Camilo Meneses, MCH2023, Chile

Camilo Meneses Ferrada
Master in Collective Housing - MCH 2024

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MCH 2023
Master in collective Housing
2023
Booklet Camilo Meneses Ferrada
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The Master of Architecture in Collective Housing, MCH,
is a postgraduate full-time international professional
program of advanced architecture design in collective
housing presented by Universidad Politécnica of Madrid
(UPM) and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH).
After 15 editions, it is rated as one of the best architecture
master’s programs by architects and experts.
MCH has always committed to the highest level of
excellence combining teachers of international prestige
and a thorough participant selection process in order to
make the best out of this course.
The program consists of 600 hours (60 ECTS). Each credit
is associated to 25 personal studying-working hours.
Participants will develop their design skills through an
intensive series of one-week workshops and complete their
theoretical knowledge in specialty seminars. Sometimes
additional supporting documents or written information
about the lectures will be provided to all students. The
Master of advanced studies in Collective Housing is keen
on teamwork because it is the way offices and research labs
function today.
In the past years, MCH has built a close relationship with
great architects such as Dietmar Eberle, Felix Claus, Anne
Lacaton, Frits van Dongen, Anna Heringer, Hrvoje Njiriç,
Juan Herreros, Dick van Gameren, Riken Yamamoto,
Cino Zucchi, Jacob van Rijs, Alejandro Aravena, Andrea
Deplazes, Max Risselada or Wiel Arets, who are regular
workshop leaders. It is the interaction between teachers
and participants that generates the greatest results and
production each year.
Master in Collective Housing MCH
2023 edition
Universidad Politécnica of Madrid - UPM.
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - ETH.
Directors
José María Lapuerta
Andrea Deplazes
MCH Manager
Nuria Murais
MCH Assistant
Celia Ramón
www.mchmaster.com
info@mchmater.com
Any type of use of this work, in particular its
reproduction, distribution, public disclosure or
transformation, may only be performed with
authorisation from its holders, unless exempt by
law.
ABOUT THE MASTER IN COLLECTIVE HOUSING
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Climate, Metabolism & Architecture - MCH 2023
EXCERCISE 1: CLIMATE AND TERRITORIAL ATMOSPHERES
PROFESSOR JAVIER GARCÍA-GERMÁN
Sudamerican
tectonic plate
NAZCA plate
1960 - Valdivia
(9.5 MW)
1730 - Valparaiso
(8.7 MW)
1906 - Valparaiso
(8.2 MW)
1922 - Vallenar
(8.5 MW)
2015- Canela Baja
(8.4 MW)
1877 - Tarapacá
(8.3 MW)
2010 - Cobquecura
(8.8 MW)
1968 - Arica
Chile
(9.0 MW)
2014 - Iquique
(8.2 MW)
1943 - Illapel
(9.0 MW)
1939 - Chillán
(7.8 MW)
Santiago de Chile
Total population
19,960,889 (project 2023)
Santiago population
8,242,459 (project 2023)
42% of total population
Conutry Density
27 rooms per km2
Santiago Density
8,497 inhab. per km2
16 regions
Meeting point of 3
tectonic plates
1940
1952
1960
1970
1982
1992
Be Ready
Rethinking the emergency in Chile
INDEX
W1.
Hrvoje Njiric.
Esperanza Campaña.
“Be Ready: Rethinking the
Emergency in Chile”
W2.
Andrea Delplazes
Fernando Altozano
“Inception”
W3.
Juan Herreros.
Pedro Pitarch.
“Europa Tower”
W5.
Joan Roig.
Joseph Batlle.
“In-between”
W7.
Anne Lacaton.
Diego Garcia-Satién.
“Housing and Reuse”
Sp2 Hosusing Practice.
Fernando Altozano.
“Where do we put the coins”
Sp4 Sociology, economic
and politics.
Daniel Sorando
“Spare parts for the Jaguar”
Sp1 Metabolism, Energy
and Architecture.
Javier García Germán.
“Interaction”
Sp3 Construction and
Technology.
Ignacio Fernandez Solla
“From Paris to Sapporo”
P. 10 to 23 P. 24 to 35 P. 36 to 47 P. 48 to 67 P. 68 to 93 P. 96 to 101 / 102 to 111 P.112 to 127 P. 128 to 155
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Approaches, architectural views from Chile to Spain,
representsthedifferentperspectivesthatweasprofessionals
can give to the architectural project.
Site, space, context, program, form, structure, modulation,
sustainability, reuse, opportunity, precaution, scales,
moments and intentions, among others, all with its own
complexity of which in their individuality and overlapping
make up the architectural project.
In addition to this, all the works presented in the following
booklet were carried out in assosiation with students of
the master’s program and juried by experts in the field,
understanding the discipline as a collaborative act of
interpretation, professional discussion, production and
presentation in its multiple facets.
For this review, five workshops and four spatialities
have been selected, providing an overview of issues at
international level, focusing on the cases of Chile and
Spain, place of origin and learning destination.
Camilo Meneses Ferrada
Dic. 2023
ABOUT APPROACHES
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W1. Housing the Unpredictable
Workshop Leader: Hrvoje Nijirc - Assistant: Esperanza Camapaña.
Students: Santiago Aguirre, Camilo Meneses + Isabel Monsalve.
W2 Living+Working
Workshop Leader: Andrea Deplazes - Assistant: Fernando Altozano.
Students: Camilo Meneses + Lucas Navarro.
W3 Productive Residential Towers
Workshop Leader: Juan Herreros - Assistant: Pedro Pitarch.
Students: Camila Cano, Fernándo González + Camilo Meneses + Alejandro Yañez.
W4 Domestic Framents
Workshop Leader: Elli Mosayebi - Assistant: Alvaro Martin Fidalgo.
Students: Hector Herrera + Camilo Meneses + Andrés Padilla.
W5 Merging City and Nature
Workshop Leader: Joan Roig - Assistant: Joseph Batlle.
Students: Camilo Meneses + Jerónimo Nazur + Krishna Yadav.
W6 200 • 100 • 50 • 20 • 10
Workshop Leader: Dietmar Eberle - Assistant: Alberto Nicolau.
Student: Camilo Meneses.
W7 Solutions for Good Conditions of Life
Workshop Leader: Anne Lacaton - Assistant: Diego García-Setien.
Students: Andrés Melo + Camilo Meneses + Stephany Pavón + Fredy Quispe.
WORKSHOPS
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Sudamerican
tectonic plate
NAZCA plate
Antartic
plate
1960 - Valdivia
(9.5 MW)
1730 - Valparaiso
(8.7 MW)
1906 - Valparaiso
(8.2 MW)
1922 - Vallenar
(8.5 MW)
2015- Canela Baja
(8.4 MW)
1877 - Tarapacá
(8.3 MW)
2010 - Cobquecura
(8.8 MW)
1968 - Arica
Chile
(9.0 MW)
2014 - Iquique
(8.2 MW)
1943 - Illapel
(9.0 MW)
1939 - Chillán
(7.8 MW)
1940
1952
1960
1970
1982
1992
Be Ready
W_01 - Housing the Unpredictable
BE
READY
Hrvoje Njiric + Esperanza Campaña
Team: S. Aguirre + C. Meneses + I. Monsalve
ASSIGNMENT
Housing the Unpredictable
A “what if” study of urban collisions.
Sometimes we face the need to design and situate
a dwelling or a group of dwellings into a context
affected by cataclysms. The recent threats of living
on planet Earth, caused by global warming or
tectonic collisions and pandemics, demand
a quick, exact and affordable solutions from
archtects.
The recent massive earthquake in Turkey in
February 2023 has shown the lack of engineering
control of the built stock, but in the same time the
scarce resources for providing shelter to a large
group of people hit by the cataclysm.
The general task is focused on solutions for
a minimum-cost housing, on affordable and
innovative proposals to address the basic human
needs after an earthquake strikes an urban,
densely populated area.
Be Ready, rethinking the emergency in Chile,
is a project that seeks to answer these questions
by facing the emergency through territorial
reorganization, progressive housing and
self-construction, all under the principles of
community. This country is one of the most
seismic in the world and at the same time
more prepared for the response, but not for
reconstruction, a critical point to be resolved.
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SEISM
0 to 8 hrs 3 to 5 days months to years
1 2 3
EEWS
Earthquake Early
Warning systems
Emergency
Early responce Evaluation Reconstruction
Declaration of
uninhabitable
Demolition
Estrategy of
material reusing
Redisign of
the blocks
Declaration of
habitable
Return home
Redistribution of provisore
emergency module
Redistribution
in shelters
Evacuation of
risk areas
Definitive house
HOUSING
New emergency
communities
Progressive
housing
Facade prefab.
module
Prefab. Emergency
module
1
2
3 4
5
6
Prefab module
Material recycling Reorganization
Original
1
Prefab. Emergency
module
Prior to the emergency, the
country had a system of
prefabricated wooden shelters,
which are stored in anticipation
of any disaster. It is proposed to
include an additional system to
support this work.
Redisign of
the blocks
2
The change of the original
layout (elongated) is proposed,
for a new concentric system,
which allows the generation of
interior patios and service
alleys associated with the
dwelling.
Estrategy of material reusing
and topographic change
3
Understanding the high
amount of waste that can be
generated after an earthquake,
and that only 30% of it can be
recycled, its reuse is designed
for intentional level changes in
the topography of the sector.
New emergency
communities
4
A new configuration model for
emergency housing is
designed based on the layout
and the new prototype to be
incorporated, safeguarding
community life.
Facade prefab.
module
5
A new prefabricated module is
designed, which on the one
hand provides the basic
kitchen and bathroom services,
and on the other helps to
define the section of the street
Progressive
housing
6
As a change in the paradigm of
definitive housing, the creation
of a progressive system of
collective housing is proposed
through the new emergency
module and the use of
mediaguas, constituting
various stages for its develop-
ment.
EARTHQUAKE EMERGENCY IN CHILE
Expectation vs reality
In Chile, the high demand for hous-
ing after an emergency implies large
reconstruction plans. Unfortunately,
most cases end up without obtaining
permanent housing, being relegated to
emergency housing for long periods of
time.
CRISIS RESPONCE AND OPPORTUNITIES
W01_ Housing the inpredictable Booklet
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9x18 Actual situation
9x18 Original situation
Declarations of the families. Why can move but...
- Most of the houses stay out of the regulations
Risk in case of an earthquake
- 94% declares that they like the location
- Live in the same neighborhood
- Together but not mixed
- Not commun kitchens, get together whenever their want
- 82% extended households don’t want to move to other borough
- 240% increase - different families living in the same plot
1953 - 1976 1976 to now
1936 - 1953
1906 - 1936
1906
Law of
economic
rooms
Social security
housing
Corporation of
housing - CORVI
Urban improvement
corporation - CORMU
National service of
housing - SERVIU
Reconstruction
and emergency
corporation
Housing services
corporation -
CORHABIT
Corporation of urban
works- COU
Direction of urban
works-DOU
Workers'
housing law
1925 1936 1953 1965-67 1976
Develop of the public housing model
1939
Working-class Housing Social Security and Emergency Housing
Housing complexes and site operations
Subsidiary System
1953 - 1976 1976 to now
1936 - 1953
1906 - 1936
1906
Law of
economic
rooms
Social security
housing
Corporation of
housing - CORVI
Urban improvement
corporation - CORMU
National service of
housing - SERVIU
Reconstruction
and emergency
corporation
Housing services
corporation -
CORHABIT
works- COU
Direction of urban
works-DOU
Workers'
housing law
1925 1936 1953 1965-67 1976
Develop of the public housing model
1939
Subsidiary System
- Accesible housing on the 1st ﬂoor
- Meeting spaces
- Protected parking
- Natural light and ventilation
- Double orientation
- Adaptable housing
- fFexible housing
Proposal
Actual distribution Appoach - 3 houses in 3 levels
1953 - 1976 1976 to now
1936 - 1953
1906 - 1936
rooms corporation
Housing services
corporation -
CORHABIT
works- COU
Direction of urban
works-DOU
Subsidiary System
- Accesible housing on the 1st ﬂoor
- Meeting spaces
- Protected parking
- Natural light and ventilation
- Double orientation
- Adaptable housing
- fFexible housing
Proposal
Actual distribution Appoach - 3 houses in 3 levels
1953 - 1976 1976 to now
1936 - 1953
1906 - 1936
rooms corporation
Housing services
corporation -
CORHABIT
works- COU
Direction of urban
works-DOU
Subsidiary System
9x18 Actual sit
Declarations of
- Most of the ho
Risk in ca
- 94% declares
- Live in the sam
- Together but
- Not commun
- Accesible hou
- Meeting spac
- Protected par
- Natural light a
- Double orient
- Adaptable ho
- fFexible hous
- 82% extended
- 240% increase
Actual distribution Appoach - 3 houses in 3 leve
1953 - 1976
1936 - 1953
Housing crisis - High de
WORKSHOP 01 - MCH 2023
“Housing the unpredicteble”
PROFESSOR NRVOJE NJIRIC + ESPERANZA CAMPAÑA
OPPORTUNITIES
Site operations
The hyperexpansion of the city
During the 60s and 70s, Chile opted for
a policy of exploiting lots, with single-
family plots, distributed throughout
the national territory. These were
designed from a self-construction
perspective, providing only the right
to ownership of the land along with a
minimum sanitary shed. Built entirely
in the following years, this type of
interventions currently presents vast
sectors with low quality conditions,
after their hyperdensification and lack
of regulation.
It is estimated that these sectors are
prone to being destroyed in the event
of earthquakes, so various actors, from
universities to municipalities, have
intervened in order to minimize the
possible catastrophe, but even with
this, it is estimated that in the event of
a high-speed earthquake intensity, the
