar Linares De La Torre
Yolanda De Rueda + Elena Sanfeliu
Andrea Deplazes
Fernando Altozano
6 METER DEPTH
Workshop Leader
Workshop Assistant
Guest Jurors
Teammates

•072•
Section
Plan
Plan
Plan
6 m. x 16 m.
DOUBLE FACADE
VAULT MASONRY STRUCTURE
FACADE RESPONSE TO LIGHT
100 m2
6 METER DEPTH STUDY
Andrea Deplazes

•073•
STRUCTURE: VAULTS
DIRECTIONS
FACADE: OPENINGS WITH
ARCHS
Depth Study

•074•
PLAN: 100 m2
units
SECTION: 100 m2
units
SECTION: 6 m DEPTH
Andrea Deplazes

•075•
CORES OPTIONS FOR
BLOCK SYSTEM
Depth Study

•076•
VAULTED LOGIA
Entrance to Residential Unit
Andrea Deplazes

•078•
BLOCK IN THE CITY
MADRID
CAIRO
The dense city has a need to open a plaza for the people
Andrea Deplazes

•079•
CAIRO DENSITY OPEN THE DENSITY
ACCESES OPENINGS IN FACADE
Flexibility to close some sides
Depth Study

•080•
URBAN BLOCK
Andrea Deplazes

•081•
The new Plaza adds value to the city of Cairo,
at the same time it gives palm trees for air quality and
creates a good public space
Depth Study

El Buen Retiro Park is one of the largest in
the city of Madrid. Surrounded by the present
day city, the park stands as a reflection of
the country’s history. Once a Royal Retreat
site, it was opened to the public in the late
19th century. Currently a place of leisure and
relaxation, it attracts citizens and tourists
alike. The site given is on the south edge of El
Retiro. It is meant to have a mix used proposal
of an institutional program and housing for
elderly and other social groups. Our proposal
wants to break the wall between a residential
area and the program that neighbors the site:
“Workshops”. As a started the design should act
as a new gate to El Retiro in the south side.
Then the Workshops expand into the site to
create an institution of “Makers”. This program
can be for the elderly a place to continue
expanding their activities and knowledge.

Yolanda De Rueda + Daniella Rullier + Juan Jose David
Alison Brooks
Alejandro de Miguel
EL BUEN RETIRO:
THE RETREAT, THE RETIREMENT, THE SECLUSION
Workshop Leader
Workshop Assistant
Teammates

•084•
WORKSHOPS
EL RETIRO
THE WALL
RESIDENTIAL ZONE
THE SITE
WORKSHOPS
EL RETIRO
OPEN THE WALL
RESIDENTIAL ZONE
NEWGATE
NEWGATE
MERGE WORKSHOPS WITH HOUSING
WORKSHOPS
EL RETIRO
THE WALL
RESIDENTIAL ZONE
THE SITE
WORKSHOPS
EL RETIRO
OPEN THE WALL
RESIDENTIAL ZONE
NEWGATE
NEWGATE
MERGE WORKSHOPS WITH HOUSING
EXISTING SITUATION
INTERVENTION
Alison Brooks

•085•
SITE
NEW DOOR TO “EL RETIRO”
EXTENSION OF WORKSHOPS
HOUSING UNITS
El Buen Retiro

•086•
SITE PLAN 1:1000
A mix use of Residents and makers is the
perfect activity to activate a degraded
zone and connect El Retiro to the south
side of the city.
The master plan blends the qualities of
El Retiro with the residential zone.
Alison Brooks

•087•
SITE CONTEXT
El Buen Retiro

•088•
BUILDING SCALE
The building massing is divided by interlocking the
‘workshops’ and the living. By doing this the overall
massing is broken into different scales and blends
with the neighborhood and the park.
The materiality is reflecting the makers ability to do
a sculptural facade for the residents. Furthermore,
the facade of the makers spaces creates a contrast
with the solidity of the living by making it more
industrial and transparent.
The existing building of ‘El Retiro’ connects to the
new institutional building with bridges that act as an
extension of the programmatic use.
On both edges of the building a stair brings people up
into the new plaza of the site and gives a new door
for visitors of ‘El Retiro’ to discover the south side
of the park.
ENTRANCE TO EL RETIRO
Alison Brooks

