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Recooperation
“… good housing is more common where it is locally produced through network structures and decentralizing technologies”
Turner, John F.C, Housing by People. Towards Autonomy in Building Environments, Marion Boyars, London, 1976
Recooperation is an holistic proposal for
urban revitalization of mass housing
Where?
Spain
Valencian
Metropolitan
Area
Valencian
Region
Valencia
City Center
Orba
neighborhood
4km
Context
Albufera
Natural
Park
Traditional
Orchards
Spread of
urbanization
natural
park
traditional
orchards
Disconnection of natural
ecosystems!
riparian
forests
traditional
orchards
coastal
lagoon
ricefields
dunes
riparian
forests
irrigation
ditch
2744 housing units
4862 inhabitants
25% of empty houses
Aging population
Unemployment rate: 40%
Strong associative network
Wood industry = local know-how
Energetic inefficiency
49% of public space for cars
Each dwelling: 75 m2
Brick load bearing walls
Territorial
strategies
Connecting the natural, rural and urban systems
National Park Orchards
Watercourse
Connecting the natural, rural and urban systems
National Park Orchards
Watercourse
Intensificating the productive orchards
Restoring the irrigation ditch
Connecting the natural, rural and urban systems
Recovering the riparian forest
National Park Orchards
Watercourse
Creating a riverside park
National Park Orchards
Watercourse
Stitching the eastern wetlands
Connecting the natural, rural and urban systems
National Park Orchards
Watercourse
Implementing a green filter of poplars
Connecting the natural, rural and urban systems
National Park Orchards
Watercourse
The neighborhood as a landscape-connector node!
Connecting the natural, rural and urban systems
Urban
strategies
Strategies for water, wood, energy and productive cycles
`Recycling´ = reinserting a cycle dynamics
New mobility scheme
New water cycle
New productive activities
New renewable energies
Urban
design
Primary school
Wood training center Water treatment
plant
Business incubator
Kindergarten
Social center
Dissuasive parking
Rehabilitated rural heritage
Public space
The city may grow in terms of quality rather than in square meters!
Housing
strategies
New shared spaces
Spatial flexibility
Participatory process
Energetic adaptation
In-between spaces
Community exchange
system
Architectural upgrading
Reversible improvements
Wood and local know-how
Economically sustainable interventions
Manifesto
Low cost, modifiable, non-definitive solutions
Structural elements, enclosures and furniture made in local wood
SPACE
TIME GOODS
Community exchange
system
Inhabitants offer SPACE
Inhabitants obtain shared & private SPACE
Inhabitants offer and obtain
TIME/WORK
GOODS/MONEY
Implementation
Self-promoted changes for every 20 housing units sharing 1 access
Adding layers of shared space
Ground floor
First floor
Second floor
Third floor
Fourth floor
Rooftop floor
Typological
diversity
Rehabilitation with wooden elements and gallery extension
Autonomous satellite room with equipped furniture
Greenhouse extension on the rooftop and shared terrace
Façade renewal with staircase, new plugged-in bathroom, equipped furniture and shared terrace
+
Narrowing house with new gallery and plugged-in kitchen and bathroom
Thank you!
IMPROVISTOS
With the vital collaboration of
Orba Neighbors Civic Neighborhood Association
Alfafar Municipality Universities of Valencia and Madrid
Experts Consultants on Law, Engineering, Sustainability and Participation Professors of Landscape and Architecture
music: ‘Entre dos aguas’ by Paco de Lucía