majority of these homes will end up on
the ground.
Although there are plans to revitalize
these spaces, their great magnitude
makes it impossible to attack the
problem on a large scale, so, in the
event of a catastrophe, we must think
about how to react and relocate the
affected families, to avoid future
inconveniences. and promote the city.
9x18 CRISIS
1936 to 1953
1906 to 1936
1953 to 1976 1976 to now
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Construction site Material recyclin Community
CO-LIVING
Prefab module
Material recycling Reorganization
Topographic redesign
Proposal
Original
Urban redesign Instalation
Debris strategy New communities
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Prefab. Emergency
module
Prior to the emergency, the
country had a system of
prefabricated wooden shelters,
which are stored in anticipation
of any disaster. It is proposed to
include an additional system to
support this work.
Redisign of
the blocks
2
The change of the original
layout (elongated) is proposed,
for a new concentric system,
which allows the generation of
interior patios and service
alleys associated with the
dwelling.
Estrategy of material reusing
and topographic change
3
Understanding the high
amount of waste that can be
generated after an earthquake,
and that only 30% of it can be
recycled, its reuse is designed
for intentional level changes in
the topography of the sector.
New emergency
communities
4
A new configuration model for
emergency housing is
designed based on the layout
and the new prototype to be
incorporated, safeguarding
community life.
Facade prefab.
module
5
A new prefabricated module is
designed, which on the one
hand provides the basic
kitchen and bathroom services,
and on the other helps to
define the section of the street
Progressive
housing
6
As a change in the paradigm of
definitive housing, the creation
of a progressive system of
collective housing is proposed
through the new emergency
module and the use of
mediaguas, constituting
various stages for its develop-
ment.
Inner patios
Emergency strategy - Be ready
Santiago Aguirre
Camilo Meneses
Isabel Monsalve
STRATEGIES
Reconfiguration
The urban fabric is reestablished,
generating free block centers. These
are used to house emergency housing
and free up edge uses. Through self-
construction, the block is reunified,
housing the new communities.
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UNIT AND GROWING SYSYEM
Rethink - Recycle - Reconfigure
Santiago Aguirre
Camilo Meneses
Isabel Monsalve
COMPONENTS
Basic module
Each module includes a wet area and
closed space for living. These are com-
plemented by emergency housing to
form the definitive home.
Phase 1
5 to 30 days
Phase 2
30 to 60 days
Phase 3
+60 days
Inside out
With emergency housing organized in
community patios, the reconstruction
of the system is proposed, gradually
colonizing the edge until it is
completely reconfigured, leaving the
interior suitable for gardens and green
areas.
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STEP 1 - FIRST RESPONSE SETP 2 - SETTLEMENT
Prof: H. Njiric + E. Campaña Camilo Meneses Ferrada
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STEP 3 - INCREMENTAL HOUSE STEP 4 - COLLECTIVE HOUSING
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W_02 - Living + Working
Andrea Deplazes + Fernando Altozano
Team: C.Meneses + L. Navarro
ASSIGNMENT
Líving + Working
The search for the minimax
Understanding the relationships and links es-
tablished between two daily programs, such as
living and working, are a fundamental part to be
resolved in this study.
With a predetermined model in terms of order
and proportion, it is expected that students will
be able to establish a new housing project far
from the traditional canons of architecture, giv-
ing special emphasis to the scale of the various
elements, their proportions and uses, returning
to the original and efficient form of each room.
Inception is a project that seeks, within a small
dwelling surrounded by work areas, to establish
particular self-sufficient housing nuclei, which,
when annexed with others, allow the establish-
ment of community areas, connections and gar-
dens.
Through interior patios, the project autonomizes
the interior-exterior relationship between its pro-
grams, while using the wall between them as an
activator of the various programs of both areas,
housing inside all the material necessary for the
multiple activities of daily life, those that are ac-
tivated or deactivated according to user require-
ments.
Inside-Introvert Outside-extrovert
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Camilo Meneses
Lucas Navarro
SCALE
Workshop 02
Andrea Desplazes + Fernando Altozano
MOMENTS AGRUPATION
Strategies
The first exploration responds to the
scale of each space, establishing its
minimums and maximums.
Working
Small
S M L
Medium
Large
Transit Living
Comuna
Maximum iteration with a
patio as a conector in between
differnt units.
Multiple units
A garden as a mediator of
privacy and to obtain light and
ventilation for the inner part.
One living space
Minimum space of support in
one inner room.
W02_ Minimax Booklet
Prof: A. Deplazes + F. Altozano Camilo Meneses Ferrada
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Compress and expanded
The wall acts as a support for the
events, storing the materials for each
moment in its thickness.
Inner garden
Sturcture Living space
Equipment Work and transit spaces
Support wall
Uses
Roof
SUPPORT WALL COMPONENTS
Light and nature Privacy Public
Furniture
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Organic pattern
The different associations correspond
to typologies of patios and work areas,
intertwined with each other.
Full and empty
Iterations between living spaces and
interior gardens, through lighting
through the ceiling
AGRUPATION SYSTEM VARIATION
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PROGRESSION
Inicial moment
isolated housing spaces distributed
evenly throughout the territory. initial
connection by work sectors
Expansion
The progression generates new patios,
intertwining the programs with nature,
connecting housing projects.
Development
The continuous connection between
work areas relates the various units,
generating a network of corridors and
patios
Consolidation
A complete housing network is
established intertwined by work areas,
between patios and gardens.
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GOAL OBJETIVE IMAGE
Mat-building
The progression covers various levels,
giving a more organic composition
depending on the needs.
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W_03 - Productive residential towers
Juan Herreros + Pedro Pitarch
Team: C. Cano + F. Gonzalez + C. Meneses + A. Yañez
ASSIGNMENT
Productive Residential towers
This exersice is intended to respond to the
demand that hangs over the city to regenerate
and requalify enclaves for new types of citizens,
more creative, more involved, more demanding
and with interests and quality of life models far
from conventional ones.
We will work in high-rise office buildings
in progressive abandonment that demand
a diversification of their program and
their reintegration into a fabric that rejects
monofunctional areas. On the other hand, a
growing demand for productive activities in the
city that puts an end to the industrial ghettos
that force pendulum movements of workers and
are incapable of responding to the atomization
of contemporary production that demands
infiltration into residential fabrics.
We understand that boldly re-reading the
possibilities of requalifying office buildings as
places of coexistence of collective residence
and production is a key challenge to redesign a
city that must remain alive and not anchored in
modes of use, occupation and programming that
have been lost. valid for a long time, in light of
the concerns developed by recent urban culture
such as hybridization, coexistence, sustainability,
indetermination, naturalization, etc.
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RETHINKING THE SPACE RETHINKING THE CIRCULATION
Circulations to experience
Traditional buildings use vertical cores
to connect different points. The new
proposal must create new paths of
mobility and multiple opportunities.
Programs to moments
The idea of isolated programs
connected in it’s going to be replaced
with fluid spaces that can associate
depending the use thar the user want
to give it.
W03_ Productive residential towers Booklet
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RETHINKING THE INTERACTION CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SPACE
Meeting to network
The digital revolution allows us to
connect with other and work in
different spaces. The new building can
have more and recreative uses outside
the idea of productive.
Restrictions
For each moment, the degrees of
freedom and characteristics are
established, thus they are optimally
designed and associated according to
their limitations and potentialities.
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Interactions
Themomentsareintertwinedaccording
to their restrictions and potentialities,
establishing a continuous network of
opportunities for uses and mobility.
S. M. L. XL.
The various moments of daily life are
recreated in the building at various
scales, like puzzle pieces to be fitted
together.
SCALE ASOCIATION
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PROGRAM
NEW BUILDING:
LOGISTIC CENTER
Various items are purchased virtually
every day. This new building full of
“moments” will be the ideal place to
distribute them, test them, return
them, store them, rent them, etc. Being
a support for people’s activities.
In addition to this, individual capsules
are projected on the facades, which,
accommodated to the existing
structure, are capable of hosting
interpersonal programs, more isolated
from the physical, but more connected
digitally.
Booklet
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W_05 - Merging city and nature
Joan Roig + Josep Batlle
Team: C. Meneses + J. Nazur + K. Yadav
ASSIGNMENT
Urban Development in Campamento Area
Madrid
The Campamento District, located southeast of
Madrid, is a fundamental component to complete
the development of this city towards the extension
of the M-40. This macro lot covers nearly 200
hectares and hopes to establish itself as a new
neighborhood with a vibrant, diverse, and finely
woven community, with the additional aspiration
of serving as a global example of sustainability,
conscious of limited resources.
It is planned to house approximately 10,000
apartments, available for rent and ownership,
including cooperatives and building associations.
Of them, half are designated as protected housing.
Social infrastructure with primary schools and
nurseries, as well as new local offerings, sports,
and culture, will also find their place here. In
addition, locating workspaces that house a
number of at least more than 10,000 jobs will be
an opportunity.
With problems such as the A5 highway, a
critical access point to Madrid from the western
metropolitan region, as well as opportunities
such as the Bosque Metropolitano project, this
sector presents a duality between untamed nature
and its potential urbanization, something will
be essential for its consolidation as part of the
metropolitan Madrid area.
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SITE VISIT
Abandoned facilities Inner patios
Continuous walls Militar facilities Low level pass
Playground Housing
Parking places
Highway High tension towers
Wasteland Desertification Level difference
W05_ Merging city and nature Booklet
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Fragmented Connected
1.
Bridges and tophography
The sum of the change in topography
and bridges changes the discontinuous
flow of the city, establishing an
integration between the parts and
increasing pedestrian flow.
A5 Highway strategy
The highway divides the sector into
two large blocks, added to other
disruptive elements in the urban fabric.
It is proposed to bury the highway and
connect the various sectors with each
other.
1st STRATEGY: INTEGRATION
Fragmented Connected
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2.
Adaptation
A system of streets linked to the
territory is proposed, like fingers,
intertwining nature with the new built
sector.
City+nature
Traditionally, nature is found as the
outer layer in projects, being a later
component or even to be avoided.
The project seeks to integrate the
various parts of the territory, settling in
it and promoting its natural evolution.
2nd STRATEGY: RENATURALIZATION
Limited Coexisting
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Rigid / Isolated Fluid / Stratified
3.
Rigid / Isolated Fluid / Stratified
3.
Graduation
Greater densities and continuity are
established in the main streets, leaving
lower heights in interior communities,
which are traversed by organic paths
following the level limits.
Selective densification
Understanding that the organic growth
of the isolated city determines different
densities and heights, we seek to
establish height priority by street and
function.
3rd STRATEGY: REDENSIFICATION
Rigid/Isolated Fluid/Stratified
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Main Streets
With greater heights and density,
this area concentrates commercial
areas, services and garbage collection.
Being the irrigation point between the
natural and the artificial.
Inide the block
The interiors of the block act as link
components with nature, establishing
small communities for managing
agricultural areas, collecting water and
renewable energy.
SYSTEMS AND INFRAESTRUCTURE