•089•
217mm
371.9390
El Buen Retiro

•090•
BUILDINGS IMAGE FROM THE SOUTH
ENTRANCE TO “EL RETIRO”
Alison Brooks

•091•
HOUSING FOR EDERLY AND MAKERS
MAKERS SPACE “WORKSHOPS”
El Buen Retiro

•092•
DWELLING TYPOLOGIES
Alison Brooks

•093•
DWELLING TYPOLOGIES
El Buen Retiro

•094•
MAKERS SPACE IMAGES
Alison Brooks

•095•
MAKERS SPACE CONNECTION TO ‘EL RETIRO’
El Buen Retiro

The module focuses on connecting thermodynamics
and ecology to architecture with the objective
of finding potential design strategies which
bridge the void between quantitative and
qualitative approaches.
Contrary to current energy approaches to
architecture which are based on quantitative
analysis, the module bridges the gulf between
energy and architecture, exploring those
disciplinary parameters —such as spatial and
material structure, program or perception—which
are specifically connected to its material and
atmospheric performativity.
The module starts introducing the ideas and
concepts underlying a thermodynamic approach
to architecture. The seminar focuses on three
fields of enquiry: the first part explores the
metabolic-logistical dimension of architecture,
the second part the atmospheric-climatic
approach to architecture, and the third topic
unpacks the durability and adaptation of
building usage in time. After these ideas have
been assimilated, the module will continue with
a collective housing design project to test how
the theoretical ideas can be implemented.

Yolanda De Rueda + Marrielle Samayoa + Karla Ortiz
Javier Garcia-German
Emiliano Lopez
Roger Tudo
ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY
THE NORTHERN-MOST CITY IN THE WORLD
Speciality Leader
Guest Jurors
Teammates

•098•
Permafrost
Zone
Norilsk
• Norilsk is one of the most isolated spots on earth,
accessible only by plane or boat.
• Situated on the Siberian western plateau, at the foot of
the Putorani Mountains.
• 175,000 inhabitants, it is one of the biggest cities above
the Arctic Circle.
• It sits on the biggest reserves of palladium, cobalt,
copper and nickel.
• It is one of the world’s biggest producers of pollution.
• Travelers still need to request permission to visit the
city.
• Temperatures can plunge to minus 62 Celsius in winters.
• Up to this date, you can still find bones of Gulag prisoners
resurfacing as the ice melts.
• The reason Norilsk continue to have inhabitants is because
of the high wages (2.5x) and workforce rewards.
• Despite the harsh conditions of life in Norilsk, the birth
rate is higher than any other region of Russia.

•099•
-HISTORY and VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE-
-LOCAL MATERIALS-
The Dolgans, a
nomadic indigeneous
group used used to
live off hunting and
reindeer herding.
During Stallin’s
dictatorship
thousands of gulag
prisioners were sent
to Norlisk.
The Dolgan lived in
conical, tipi-like tents
covered in furs mostly
in reindeer skins.
Lighting inside is
given by UV lamps
to simulate natural
light, since the sun
never rises for several
months of the year.
Most of the buildings
are pre-built panels.
Permafrost is causing
instability in the
pilings of what
resemble Soviet
Neoclassicism
buildings.
Wood has also been
used for shelter,
especially during
times when slaves
where working and
living in this cold
area.
Russian Izba has a
central stove used
for not only cooking,
but also heating the
sleeping berth above.
It snows for almost
9 months in a year,
which makes using
snow as insulation
useful.
Energy and Sustainability

•100•
The city was created for a
huge metallurgical complex
that was built in the 1930s
and where hundreds of
thousands of gulag prisioners
worked. Many died.
Inhabitants of the city find
themselves lacking vegetation
during the 9 month winter.
Green oasises are created in
their apartments, defying the
harsh climate and industrial
environment.
Located 400 km North of
the Arctic Circle, Norilsk
has no ground connections
with the rest of the world.
-NORILSK LIFE-

•101•
When the weather gets better, inhabitants travel to
the tundra to enjoy the virgin areas. Though near the
city, these are mostly dead or in danger because of
the toxic gases that flow into the atmosphere.
Construction of new quarters have been abandoned
after the fall of the USSR. Buildings have become
frozen.
People of Norlisk protect themselves
from the toxic smoke, especially during
the summer. Because of the low
temperatures, exercise is important. Ice
pools is a common winter activity and
many ice-games olympians have com
from Norilsk.
DAY AND NIGHT- Norilsk goes into
LONG and HARD winters with 130
days of snowstorm and nearly two
months of polar nights. This can lead
to a loss of deep sleep, irritation, fatigue
and depression.
In the summer, there is a period when
the sun doesn’t go under the horizon
for almost 90 days. Apartments aren’t
equipped with shutters for invasive
continues light.
Photos by: Elena Chernyshova