Energy retribution
Connection to high
tension line
Electric supply
Solar energy
Energy retribution
Connection to high
tension line
Electric supply
Solar energy
Watering system
Grey water cycle
Connetion to general
pipes
Water supply
Channel rain water
& secondary streams
Watering system
Grey water cycle
Connetion to general
pipes
Water supply
Channel rain water
& secondary streams
Waste management
Recycling plant
Inorganic OUT
Organic IN
(compost)
Waste management
Recycling plant
Inorganic OUT
Organic IN
(compost)
Vegetation
Forest
Wetland
Vegetable
garden
Vegetation
Forest
Wetland
Vegetable
garden
1. Waste Management 3. Electric Supply
2. Water Supply 3. Vegetation
Inorganic out High tension line connection
Solar energy
Energy retribution
Pipes conection
Forest
Channel rain water
Wetland
Watering system
Vegetable garden
Gray water cycle
Compost
Recycling
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MASTERPLAN
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Open plaza
Regular street Viewpoints
NEW INTERACTION
Naturalization of the city
This new city is understood from
and for the interaction with nature,
with mixed areas and terraced
buildings that favor the relationship
on a smaller scale, without losing
the density and intensity of a city.
With regular streets, openings for
squares and even as a showcase
of the natural environment,
these extensions of the city in
the territory coexist with the
surrounding environment.
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HOUSING
& REUSE
W_07 - Solutions for good conditions of life
Anne Lacaton + Diego García-Setién
Team: A. Melo + C. Meneses + F. Quispe + S. Pavón
Qualities of Inhabiting
Throughout our life we inhabit countless and ever-changing spaces
and environments. They fill our sensations and memories, take us on
journeys, invite us to imagine. Their impact is immediate. Though, most
of the time this only touches our subconsciousness, with the origin
of these germinating feelings rarely considered in their wholeness.
Capturing qualities of inhabiting from the origins of these emotions
is a delicate, infinite and subjective attempt, one that is fragmentary
and never complete. Nevertheless, it is this unveiling which aims to
give them an outline, to create a fertile ground where we may question
housing production in terms of quality of inhabiting for everyone anew.
Lacaton & Vassal
The Reconfiguration of a National Rail
Company Facility
The city should provide exceptional quality of life
by offering a large range of facilities, proximities,
and pleasures, as well as a large variety of dwelling
typologies to fit different needs, expectations and
ways of life: living in a public space, living in the
neighborhood, living collectively within a close
community, and living individually. Defining
a set of principles should be mandatory before
designing architecture and especially dwellings.
To do so, it is fundamental to hold a critical
position as an essential part of the design process.
For our ongoing reflection on the good housing
conditions that the city should unquestionably
provide for its inhabitants and which architects
should design, the transformation of existing
buildings provides good solutions that meet
many criteria of housing quality, sustainability,
economy, waste reduction and carbon emissions,
etc.
This workshop explore the potential reuse of
obsoleteindustrialfacilitiesturnedintomixed-use
and dwelling structures to foster good conditions
of life in the context of the Master in Collective
Housing. We will work, again, at the complex site
in Kreis (Zurich) owned by the Schweizerische
Bundesbahnen (SBB), the swiss national railway
company and occupied by workshop sheds, still
used as a train reparation center.
The goal for each group is to develop several
fragments of the assigned strategy, addressing
collective housing, public use and urban
landscape and their spatial transitions, focusing
on the quality of space, representing the chosen
qualities of inhabiting, by means of sequences of
images, similarly to the way a storyboard is used
in cinema, to visually explain the team’s vision
about the desired housing qualities, and their
approach to the site and its values.
ASSIGNMENT
Inside Transition On top
On top
Inside Transitions
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Climate
N
SW-SE, NE
Summer
The summers are comfortable and wet, the temperature is from
18-28ºC
The winters are very cold, and it is partly cloud, the temperature is
from 2ºC-7ºC.
Winter
Climate
Summer
The summers are comfortable and wet, the temperature is from
18-28ºC
The winters are very cold, and it is partly cloud, the temperature is
from 2ºC-7ºC.
Winter
Buildings
1930 1962 1965 1995
3
2
1 2
1
3
4
4
Buildings
1930 1962 1965 1995
3
2
1 2
1
3
4
4
Steel columns
Grid: 13x15m
Concrete columns
Light: 24m
Concrete columns
Grid: 8x9.8m
Steel columns
Light: 24m
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
Structures
CLIMATE VARIATION
EXISTING STRUCTURES
Summer 18 to 28°C Winter 2 to -7°C
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Diversity Domesticity
Surrounding buildings Free use
Flexible spaves
Climate
Nature
Flexibility
Comunity
Comfort
Diversity
Intermediate spaces
Transition spaces
Spaciousness
Appropiation
Inbetween
Context awareness
f inhabiting
Qualities of inhabiting
In between
Free use, not stablished shape,
more than connections.
Design transitional spaces that
generate meeting opportuni-
ties and relationships between
the inside and outside.
Spaciousness
Modulation, growing system,
unique spaces. Stablish pro-
gram without limit the shape.
Have flexible spaces that go
beyond the standard to adapt
to different users' needs over
time.
Appropriation
Human scale, resignification of
space, identity.
Have quality spaces that allow
and promote domesticity,
diversity, and individuality.
In between
Free use, not stablish
more than connectio
Design transitional sp
generate meeting o
ties and relationship
the inside and outsid
Spaciousness
time.
Appropriation
space, identity.
Context awareness
Design spaces related to the
environment, climate, and cul-
ture. Being an integral part of it
and, at the same time, preser-
ving its own character.
Terraces, winter garden, solar
protections.
In between
Spaciousness
time.
Appropriation
space, identity.
Context awareness
environment, climate, and cul-
ture. Being an integral part of it
and, at the same time, preser-
ving its own character.
Terraces, winter garden, solar
protections.
In between
Spaciousness
time.
Appropriation
space, identity.
GRADES OF APPROACH
QUALITIES EXPLORATION
Appropiation
Have quality spaces that allow and
promote domesticity, diversity and
individuality
In between
generate meeting opportunities and
relationships between the inside and
outside
Spaciousness
Have flexible spaces that beyond the
standard to adapt to different users
needs over time
Context awareness
environment, climate and culture.
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On top
Inside
Crossing
Transitions
References
COLLAGE
PRECEDENT MOMENT ANALYSIS
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Open/Structure is maintained
Existing infrastructure
Building maintained
Building maintained
Reuse and reinforcement structure
Transparent for winter gardens
Building maintained
Reuse and reinforcement structure
New public spaces
Green public space
Commerce
Commerce, offices, workshops
Winter garden (different climates)
New public spaces
Green public space
New public spaces
Green public space
Commerce
New public spaces
Green public space
Commerce
New public spaces
Green public space
Commerce
Winter garden (different climates)
PUBLIC SPACES STRATEGIES
INFRAESTRUCTURE STRATEGIES
Open and maintained Green public space
Building maintained Commerce
Reuse and reinforcement Office and work spaces
Transparent winter
garden
Transit and winter
gardens
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Housing
Duplex typology (growing)
No housing
Housing
No housing
Triplex typology (growing)
Housing
No housing
No housing
Housing
Roof tops
Hanging garden and platforms
Maintained roof
Walkable roof
Transparent for winter gardens
Roof tops
Maintained roof
Walkable roof
Roof tops
Maintained roof
Roof tops
Housing
No housing
No housing
HOUSING STRATEGIES
ROOF STRATEGIES
Hanging gardens Duplex typology
Maintained roof No housing
Walkable roof Triplex typology
Transparent winter
garden
No housing
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First vegetation Summer
SECTION CONSOLIDATION MOMENT
SECTION INITIAL MOMENT
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Roof tops Housing
COLLECTIVE HOUSING
PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND CIRCULATION
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COLLECTIVE FLOOR
UNITS AGRUPATION
085
084 MCH 2023

FACILITIES AND ENVELOPE
BASIC UNIT GROWING SYSTEM
Initial module Growth options
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086 MCH 2023

MULTI-GROWING SYSTEM
CORNER UNITS AGRUPATION
Corner module Growth options
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COLLAGE
Winter prototipe Summer prototipe
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Sp 1. Climate, Metabolism and Architecture.
Specialty Leader: Javier García-Germán.
Students: William Castro + Nestor Lenarduzzi + Camilo Meneses
+ Jeronimo Nazur + Brittney Siegert.
Sp 2. Housign Practice.
Specialty Leader: Fernando Altozano.
Student: Camilo Meneses.
Sp 3. Construction and Technology.
Specialty Leader: Ignacio Fernández-Solla.
Professors: David Castro + Archie Campbell + Diego Garcia-Setién.
Students: Andrés Melo + Camilo Meneses + Stephany Pavón + Fredy Quispe.
Sp 4 Sociology, Economics and Politics.
Specialty Leader: Daniel Sorando.
Students: Camila Cano + Camilo Meneses + Samira Taubmann +Paloma Romero.
Sp 5. Leadership, Processes and entreprenership.
Specialty Leader: Sasha Mens.
Professor: Axel Paulus.
Studentes: Camila Cano + Camilo Meneses + Samira Taubmann +Paloma Romero.
Sp 6. Low Resources and Emergency Housing.
Specialty Leader: Elena Giral.
Students: Gabriel Barba + Nestor Lenarduzzi + Andrés Melo
+ Camilo Meneses + Samira Taubman + Alejandro Yañez.
Sp7. Urban Design and City Science.
Specialty Leader: José María Ezquiaga.
Professors: Gemma Peribañez + Susana Isabel + Julia Landaboru.
Students: Nestor Lenarduzzi + Camilo Meneses + Vyoma Popat
+ Angela Tamayo + Krishna Yadav.
SPECIALTIES
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Abstract
Chile, like any other country in the world, has employed various methods to provide housing for
its most vulnerable citizens. Ranging from basic sanitary sheds to extensive housing complexes,
the array of strategies and typologies appears almost limitless. These multiple approaches stem
from a basic phenomenon related to the need for housing and the state’s capacity to finance,
manage and build it.
The Chilean model, founded on principles of free competition, has relegated the role of the state
in favor of fostering the market. Housing has been treated as both a consumer good and an asset,
but the absence of regulation and state management has promoted segregation and real estate
speculation. This has led to an estimated deficit of more than 650,000 homes.
Numerous policies have been implemented to address this crisis, always framed within the
context of the current constitution established during the dictatorship. The big question is
whether these measures will genuinely suffice to reduce these figures, or if more fundamental
structural changes are necessary.
Keywords
Housing, State Regulation, Financing, Consumer Goods, Right to Housing.
The Evolution of Social Housing
The first notable state intervention in the realm of a national level occurred in 1906 with the
“Workers Housing Law”, which defined minimum habitable conditions in terms of health for
the growing working class of the time (Hidalgo, 2005). However, was not until 1932 through
the “Cheap Housing Law” that these ideas materialized by establishing a means of financing
to produce housing within the national territory (Alcaino, 1942). This approach utilized
mortgage credit funds to stimulate housing management and construction, consolidating the
establishment of the “Popular Housing Fund” in 1936, where mandatory pension funds were
used to finance this type of interventions, through various minors capitals who endorsed the
SPARE PARTS FOR THE JAGUAR:
ALTERNATIVES TO THE HOUSING CRISIS IN CHILE
By Camilo Meneses Ferrada
creation of housing for their own members. This was the beginning of the management of multiple
housing projects, and in turn, the use of these investment funds as their main operating support.
Later, following several national catastrophes, a shift in the model led to a massive formula in
1953, where large housing complexes were developed through state management and construction
companies, guided by the Urban Improvement Corporation - CORMU and the Corporation of
Housing-CORVI(Raposo,2011).Althoughthesecomplexesboastedhighstandardsandwerewell
received, their construction cost proved prohibitive in addressing the prevailing housing demand.
This prompted a new model in 1965, focused on site operations that allocated small lots with basic
sanitary sheds to families. This approach provided the basic minimum for the construction of the
home, but above all its roots behind the right to ownership of the land given, promoting low-rise
self-construction and a sense of belonging in the neighborhoods. Consequently, Chilean cities
expanded exponentially, considering as an example that only in the capital, Santiago de Chile, 466
new neighborhoods were created under this system at the time. (Palmer & Vergara, 1990)
After the 1973 dictatorship, population displacement policies began in communes with high
economic income, pushing vulnerable family groups to the city outskirts and significantly
expanding urban limits. In addition to this change, the public organizations designed for housing
management were reduced, relegating their function to subsidiary financing and supervision
through the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning - MINVU, and handing over the main
design and construction tasks to private entities, such as mediators between the State (principal)
and the beneficiary (citizen), and where the latter is forced to acquire a mortgage loan to cover
the differential cost of the property. This change led to an increase in debt on the part of the
beneficiaries and a loss of resources on the part of the Ministry, who were the main lenders at the
time.
During the 2000s, the Ministry’s role transformed further, subsidizing private home purchases
and introducing new neighborhood models, offering financial support for minimal housing
units (land and structure) of approximately 33m2, usually prefabricated housing solutions that
are purchased from private parties without debt, which allowed families to expand over time.
(Navarro, 2005)
Santiago de Chile growth.
Source: SIG UC
Sanitation booths
Source: CORVI
Eradication process in Chile.
Source: Memoria Chilena
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Prof: Daniel Sorando Camilo Meneses Ferrada
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The Current Model and the Crisis
In the private sphere, the capitalist model enforced during the 1970s dictatorship led to the
centralized privatization of workers pension funds through loans to large financial entities. This
injection of capital was, and continues to be, the fundamental support of the country’s economic
policy. In this scheme, the State forces workers to contribute 10% of their monthly income to the
AFPs, private pension fund management entities which can freely invest, lend and finance private
projects of large economic groups, establishing a minimum profit for the affiliate, and in turn
multiplying the capital for themselves and future investments; It should be noted that affiliates
cannot decide what to invest in, and on the contrary they are only participants in establishing the
risks willing to take according to ranges established by the AFPs themselves, and in addition they
must absorb the total loss of the investment in the event of that this is not beneficial.
Consequently, large real estate groups have since managed housing in Chile, requesting loans with
a lower cost from the AFPs for the construction of new housing, which is sold to citizens (affiliated
with these same systems), supported by a contribution state that helps reduce this value through a
subsidy. In short, the state provides money to pay for private housing for its citizens, who, in turn,
are the ones who lend their pension money to large economic groups that manage the housing.
Likewise, the contribution to be made by citizens mostly corresponds to bank loans with high
rates, which are also financed by private banks with support from the AFPs, therefore, again the
worker pays for everything and this time in a higher cost.
This arrangement persisted, with new housing models that further aggravate the problem, such
as the creation of housing in the periphery with low connection, hyperdensity housing in small
spaces, high loans and real estate speculation by the non existing land price regulation policies,
among others, all considering that, more than the development of housing as a right, it corresponds
to state benefits that include housing as a good, promoting the purchase market from private
entities, partially or total, these being the main beneficiaries rather than a support system for the
citizens themselves, even worse, considering that this entire scheme is financed with the workers’
own savings for their retirement. Consequently, the current housing crisis in Chile emerged when
banks became apprehensive about extending credit for home purchases.
Today the country, according to data from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning - MINVU,
presents a deficit of 650,000 homes, an unprecedented figure since 1996 (Déficit Cero + CPP
UC, 2022). Families are increasingly falling below the poverty line, residing in subpar conditions
or illegal settlements. Projections indicate that these numbers will triplicate with the new 2023
CENSUS, where those who live with relatives or subtenants within the same home will also be
registered. Faced with this problem, the Ministry itself has investigated various alternatives to
remedy this deficit, but the question remains open as to which housing financing model will be
the most effective to fight against this crisis.
Thoughts on Housing Value
The housing crisis is not exclusive to Chile; it is an escalating global phenomenon. Housing-bases
wealth, meaning housing values minus mortgage debt, has reached historically unprecedented
levels internationally, implying that real estate has become important as a store of value for
households in the era of financialization. (Fernández & Aalbers 2016)
To address the housing deficit, various authors reaffirm that, to resolve the current housing
deficit, it is not possible to avoid the existing contraction between private and public interests
(Correa, Vergara, Truffello & Aguirre, 2023), understanding the duality of housing as it is a good
of consumption and in turn a basic need and right.
Regarding the cultural sphere, we know that, in Southern European countries, the main roots of
South America, housing is considered a family heritage both in practical, material, emotional and
symbolic aspects (Allen et al, 2004), that is, it has a burden linked to tradition and heritage that
fosters roots and a sense of ownership, even more so in Latin American countries where it acts
as a source of family protection in the absence of a welfare state that supports them, for the same
reason, the value housing is recognized as something more than the purely economic. In this way,
the problem becomes even more complex, since these new variables must also be considered in
the equation before any type of intervention.
Reforms for Price Regulation
Following more effects of the dictatorship, after the loss of state powers in housing and
management, was the liberation of the urban land market. With this, the State largely privatizes
public land, leaving it without essential capital for housing construction, and with this, relegated
to private management and development. Consequently, real estate speculation and the supposed
self-regulation of the market generated a financial bubble where housing prices exceeded the
credit capacity of citizens, causing the most vulnerable population to be relegated to living on the
outskirts of the city or with relatives in large family groups.
After the National Urban Development Policy in 2014, and subsequent creation of its Council,
the discussion on this topic is opened again, where one of its fundamental axes was establishing a
land policy to promote social integration, this is expected promote regulatory changes to regulate
housing prices, through the so-called new Urban Integration Law.
On May 27, 2022, Law No. 21,450 was officially published, which approves the Law on social
integration in urban planning, land management and housing emergency plan. This promotes
three fundamental changes in territorial management and regulation, considering that (i) it allows
the MINVU to obtain land, generating a bank of properties that allows social housing to be inserted
in consolidated neighborhoods and not only in the periphery, (ii) it allows to create, together with
High rent cone Santiago de Chile.
Source: Global property guide
National Urban Development
Council. Source: CNDU
Housing Emergency Plan
Source: MINVU
Real estate projects in Santiago de
Chile. Source: Meganoticias
Informal settlements Chile.
Source: El Mostrador
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the community, local regeneration plans including regulatory incentives for the creation of public
interest housing, and finally (iii) mandates the MINVU to create a Housing Emergency Plan, with
goals by region and commune, including monitoring and evaluation mechanisms that allow us to
confront the crisis.
Although this law empowers the State and may regulate the market, it is still framed in the current
constitution where there is no mention of housing as a right and, on the opposite, allows the
private sector to be a fundamental part of its creation, considering it a good. It will take a couple
of years to know if this change has really been effective, or if new regulations or structural changes
will have to be added to improve the current situation.
Conclusions
1. Reducing intermediaries is key to lowering housing costs. Strengthening the State in
its regulatory role or a constitutional adjustment that allows for the reduction of these actors,
is essential, both in the housing process, housing development as well as in the management of
public and pension funds. In this aspect, this days the political condition of housing and its context
is as relevant as its ability to obtain.
2. The management of public land seems feasible to regulate prices and sustain housing.
However, local factors such as roots must also be considered. Also, there are other essential factors
to consider within housing plans at the local level, such as ownership. We must contemplate that
countries that do not have a social protection network for their citizens need home ownership as
a consumer and protection good, something material that functions as support in the event of
any eventuality. Trying to eliminate this equivalence without attacking the underlying problem of
social security will be a big mistake.
3. Balancing housing’s dual nature as a good and a right is integral. We cannot deny that
thinking about housing in its duality of good and right will always be an inherent part of our
economic system, especially in the current Chilean model. This does not mean that a good, no
matter how much ownership one has over it, continues to be regulated and has conditions for its
correct usufruct, otherwise this imbalance produces inconsistency over time, discontent among
citizens, and in extreme cases, revolts such as the social outbreak of 2018. Excess freedom is finally
the double-edged sword of capitalism that has fostered the crisis today.
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ALCAINO, Abraham. “Labor de la dirección de la Caja de la Habitación Popular durante la
administración del Excmo. Sr. Don Pedro Aguirre Cerda”. Imprenta La Sud-América, Santiago,
1942.
ALLEN, J. BARLOW, J. LEAL, J. MALOUTAS, T. PADOVANI, L. “Housing and welfare in
southern Europe”. Oxford, Blackwell. 2004.
CORREA-PARRA, J., VERGARA-PERUCICH, F., TRUFFELLO, R., & AGUIRRE-NUÑEZ, C.
“Déficit de la vivienda en el Gran Santiago: evidencia empírica sobre conflictos y argumentos
para repensar la planificación metropolitana”. En urbe. Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana, v. 15,
e20210251. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1590/2175- 3369.015.e20210251
DÉFICIT CERO + CENTRO DE POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD
CATÓLICA DE CHILE. Boletín 1: Estimación y caracterización del déficit habitacional en Chile
2022.
FERNÁNDEZ, R. & AALBERS, M. “Financialization of housing: between globalization and
varieties of capitalism”. Competition and Change, 20:2, 71-88. 2016
HIDALGO, Rodrigo. “La vivienda social en Chile y la construcción del espacio urbano en el
Santiago del siglo XX. Serie sociedad y cultura”. DIBAM, Santiago, 2005.
PALMER, Monserrat; VERGARA, Francisco. “El lote 9x18 en la encrucijada habitacional de hoy”.
Facultad de arquitectura y Bellas Artes. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Santiago, 1990.