•102•
-RUSSIAN IZBA THERMODYNAMIC
Cooking outside in the snow in the
Patagonia using historic and vernacular
fire roasting methods. It portrays a fire as
a central heating source.
BODY TEMP 37°C
Wood Flooring for insulation
RUSSIAN STOVE (PECH)
THERMAL MASS CHIMNEY
Dry wood logs
for the Russian Pech
Russian Stove
wood platform
body core temp remains
warm due to conduction
from stove
HEAT SINK
HEAT SOURCE
INTERIOR
STOVE TEMP. 400°C
KETTLE HEATED BY
CONVECTION
KITCHEN TEMP. 28°C
ROOM TEMP. 24°C
HEAT SINK
THERMAL MASS
HEAT SOURCE
Brick releases heat
through radiation
at night
Wood Cladded walls for insulation
COOKING OVEN
ORIFICE
SLEEPING BERTH
SHELVES

•103•
-LOCAL ACTIVITY THERMODYNAMIC
BODY TEMP 37°C
BODY TEMP <36°C
HOT WATER PIPES 49°C
SNOW -5°C
LAKE DOLGOYE
ROCK SHORE
METALLIC BARS AND STEPS
COVERED IN SNOW
METALLIC BARS
COVERED IN SNOW
NEAR PIPES
water remains warm through
conduction from pipes and
convection. As the pipes
move further from the
surface, water becomes
colder.
body core temp
remains warm if
exercise takes
place
body temp
drastically drops
after ice swimming
hot water pipes
warm atmosphere air
through radiation
coming from the power
plant directly heat
rocks that flow into
the lake and the
water from Lake
Dolgoye through
conduction
HEAT SOURCE
HEAT SOURCE
HEAT SINK
AIR TEMP 5°COUTISDE TEMP
-30°C
WATER TEMP 4°C
WATER TEMP 7°C
WATER TEMP 10°C
Ice swimming in Lake Dolgoye in Norilsk,
is a very popular activity during winter. It
trains the body’s vascular system.

•104•
• It snows for 9 months every year.
• Average temperature are subzero
temperatures.
• Record lows have been reported at
54°C
• Air and soil are metallurgically
contaminated.
• Polar nights last for 2 months
during winter.
AND LOCAL PEOPLE HAVE TO...-
• Most of the work and leisure
takes place indoors.
• Do exercise to acclimate to the
extremely cold weather.
• Go ice swimming and use Banyas to
accustom the body.
• Grow plants inside their
apartments.
• Expose themselves to UV lights.
-GREETINGS FROM NORILSK, WHERE...

•105•
REST LIVING
ACTIVE FRESHNESS
19°C
Comfort - Acoustic -
Textile - Views
24°C
Comfortable - Open -
Wood/Stone - Light
15°C space - 27°C water
Open - Water/Glass
Thermal Buffer
22°C space - 30% relative humidity
Open - Plants/Glass
UV light
-INTERIOR ATMOSPHERES/LAYERS-

•106•
-THERMAL COMFORT STRATEGIES-
Radiant Floor
Heating
Snow
Insulation
Layering Water
Cross-
Ventilation
Humidity Illumination
-MATERIALS-
ROOF OUTER MEMBRANE
LIVING
AREA
REST
SNOW
insulator
COPPER
insulator
highly
resistant
ETFE
insulator
transparency
WOOD
insulator
CONCRETE
thermal mass
heat absorbent
WATER
humidity
WOOL
insulator
PLANTS
humidity
oxygen

•107•
-COMPACTNESS THERMAL
-HUMIDITY / AIR QUALITY / UV RAYS-
Water Vapor is given off through the
pores of leaves in plants (stomata).
Converts CO2 to oxygen during the
day and night.
Vitamin D: strengthens bones, muscles
and the body’s immune system.
Helps skins conditions such as
psoriasis.
Helps mood: sunlight stimulates the
pineal gland in the brain producing
chemicals that improve our mood.
Heating demand is less (less use of energy) as the
footprint of the building is more compact.