RAPOSO, Alfonso. [Compilador] “Espacio urbano e ideología. El paradigma de la Corporación
de la Vivienda en la arquitectura habitacional chilena. 1953-1976”. Universidad Central de Chile.
Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Paisaje. Centro de Estudios de la Vivienda, Santiago, 2001.
NAVARRO, M. “Política de financiamiento de la vivienda en Chile; los últimos 30 años”. En Temas
críticos en políticas de suelo en América Latina. Smolka M., Mullahy, L. editors, 2010, pág 379-
385. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 2005.
This essay was produced for the specialty Sociology, Economic and Housing.
Prof. Daniel Sorando.
Master in Collective Housing 2023.
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… “Many times, they have asked me, how the economy is a
relative matter. You can build a luxury hotel, but you must still
obtain the maximum luxury with the minimum effort, even if
the budget is always high. There must always be an adequate
relationship between means and ends. You must know how to
manage the media intelligently. Therefore, it is not a problem
simply of how much money is available, because we must always
take care of that relationship between means and ends: there will
always be an optimization to do “...
… “May the work serve... So that you live better, it is for life. Now,
that generic and broad expression is articulated in each project
in a specific way. And knowing how to articulate each project is
the question, the first operation that one must do as an architect.
Knowing what should happen there, what should be possible to
happen in a work, that is the first thing for us. And when I say that
I mean that this generic problem must be able to be translated
into a series of requirements, which must be verifiable in the
project. Because if you say: “I want to make a contribution to the
state of art and architecture with my work” that is not verifiable.
I want to reach the heaven of beauty, that is not verifiable either.
I want to improve the city, that is not verifiable either. But if I
can say: that the passerby who goes by the sidewalk does not look
inside the apartment that is on the first floor, that is verifiable.”
Luis Izquierdo
Izquierdo-Lehman architects
Chilean National Architectural Award 2004
Conversaciones; ediciones ARQ
WHERE DO WE PUT THE COINS?
By Camilo Meneses Ferrada
From its most primitive origins, architecture has strived to provide
shelter, transforming hostile environments into habitable spaces
for human life. Whether it’s private residences, collective living
arrangements, or public structures, one common thread unites
them: their value is intricately tied to the assessments made by
those who use them.
This evaluation of architecture’s worth has long been a central
concern in the field, with the definition of “good architecture”
evolving over time, reflecting specific locations and contemporary
trends. This raises an essential question: How can we classify and
what determines good architecture?
As Luis Izquierdo aptly stated in Conversaciones (ARQ editions
2004), architects must continually seek to maximize luxury
with minimal effort, acknowledging the constraints of limited
resources. This efficiency doesn’t imply constriction of space but
rather invites reflection on what truly matters within a design.
In the discipline of architecture, there’s a common struggle to
distinguish between “good” and “bad” designs without clear
criteria for doing so. Thus, the challenge is to establish a verifiable
method of categorization that avoids clichés.
1. Categorizing Architecture
Architectural categorization often begins with typologies,
considering similarities in spatial arrangements or ideas.
Additionally, materiality and components play a significant role in
understanding different projects. However, categorization should
not imply a value judgment. After all, a tower within a small
village and a row house amidst extensive public programs have
different values contingent on their respective contexts.
2. The Relevance of Spatial Assessment
This study takes a qualitative approach typical of architectural
inquiry, focusing on the spatial quality of architectural projects
and the decisions made in their creation. It aims to uncover how
architects prioritize certain elements over others and how these
choices are influenced by historical and spatial contexts. The
central question becomes: How can we ensure our projects align
with local trends without succumbing to mere formalism?
3. Methodology
To address this question, we propose an analysis of 50 collective
housing cases, comparing 25 international and 25 Chilean
projects. This investigation spans various periods and contexts to
unveil what is collectively regarded as “good architecture.”
The classification of these projects is based on three essential
aspects:
(i) Identity: Referring to the external characteristics of a building
that establish a sense of belonging, it involves an assessment of
facades and massing.
For effects of this study, we are going to consider that as more
disintegrated is their project, more envelope has it, so more
expensive is it.
Level 1 – Monolithic: Projects that we can identify as one simple
and regular piece.
Level 2 – Deformed: Monolithic projects that has movements or
brakes in their envelope.
Level 3 – Expanded: projects that distortion their shape traying to
adapt to the terrain that they have.
Level 4 – Detached: Disarticulated project that we can recognize
in different parts.
(ii) Interaction: This relates to spaces that facilitate connections
among residents in collective housing. We evaluate common and
transit spaces in this context.
For effects of this study, we are going to consider that as less
indispensable is the space for, more design effort is on it, so more
expensive is it.
Level 1 – Entrance: common space to access to the different units.
Level 2 – Circulation: vertical core or corridors with extra
dimension that allows encounter on it.
Level 3 – Common Rooms: enclosed spaces destined to use of all
the community.
Level 4 – Outside spaces: common gardens and green areas.
(iii) Exposure: Concerned with the connection between the unit
and its external environment, it examines the inside/outside
interactions in the façade.
For effects of this study, we are going to consider that as bigger
are the openings of a space, more fluid is the interaction, so more
expensive is it.
Level 1 – Windows: Punctual openings that related two spaces.
Level 2 – Enclosed Balcony: external surface of a unit that has
openings in just one of their faces.
Level 3 – Exposed Balcony: external surface of a unit that has
more than 2 openings in their faces.
Level 4 – Terrace or patio: external surface of a unit without roof.
These aspects are represented in a matrix from less to more
valuable. Each case is analyzed using this matrix, creating a
comprehensive assessment. The study ultimately reveals emerging
trends in architectural valuation.
S02_ Housing Practice Booklet
Prof: Fernando Altozano Camilo Meneses Ferrada
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EXAMPLE INTERNATIONAL CASE
B. The moments of interaction with a common access floor and a vertical core
C. The opportunities of exposition with a detached balcony
A. Stablish the personal identity with a deformed volume
67. Edificio Ultramar – Schapira, Eskenazi & Messina (SEM)
A
B
C
2. 3. 4. Balcony
1.
2. 3. 4. Circulation
1.
2. 3. 4. Deformed
1.
Year: 1965
LATAM CASES
Chile
B. The moments of interaction in a central patio
C. The opportunities of exposition with enclosed balconies
A. Stablish the personal identity with a deformed volume
48. 79&Park– BIG
A
B
C
2. 3. 4. Enclosed balcony
1.
2. 3. 4. Outside
1.
2. 3. 4. Deformed
1.
Year: 2018
EUROPEAN CASES
SWEDEN
EXAMPLE CHILEAN CASE
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4. Detached
3. Expanded
2. Deformed
1. Monolithic
LESS
EXPENSIVE
(-)
MORE
EXPENSIVE
(+)
A
Identity
4. Terrace or patios
3. Balcony
2. Enclosed Balcony
1. Window
C
Exposition
4. Outside
3. Room
2. Circulation
1. Entrance
B
Interaction
International cases
Balanced general sample, considering
25 projects at different times in Europe.
The trends demarcate the international
tendency towards the identity of the
detached project, with outside spaces
and enclosed balconies.
Chilean Cases
Balanced general sample, considering
25 projects at different times. The
trendsdemarcatethenationaltendency
towards the identity of the monolithic
project, with equal distribution in the
interaction strategies and extremes
in its exhibition in specific elements
(windows) or terraces and patios.
CONCLUSIONS PER GROUP
ANALYSIS MATRIX
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ECONOMIC PERIOD IN CHILEAN HOUSING
Group 3 – 1973 to 1988
Private investment in a dictatorship
State investment in Housing decreases,
with private actors producing the most
collective Housing within the national
territory.
Group 1 – 1930 to 1952
Private decentralized housing policies.
Thestateencouragesprivatecompanies
and state companies to create housing
for their workers, using pension funds
as a central pillar.
Group 1 – 1930 to 1952
Thestateencouragesprivatecompanies
and state companies to create housing
for their workers, using pension funds
as a central pillar.
Group 2 – 1953 to 1972
Thestate,throughnewstatecompanies,
creates large housing complexes for the
lower-middle class. In parallel, there
is a commercial boom for low-rise
buildings.
Group 3 – 1973 to 1988
State investment in Housing decreases,
with private actors producing the most
collective Housing within the national
territory.
Group 4 – 1989 to 2009
The state takes a subsidiary role as a
legacy of the dictatorship, where it only
provides incentives for the purchase of
real estate from private individuals.
Group 5 – 2010 to act
Subsidy policies have declined given
the high real estate speculation,
affecting the quality of housing in the
process and generating a crisis of more
than 600,000 homes.
Group 4 – 1989 to 2009
Initial private subsidy policies
Group 4 – 1989 to 2009
Initial private subsidy policies
Group 2 – 1953 to 1972
Centralized policies + real estate boom
Thestate,throughnewstatecompanies,
creates large housing complexes for the
lower-middle class. At the same time,
there is a commercial boom for low-
rise buildings.
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In areas of identity, Chile has more
economical strategies in housing
projects than the entire sample. During
the 1930s and early 1970s, a clear, more
compact identity is seen, with a jump
in the period of the dictatorship, with
private projects of greater magnitude.
After the dictatorship, the subsidiary
State limits project possibilities to more
economical (monolithic) strategies.
If economic policies remain in place,
trends may not change
Interaction in Chile goes directly attach
to the square meters of common or
individual spaces.During the first two
periods we see more casual interaction
in vertical cores and corridors, most
of them sustained in the public
infrastructure over the time.
During the dictatorship we see a big
change adding more common private
spaces inside of the projects. Finally,
the last group shows the tendency to
eliminate all common spaces and give
more to the housing units.
In exposition areas, Chile faithfully
follows international trends, possibly
linked to the creation of new
technologies and standardization of
construction materials.
There is a dispersion after the 70s
that demonstrates the great variety of
options that allow varied strategies,
both in public and private projects.
Final words
The tool highlights current housing
trends and their differences throughout
the history of housing in Chile,
establishing patterns of similarity with
what happened internationally. By
expanding the sample, more faithful
data could be obtained, and the
inclusion of new variables could favor
the study. Despite this, the objective of
demonstrating, through the analysis of
qualitative strategies, the architectural
trends of each era and how people have
valued them above other elements,
determined in their social, economic,
and political context, has been
achieved.
This analysis was produced for the
specialty Housing Practice.
Prof. Fernando Altozano.
Master in Collective Housingo 2023.
GENERAL CONCLUSION
In general areas of identity, Chile has
more economic strategies in housing
projects.
During the 1930s until the early 1970s, a
clear more compact identity is seen, with
a jump in the period of the dictatorship,
with private projects of bigger magnitude.
After the dictatorship, the subsidiary
state traps the project possibilities to
more economical (monolithic) strategies.
If economic policies are maintained,
trends may not change.
1.
A G1
2.
3.
4.
G2 G3 G4 G5
1931-1952 1953-1972 1973-1988 1989-2009 2009-2019
Identity
GENERAL CONCLUSION
1.
B G1
2.
3.
4.
G2 G3 G4 G5
1931-1952 1953-1972 1973-1988 1989-2009 2009-2019
Interaction
Interaction in Chile goes directly attach to
the square meters of common or
individual spaces.
During the first two periods we see more
casual interaction in vertical cores and
corridors, most of them sustained in the
public infrastructure over the time.
During the dictatorship we see a big
change adding more common spaces
inside of the projects.
Finally, the last group shows the
tendency to eliminate all common spaces
and give more to the units.
GENERAL CONCLUSION
1.
C G1
2.
3.
4.
G2 G3 G4 G5
1931-1952 1953-1972 1973-1988 1989-2009 2009-2019
Exposition
In exposition areas, Chile faithfully
follows international trends, possibly
linked to the creation of new
technologies and standardization of
construction materials.
There is a dispersion after the 70s that
demonstrates the great variety of options
that allow varied strategies, both in public
and private projects.
GENERAL ANALYSIS
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S_01 - Climatic Typologies, Body, Climate and Architecture
Javier García-Germán
Team: W. Castro + N. Lenarduzzi + C. Meneses + J. Nazur + B. Siegert
Climate and Territorial Atmospheres
Students will start 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. Students will explore through
cultural references (documentary photography,
images, etc.) the intersection between a particular
climate and its everyday life.
This exercise, ranging from architectural
references to cultural adaptations to climate
—social patterns and lifestyles, clothing,
inhabitation patterns, etc.— 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.
This exercise will explore how, through the
agency of urban design, landscape architecture
and architecture, designers can provide an
intentioned adaptation to local climates.
Working in this context, students will seek for
material opportunities that, while providing the
desired climatic and physiological dimension for
their projects, they also produce a reinforcing
feedback loop.
For instance, by using the timber extracted
from the sustainable forest management of the
metropolitan area that need to be extracted
yearly; using abundant available local resources,
such as clay; urban mining construction debris or
“waste,” surveying material stocks that have been
abandoned or underutilized, etc…
ASSIGNMENT
1. FLOOR
2. FLOOR
GROUND FLOOR
FFL 0.00
FFL +4.50
FFL +9.00
section
ventilation
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EVERYDAY LIFE AND CULTURAL REFERENCES
VERNACULAR, MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY
EVERYDAY SITUATIONS IN WINTER
CULTURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL REFERENCES
SHADING FOR SUN PROTECTION
EVERYDAY SITUATIONS IN SUMMER
MORNING AT THE BEACH MORNING AT THE BEACH
AFTERNOON PUBLIC SPACE AFTERNOON PUBLIC SPACE
NIGHT LIFE NIGHT LIFE
FABRIC
ISOLATION
more density
SAND
THERMAL INERTIA
low albedo
CONCRETE
THERMAL INERTIA
low albedo
HEATER
RADIATION
FABRIC
ISOLATION
more density
VEGETATION
SHADOW
porosity
CONCRETE
THERMAL INTERTIA
low albedo
VEGETATION
SHADOW
porosity
CONCRETE
THERMAL INTERTIA
low albedo
SAND
THERMAL INERTIA
low albedo
FABRIC
RADIATION ABSORPTION
dark colours (low albedo)
FABRIC
SUN PROTECTION
more density
FABRIC
VENTILATION
porosity
WATER
THERMAL INERTIA
anabatic wind
high albedo
Brittany Siegert
Camilo Meneses
Jerónimo Nazur
Nestor Lenarduzzi
William Castro
CULTURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL REFERENCES
SHADING FOR SUN PROTECTION
NIGHT LIFE NIGHT LIFE
HEATER
RADIATION
FABRIC
ISOLATION
more density
VEGETATION
SHADOW
porosity
CONCRETE
THERMAL INTERTIA
low albedo
THERMAL INERTIA FOR TEMPERATURE STABILITY
VENTILATION TO DECREASE HUMIDITY
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PRECEDENTS
BARCELONA MOMENTS
S01_ Climate, Metabolism and Architecture Booklet
Prof: Javier García-Germán Camilo Meneses Ferrada
0115
0114 MCH 2023