•108•
Column-Beam Structure
concrete
Radiant Heating Cores
concrete
Vertical Skylights
wood cladding
Common Living Slabs
wood panels
Compact Envelope
wood facade
Outer Membrane
ETFE
Snow Insulation
snow
2nd Floor-Sleeping Nooks and Slabs 1st Floor-Common Living Area
-HOUSING PROPOSAL-

•109•
-Summer Day-
roof provides
shadow
heated air
rises and is
ventilated
cross ventilation
radiant heating cores
slightly heat the living areas
to mantain comfortable temp.
ETFE is removed
to allow natural
ventilation
Plants help
filter
-Winter Day--Winter Night-
Polar Nights: 2
Snow accumulates on copper roof and
insulates the entire complex
ETFE encloses outer
layer to protect against
wind and snow drafts
Plants provide humidity
to outer membrane to
improve air conditions
Indirect light enters
sleeping nooks through
skylights
UV
Winter sun heats
interior space
Radiant cores radiate heat to
interior space while thermal
mass absorbs it and releases it
at night.

•110•
-Heat/Humidity Exchanger Membrane-

•111•
-Living Spaces-

•112•
-Out in the Cold-

•113•
-SECTION-

Internally Displaced People - IDP Camp
After a flash flood the affected part of the
city was relocated to Mafraq
The IDP Camp is strategically located close
to the City Centre to have access to main
facilities such as Schools, Hospitals and
Highways.
The Logistic Centre including water supply,
waste management, health centre and a warehouse
is located in the middle of the camp, for
accessibility. There are four main blocks
surrounding these main services.
Each block consists of 1250 people with one
shared Child Friendly Space and Community
Centre.
Shelter units are arranged around an internal
patio, creating communities within the camp. All
units are accessed from the exterior and have a
private access to the internal patios were women
and children can have semi private secured area.

Santiago Ardila + Alejandra Martinez + Jiayin Han + Yolanda De Rueda
Belen Gesto + Sonia Molina
LOW-COST & EMERGENCY HOUSING
XVI CENTURY - XIX CENTURY - XX CENTURY
Speciality Leader
Teammates

•116•
EMERGENCY CAMP IN RESPONSE TO A FLOOD
CONNECTIVITYCONTEXT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY
MASTER PLAN
TAP
Belen Gesto & Sonia Molina

•117•
ACCESS FIRE ROUTE
15m
FIRE ROUTE
15m
250 TOTAL
175
20 TOTAL
1 per Block
ACCESS
CHILD SPACES
COMMUNITY SPACES
WASTE
WATER CLOSET
TAP WATER
LAUNDRY
WATER SUPPLY
WASTE MANAGEMENT
HEALTH CENTRE
ACCESS FIRE ROUTE
15m
ACCESS
ACCESS
ACCESS
ACCESSACCESS
ACCESS
ACCESS
ACCESS
INTERNAL
PATIO
PUBLIC
PRIVATE
SEMI
PRIVATE
18 m2
27 m2
45 m2
519 m2
140 m2
ACCESS
ACCESS
ACCESS
ACCESSACCESS
ACCESS
ACCESS
ACCESS
INTERNAL
PATIO
PUBLIC
PRIVATE
SEMI
PRIVATE
18 m2
27 m2
45 m2
519 m2
140 m2
ACCESS
ACCESS
ACCESS
ACCESSACCESS
ACCESS
ACCESS
ACCESS
INTERNAL
PATIO
PUBLIC
PRIVATE
SEMI
PRIVATE
18 m2
27 m2
45 m2
519 m2
140 m2
WATER LINES ACCESS
COMMUNITY CONCEPT
Low Cost and Emergency Housing

•118•
DATA:
5000 PEOPLE TOTAL
2500 Children
1500 Women
1000 Men

•119•
1 STAGE:
Wood Frame with concrete foundation
2 STAGE:
Tight up with rope Shadow Net
3 STAGE:
Build Units
4 STAGE:
Close Plot and grow units

•120•
5 PEOPLE
FAMILY SHELTER
FOUNDATION
CRATES
FLOOR
PLYWOOD
PANELS
WALLS
PLYWOOD
PANELS
TOOLS
WALLS
PLYWOOD
PANELS
ROOF
STRUCTURE
ROOF
CGI PANELS
ROOF
CGI PANELS
LIVING UNIT

•121•

The aim of this module is to understand
buildings as entities based on the interplay
of three physical realms: structure, envelope
and services, connected by one technique:
industrialization.
The project will have to incorporated a number
of construction techniques and will have
understood design and construction as one
continuous process. Design is not possible
without construction, and vice-versa, if our
buildings are supposed to be real architecture.
By having one existing building as a design base
the proposal will move the building to another
city and adapt it to the new structural and
design necessities.

Ravin Abourjeily + Carolina Cueva + Yolanda De Rueda
Ignacio Fernandez
Diego Garcia-Setien
Archie Campbell
David Rutter
CONSTRUCTION & TECHNOLOGY
MANILA, PHILIPPINES
Speciality Leader
Teammates

•124•
MOVING FROM MADRID TO MANILA
FOA.
HOUSING IN CARABANCHEL,
MADRID, 2007
Madrid, Spain Manila, Philippines
Ignacio Fernandez

•125•
LOCATION
MANILA, PHILIPPINES
Plot next to the river and near to the coast
• The capital of the Philippines.
• It is the most densely populated city proper in the
world.
• Manila has been damaged by and rebuilt from wars more
times than the famed city of Troy and it is also the second
most natural disaster afflicted capital city in the world
next to Tokyo yet it is simultaneously among the most
populous and most wealthy cities in Southeast Asia.
• Manila is ranked as the:
SECOND RISKIEST CAPITAL CITY TO LIVE IN, citing its
exposure to natural hazards such as earthquakes, tsunamis,
typhoons and floods.
The seismically active Marikina Valley Fault System poses
a threat of a large-scale earthquake with an estimated
magnitude between 6–7 and as high as 7.6
Construction and Technology

•126•
Tropical Climate
• When the wet season hits the city floods occur.
• On average, the temperatures are always high.
• A lot of rain (rainy season) falls in the months
of: June, July, August, September and October.
ORIENT MOST OF THE GLASS TO THE NORTH
0 200 m
N
50 100
E 1:3500
15
Ignacio Fernandez
MANILA, PHILIPPINES RESPONSE

•127•
1.5 M
Balcony
Glass Inner
East Facade
1.45 M
Balcony
Small Windows
South Facade
1.5 M
Balcony
Glass Inner
West Facade
3 M
Balcony
Glass Inner
North Facade
DEEP OVERHANGS FOR SHADOW
COMPARISON RESPONSE
BAMBOO SHUTTERS
SLIDING RAIL
CLOSE FACADE SYSTEM
OPEN FACADE SYSTEM
CLOSE FACADE SYSTEM
OPEN FACADE SYSTEM
WOOD VERTICAL FINS
ROTATE IN PLACE
MOVABLE VERTICAL FINS FOR SHADOW AND PRIVACY

•128•
2. STRUCTURE RESPONSE FOR THE
CROSS LAMINATED TIMBER STRUCTURE GOOD
FOR EARTHQUAKES
CLT CORES
CLT SLABS
CLT POST
AND LINTEL
RAISED
CONCRETE
PILOTIS
second riskiest capital city to live in: earthquakes,
tsunamis, typhoons and floods
Ignacio Fernandez

•129•
0 15 m5
E 1:3 00
N
5.40 2.30
6.53
0 15 m5
E 1:300
N

•130•
3. FACADE RESPONSE
second riskiest capital city to live in: earthquakes,
tsunamis, typhoons and floods
Ignacio Fernandez

•131•
VERTICAL FINS

•132•
3 plies 2400x6000mm of 55mm CLT slab
10mm insulation
Floor build-up
20mm wood tiles
5 plies of 55mm CLT beam
3 plies of CLT Secondary beams
Floor build-up
45mm wood deck
5 plies CLT beam
50mm wood balustrade
Panel
3 plies 2400x6000mm of 55mm CLT slab
10mm insulation
Floor build-up
20mm wood tiles
5 plies of 55mm CLT beam
3 plies of CLT Secondary beams
Floor build-up
45mm wood deck
5 plies CLT beam
Panel
NORTH FACADE
Ignacio Fernandez

•133•
3 plies of CLT Slab
Floor build-up
45mm wood deck
5 plies CLT beam
Panel
3 plies CLT Wall
Insulation
Whool Insulation
Wood Cladding
Shutter
Wood profile for windows
Alum sheet
3 plies of CLT Slab
Floor build-up
45mm wood deck
5 plies CLT beam
Panel
3 plies CLT Wall
Insulation
Whool Insulation
Wood Cladding
Shutter
Wood profile for windows
Alum sheet
SOUTH FACADE