A A
CLIMATIC PROTOTYPE
SECTION A-A
ARCHITECTURAL STRATEGIES SECTION B-B
HEATING
strategy
COOLING/HEATING
strategy
COOLING
strategy
winter
heating
cooling
summer
PASIVE
THERMAL
EXCHANGE
solar chimney
thermal heater
with foliage
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(
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without foliage
A A
B
B
B
A A
B
B
A A
B
B
B
A A
B
B
A A
B
B
GROUND FLOOR 1st LEVEL 2nd LEVEL
WINTER MODEL SUMMER MODEL
N N N
BrittanySiegert
CamiloMeneses
JerónimoNazur
NestorLenarduzzi
WilliamCastro
GSEducationalVersion
A A
B
A A
B
B
A A
B
B
GSEducationalVersion
A A
B
A A
B
B
A A
B
GROUND FLOOR 1st LEVEL 2nd LEVEL
WINTER MODEL SUMMER MODEL
N N N
CLIMATIC OPERATION
CLIMATIC PROTOTYPE
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PROTOTYPE BEHAVIOUR
(
-)
sun
needed
no shading
sun
needed/blocked
seasonal shadow
sun
blocked
full shaded
summer-fall sun shading chart
(june 21 to dec 21)
pergola concept
winter-spring sun shading chart
(dec 21 to jun 21)
108º
98º
86º
75º
68º
59º
54º
37º
34º
18º
0º
18º
34º
48º
57º
64º
73º
75º
85º
90º
95º
105º
115º
-108º
-117º
5º
7º
3º
12º
15º
16º
21º
26º
22º
30º
23º
34º
36º
45º
47º
55º
57º
64º
68º
65º
37º
14º
25º
37 º
48º
59º
68º
72º
100º
-100º
90º
-90º
79º
-79º
64º
-64º
39º
-39º
0º
pergola
SUN EXPOSURE /PROTECTION
low albedo wall / pavement
THERMAL STABILITY
lift the inner box
ANABATIC WIND
winter model
dec 21 st
day time
the low albedo
materials heat up
night time
the low albedo
materials release
the heat gained
day time
the low albedo
materials heat up
25º
72º
AFTERNOON FRESH
ANABATIC WIND
summer model
jun 21 st
GAINING HEAT
through radiation
RELEASING HEAT
through convection
S
E
AFTERNOON FRESHANABATIC WIND
inner box
closer to south-west corner
to cool down the room
(
-)
sun
needed
no shading
sun
needed/blocked
seasonal shadow
sun
blocked
full shaded
(june 21 to dec 21)
pergola concept
(dec 21 to jun 21)
108º
98º
86º
75º
68º
59º
54º
54º
42º
29º
15º
0º
15º
29º
42º
54º
37º
34º
18º
0º
18º
34º
48º
57º
64º
73º
75º
85º
90º
95º
105º
115º
-108º
-117º
5º
7º
3º
5º
13º
19º
23º
25º
12º
15º
16º
21º
26º
22º
30º
23º
34º
36º
45º
47º
55º
57º
64º
68º
65º
37º
14º
25º
37 º
48º
59º
68º
72º
100º
-100º
90º
-90º
79º
-79º
64º
-64º
39º
-39º
0º
pergola
SUN EXPOSURE /PROTECTION
HEAT UP
low albedo wall / pavement
THERMAL STABILITY
winter model
dec 21 st
day time
the low albedo
materials heat up
night time
the low albedo
materials release
the heat gained
day time
the low albedo
materials heat up
night time
the low albedo
materials realease
the heat gained
25º
72º
AFTERNOON FRESH
ANABATIC WIND
summer model
jun 21 st
RELEASING FRESHNESS
through convection
GAINING HEAT
through radiation
RELEASING HEAT
through convection
S
W
E
N
bougainvillea
bougainvillea
spectabilis
jazmin estrella
trachelospermum
jasminoides
direct radiation
long wave
DAY BEHAVIOUR NIGHT BEHAVIOUR
S
E
AFTERNOON FRESHANABATIC WIND
inner box
closer to south-west corner
to cool down the room
BrittanySiegert
CamiloMeneses
JerónimoNazur
NestorLenarduzzi
WilliamCastro
sun
needed
no shading
sun
needed/blocked
seasonal shadow
sun
blocked
full shaded
(june 21 to dec 21)
pergola concept
(dec 21 to jun 21)
108º
98º
86º
75º
68º
59º
54º
54º
42º
29º
15º
0º
15º
29º
42º
54º
37º
34º
18º
0º
18º
34º
48º
57º
64º
73º
75º
85º
90º
95º
105º
115º
-108º
-117º
5º
7º
3º
5º
13º
19º
23º
25º
12º
15º
16º
21º
26º
22º
30º
23º
34º
36º
45º
47º
55º
57º
64º
68º
65º
37º
14º
25º
37 º
48º
59º
68º
72º
100º
-100º
90º
-90º
79º
-79º
64º
-64º
39º
-39º
0º
HEAT UP
winter model
dec 21 st
day time
the low albedo
materials heat up
night time
the low albedo
materials release
the heat gained
day time
the low albedo
materials heat up
night time
the low albedo
materials realease
the heat gained
25º
72º
summer model
jun 21 st
RELEASING FRESHNESS
through convection
GAINING HEAT
through radiation
RELEASING HEAT
through convection
S
W
E
N
bougainvillea
bougainvillea
spectabilis
jazmin estrella
trachelospermum
jasminoides
direct radiation
long wave
indirect radiation
short wave
DAY BEHAVIOUR NIGHT BEHAVIOUR
Glass is the weakest barrier to keep the heat gained
Dense fabric double courtains to avoid heat loose
PERGOLA OPERATION
MODULE OPERATION
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0121
0120

Brittany Siegert
Camilo Meneses
Jerónimo Nazur
Nestor Lenarduzzi
William Castro
INHABITED BUILDING THERMODYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR
winter
summer
morning
night
morning
night
0123
MCH 2023

morning night
winter
common
access 2
access 1
corridors
public space
bleachers
terrace
winter terrace
winter terrace
morning night
summer
COMMUNAL BUILDING SECTIONS / FAÇADES
long section circulation system
72º
25º
morning night
winter
common
access 1
corridors
public space
morning
summer
72º
25º
morning night
winter
common
access 2
access 1
corridors
public space
bleachers
terrace
winter terrace
winter terrace
morning night
summer
72º
25º
CLIMATE CHANGES
SECTION AND ELEVATIONS
Winter day Winter night
Summer day Summer night
0125
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COMMUNAL SITUATIONS
axo front axo back
COMMUNAL SITUATIONS
axo front axo back
morning night
winter
common
access 2
access 1
corridors
public space
bleachers
terrace
winter terrace
winter terrace
morning night
summer
COMMUNAL BUILDING SECTIONS / FAÇADES
72º
25º
common
access 2
corridors
public space
bleachers
winter terrace
morning night
summer
/ FAÇADES
72º
3D COMMUNA
S01_ Climate, Metabolism and Architecture Prof: Javier García-Germán
0126