•134•
NORTH FACADE
Shutters for protection of typhoons and tsunamis
Ignacio Fernandez

•135•
SOUTH FACADE
Comfortable balcony for living

•136•
NORTH FACADE
Ignacio Fernandez

•137•
SOUTH FACADE

Madrid is a city known for its diversity in
activities, people, architecture and even in
its urban fabric. As you visit each barrio,
it becomes quite evident how the width and
depth of the streets or the scale of your
adjacencies change the spatial and perception to
the user. These qualities are hard to imitate
in new urbanism, yet what our project aims to
do is find a balance between the urban fabric
of old city and the Castro Plan in hopes of
ameliorating and revitalizing the site of
Madrid Nuevo Norte that is only connected by
Avenida La Castellana yet barely visited. The
current Chamartin Station appears to be entirely
isolated from the rest of the area, while Las
Cuatro Torres stand proudly in what appears
to be a quiet residential area. There is a
desperate need for connection between Madrid and
the site as well as the site relating to its
adjacencies. Based on an initial study of scale,
this proposal suggests cells as small villages
that can spread and expand into the city and the
city, stitching it together with diversity and
density.

Magali de Souza + Marielle Samayoa + Binal + Yolanda De Rueda
Pierfrancesco Maran
Jose Maria Ezquiaga
Bernardo Ynzenga
Gemma Peribanez
URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE
CELL CITY - CASTELLANA NORTE
Speciality Leader
Teammates
Guest Jurors
TRACK COVER

•140•
CHAMARTIN AREA
LOCATION + CONNECTIVITY
Jose Maria Ezquiaga

•141•
SITE
XVI CENTURY
ENSANCHE XIX
CENTURY
Plaza Sol
Cuatro Torres Chamartin Station
Calle Serrano
UNDERSTANDING THE CITY
SCALE + HISTORIC URBAN FABRIC CONTEXT
WALKING + BIKING
SCALE
WALKING SCALE +
BIKING + VEHICULAR
SCALE
VEHICULAR SCALE
DENSITY
DIVERSITY
SPATIALandSOCIAL
Urban Design and Landscape

•142•
OPEN SPACES AND GREEN AREAS
EL PARDO
CASA DE CAMPO
EL RETIRO
MADRID RÍO
LA CASTELLANA
PARQUE DE LA
VENTILLA
PARQUE
DEL NORTE
PARQUE
DEL ESTE
JUAN CARLOS I PARQUE
RENFRE
METRO
BIKE RING
N CARLOS I PARQUE
Es
Dep
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
CITY INFRASTRUCTURE
Jose Maria Ezquiaga

•143•
WATER SUPPLY
CANAL ANTIGUO CANAL NUEVO (Santa Isabel II)
CANAL DEL ESTE
RIO MANZANARES
RENFRE
Estaciones
Depuradoras
de Aguas
URBAN EQUIPMENT

•144•
ACCESS (street) METRO STATION TRAM
TRAIN TRACK COVER
URBAN DESIGN PROPOSAL
ACCESS (street) METRO STATION TRAM
TRAIN TRACK COVER
COVERING TRAIN
TRACKS
MAIN AXES
CELLS AS BLOCKS BUILDINGS
Jose Maria Ezquiaga

•145•
BUILDINGS NOLLI
BUILDINGS NOLLI
METRO STATIONS AND TRAM PARK BUFFERS
POSITIVE NEGATIVE WALKING + BIKING

•146•
Jose Maria Ezquiaga
Buildings
Circulation Paths
Cells as Blocks
Park Buffers
Topography
Train Tracks
Site

•147•

•148•
Superblock StreetLinear Park Internal Street
Water Collection ParkMain Street
HOUSING
MIX-USE
Jose Maria Ezquiaga

•149•
URBAN BLOCK

•150•
•Building Heights complimenting the street size. Wider the
street, higher the building.
•Building heights vary from 8 m to maximum 25 m. Public
Buildings can go upto 36 m.
•Internal parcels follow the axis provided
•Closing the perimeter of cell by 80%
•Main axis plinth should be mixed use
•Zero energy and sustainable strategies for building efficiency
•Chamfered buildings on main boulevard axis
URBAN PLANNING PRINCIPLES
Jose Maria Ezquiaga

•151•

yolandaderueda@hotmail.com
Mexico - Guatemala
YOLANDA DE RUEDA
2019
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