FROM
PARIS
To
SAPORO
S_04 - Construction and Technology
I. Fernández+ D. García-Satien + A. Campbell + D. Castro
Team: A. Melo + C. Meneses + F. Quispe + S. Pavon
Different Places / Different Technologies
Build in Japan crisis
Whatwouldthebuilding57Housingdevelopment
in Paris by Herzog & de Meuron be like, if it were
built in Japan?
The challenge of the specialty consists of
transporting a building from a specific climatic
zone and context to a totally different one,
adapting its different components to the local
reality.
Sapporo, province of Hokkaido, Japan, is located
in the northern part of the island, being one of
the largest cities in the country, which has not
yet suffered from the hyperdensification of the
metropolises, but is threatened by this growing
Paris, France Sapporo, Japan
reality. Added to the demographic crisis that the
country is suffering due to the low birth rate, and
the housing problems derived from poor housing
construction, it requires the management of new
public projects that encourage new families to
settle down.
Between volcanoes, large forests and seismic
emergencies, redesigning a self-supporting
structure with local materials that resists
inclement weather will be the central axis of the
project, always considering not to lose the general
match that characterizes the building or
ASSIGNMENT
From: Paris, France To: Hokkaido, Japan
New location
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Location
1. France
Country
2. Paris
City
3. Rue des Suisses
Avenue
4. 57 housing
development in Paris
Herzog & De Meuron
A
B
C
D
D
Location
1. France
Country
2. Paris
City
3. Rue des Suisses
Avenue
4. 57 housing
Herzog & De Meuron
A
B
C
D
D
Location
1. France
Country
2. Paris
City
3. Rue des Suisses
Avenue
4. 57 housing
Herzog & De Meuron
A
B
C
D
D
Location
1. France
Country
2. Paris
City
3. Rue des Suisses
Avenue
4. 57 housing
Herzog & De Meuron
A
B
C
D
D
Building A
Single storey apartments
Building C
Lofts
Building C
Single storey apart
Buildings D
Cottages
Buildings
Building A
Building C
Lofts
Building C
Buildings D
Cottages
Buildings
Building A
Building C
Lofts
Building C
Single storey apartm
Buildings D
Cottages
Buildings
Building A
Building C
Lofts
Building C
Buildings D
Cottages
Buildings
BUILDINGS
LOCATION
Paris, France Exterior façade Rue des suisses building
Neighborhood Interior block facade
District XIV Obserbatoire Inner façade, Rue Junquoy building
Site Inner houses
1. 3.
2. 4.
S03_ Construction & Technology Booklet
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Building A
A
B B
C C
Type A
Area
Bedrooms
Users
115m2
3
4-5
Type B
Area
Bedrooms
Users
75m2
2
3-4
Type C
Area
Bedrooms
Users
60m2
1
1-2
Building A
A
B B
C C
Type A
Area
Bedrooms
Users
115m2
3
4-5
Type B
Area
Bedrooms
Users
75m2
2
3-4
Type C
Area
Bedrooms
Users
60m2
1
1-2
Building B
Type A
Area
Bedrooms
Users
115m2
3
4-5
A
Building B
Type A
Area
Bedrooms
Users
115m2
3
4-5
A
Building C
Type A
Area
Bedrooms
Users
-
3
4-5
Type B
Area
Bedrooms
Users
-
2
2-3
Type C
Area
Bedrooms
Users
60m2
3
3-4
A
B
C
Building C
Type A
Area
Bedrooms
Users
-
3
4-5
Type B
Area
Bedrooms
Users
-
2
2-3
Type C
Area
Bedrooms
Users
60m2
3
3-4
A
B
C
Building D
Type A
Area
Bedrooms
Users
76m2
1
1-2
A
A
Building D
Type A
Area
Bedrooms
Users
76m2
1
1-2
A
A
Rue des suisses building
Inner block building
Inner block houses
Rue Junquoy building
1.
3.
2.
4.
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New climate CLIMATE AND EMERGENCY
JAPAN CRISIS
Actual situation
0135
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Housing in Japan
Wood tradition in Japan
MATERIALS
SAPPORO
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New site
Sapporo, Hokaido
N
New block
New plot
Existing Site Existing Buildings To Be Demolished
Building C
Selected building to develop
New configuration
Sapporo, Japan
Paris, France
A B C
D A
B C D
RE-LOCATION
SITE
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ORIGINAL PROJECT STRUCTURE
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0140 MCH 2023

NEW BUILDING STRUCTURE
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0142 MCH 2023

Actual situation
New facilities
A
A
A A
Service shaft - Electric system Service shaft - Sanitary system
Basement (-1)
Ground floor (+0)
First floor (+1)
Second floor (+2)
ORIGINAL BUILDING FACILITIES
ORIGINAL BUILDING FACILITIES
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0144 MCH 2023

Water system
A
A
A A
Ground floor
1st - 2nd storey
Public water network
General stopcock
Distribution of water to cisterns
Water cistern
Water pumps
Main water network
Distribution of water network
1
2
3
4
5
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
Grey water recycle
A
A
A A
Ground floor
1st - 2nd floor
Recycled water storage
Recycled water storage filters
Electricity
Ground floor
1st - 2nd storey
A
A
A A
Photovoltaic panels 500W
Electric service room
Distribution of electricity
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
3
Multi split cooling / heating system
Lliving room
Bbedroom 1
Bbedroom 2
Bbedroom 3
Heating - cooling system
A
A
A A
Photovoltaic panels 500W
Electric service room
Distribution of electricity
Heating / cooling system
1
2
3
4
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
3
Ground floor
1st - 2nd storey
Service shaft - Electric system
ORIGINAL BUILDING ENERGY
NEW BUILDING SYSTEMS
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0146 MCH 2023

Single glass / wood frame
Double glazed + Wood frame
Ug value: 1,0 W/m2K
Wood screen
DOUBLE GLAZED WINDOW WITH FOLDING DOOR
Exterior walls
Rainscreen facade with Accoya wood
U value: 0.15 W/m2K
Interior walls
Structural Interior walls
U value: 1.07 W/m2K
U value: 0.50 W/m2K
Slabs
CLT slabs with insulation
U value: 0.33W/m2K
CLT PANELS
ENVELOPE
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0148 MCH 2023

Structural Interior walls
CLT slabs with insulation
Metal roofing+CLT
1
1 2 3
2
3
Section detail
Basement (concrete)
Underground Parking excavation
Underground parking
Basement (concrete)
Foundation, precast concrete slab and structural walls
Underground parking
SLABS AND DETAILS
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0150 MCH 2023

Upper levels (CLT)
3D kitchen and bathroom module and CLT walls
Ground floor
Upper levels (CLT)
3D kitchen and bathroom module and CLT slabs and walls
and first floor
Ground floor
Upper levels (CLT)
CLT slabs and walls
and first floor
Ground floor
Upper levels (CLT)
CLT slabs and walls
second floor
First and
0153
0152 MCH 2023

Roof (CLT and standing seam)
Roof
CLT and standing seam roof
Upper levels (CLT)
CLT slabs and walls
third floor
First, second and
Upper levels (CLT)
CLT walls and roof
Third floor and rooft
FINAL PROPOSAL
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0154 MCH 2023

The MCH has been a great practice for collaborative
work, intense learning and questioning about residential
architecture in the current times.
The diverse specialties and experiences in workshops with
renowned professionals, has turned this exercise into an
enriching and rewarding challenge.
Having the opportunity to listen to top architects such
as Anne Lacaton, Hrvoje Nijiric, Dietmar Eberle, Elli
Mosayebi, to name a few, has been stimulating not only
in disciplinary aspects, but also on a personal level.
Professionals who from their humility and closeness
demonstrate their love for architecture in the simplicity
and dedication of teaching, to make the project a bridge
that facilitates and improves people’s lives.
Perhaps another great value of the program is the richness
of its diversity, working with peers presents multiple
problems and arrangements, which over time become
complicity and companionship. People of different
nationalities, backgrounds and projections, who, with
their critical thinking are able to abandon their personal
ego and work towards a common goal, the architectural
project. This is gratifying and inspiring for any architect.
Finally, I would like to thank each one of them, as well
as the administrative team of the director De Lapuerta,
in particular Nuria Muruais, manager of the master and
above all the heart of it.
For this great 2023, thank you.
ABOUT THE MASTER EXPERIENCE
José María la Puerta - Director.
Andrea Deplazes - Director.
Nuria Muruais - Manager.
Celia Ramón - Assistant.
1. Santiago Aguirre - Chile.
2. Gabriel Barba - Perú.
3. Camila Cano - Colombia.
4. William Castro - Perú.
5. Fernándo González - México.
6. Hector Herrera - México.
7. Nestor Lenarduzzi - Argentina/Italia.
8. Andrés Melo - Colombia.
9. Camilo Meneses - Chile.
10. Isabel Monsalve - Ecuador.
11 Lucas Navarro - Argentina.
12. Jeronimo Nazur - Argentina.
13. Vyoma Popat - India.
14. Andrés Padilla - Mexico.
15. Stephany Pavón - Honduras.
16. Fredy Quispe - Perú.
17. Paloma Romero - México.
18. Brittney Siegert - USA.
19. Ángela Tamayo - México.
20. Samira Taubmann - Austria.
21. Krishna Yadav - India.
22. Alejandro Yañez - México.
PARTICIPANTS MCH 2023
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0156 MCH 2023

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