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11 Un comentario sobre el Mirador

18 Un comentario sobre Celosia A Commentary on Celosia24 Carabanchel 16 Social Housing Carabanchel Social Housing

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Emplazamineto SiteSanchinarro, Madrid, Spain

Equipo TeamBlanca LLeoIgnacio BorregoMaria EspinosaHelena AguilarBeatriz FierroMiguel TejadaJuan Andres AntolinMaria Gonzalez Campo

Contratista ContractorJD & asociados

Estructura e instalacionesStructural and ServicesNB35 MadridJesus JimenezEmilio Gonzalez

Proyecto Design2001-2005

Finalizacion Completion2005

Once again the EMVS has rallied together to produce an archi-tectural icon that raises interest in the topic of Madrid socialhousing. This time the Sanchinarro receives a reference pointfor the city extension that counterpoints against the uniformityof the normal housing blocks located in the city. The 22 storeybuilding frames the existing landscape with a large lookout 40meters above the ground while providing the users with acommunity garden and a space where they can both view andcontemplate the skyline of the surrounding neighborhoods. The name arises from the pre-Columbian Mayan settlementthat was known for its quantity and size of causeways, internally linking important architectural compounds, and externally linking the numerous major cities within. Similarlyto its borrowed name the architecture tries to open domesticarchitecture to the new city environment and to its surround-ing territories. The project tries to create an urban density where it is lacked inthe city of Sanchinarro. The building reflects the extroversionand vividness of the Spanish culture. The normal block of houses that surround an inaccessible patio is flipped creating apublic patio that still preserves the open space needed by themodern city. In contrast to the serial and rationalist repetitionof the standard family unit, the housing units are grouped in small blocks that are stacked and glued together to create nine new superblocks, representative of integration of the varioussocial groups and lifestyles. The articulation of these superblocks become apparent in theexterior palettes, equal parts stone, concrete, and tile. These white, gray, and black colors are offset with bands of red paintthat are representative of the building’s circulation. Each block provides its own type of unit plan offering at least nine types of apartments for tenants. The slits in between the blocks act as access zones. These access zones interrupt and organize the superblocks to createthe feel of small suburbs within a vertical neighborhood linked with stairs, halls, platforms, and streets. The views from the outdoor void are the special moments of this project. The communal platform views across to theGuadalajarra Mountains. This viewing platform that is located above the ground services the tenants of the building but isclosed off to the public creating a benefit of social housing over normal banal tenant housing.

Un comentario sobre el MiradorA Commentary on the Mirador

Information from MVRDV

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Emplazamineto SiteSanchinarro, Madrid, Spain

Equipo TeamBlanca LLeoWiny MaaJacob van rijsNathalie de Vries

Contratista ContractorJD & asociados

Estructura e instalacionesStructural and ServicesNB35 MadridJesus JimenezEmilio Gonzalez



Next to el Mirador the other escape from the uniformity of the housing units also designed by MVRDV is Celosia. Thenearby Mirador building which was completed by MVRDV and Blanca Lleó in 2005 also discusses the traditional build-ing block by exploring the vertical. With the Celosia build-ing MVRDV experiments with horizontality and arranges the interior court but opposes the generic introvertedarchitecture in the area by bringing light and communalspace into the building mimicking the urban Spanishlifestyle by allowing every apartment to open up to a small plaza.In contrast to the technique of the Mirador of opening a

single communal void 40 meters up to become a commu-nal space, Celosia becomes an opening on all levels. Blocks of eight houses are seen as separate prefabricated figures. The given volume of the city block was divided into 30small blocks of apartments. These blocks are positioned in a checkerboard pattern next to and on top of each other, leaving wide openings for communal patios throughoutthe building. The block assembles 146 apartments that are all accessed through communal areas. Although most of these apartments have additional private outdoor spaceright behind the front door, tenants also have the possibil-ity to gather in the communal high-rise patios which offerviews towards the city and the mountains. The simple actof opening the front door connects the private outdoor areas to the communal area.This perforated block allows light and air to move throughthe building while creating vistas from the street to thebuilding back down to the surrounding area. Underneaththe building is a two level parking garage with enough room to protect 165 vehicles. The plinth of the building also offers 6 retail units which once again allow the social housing to offer more amenities than the normal tenanthousing in the area.

Un comentario sobre la CelosiaA Commentary on the Celosia

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The project on the outskirts of Madrid is composed of 100 housing units and a double skin façade. The siteof the project exists near a new urban park on the west and on the north. The architectural approach was to maximize space within these housing units while also allowing them to be flexible and very high in quality. The homogenous skin made of bambooserves the purpose of erasing the visibility of theindividual units and their differences creating onesingle volume as a result. The approach to the build-ing is along the street of the west façade and on the opposition side of the building from the east façade adjacent to the garden. The location of the units was developed so that each façade of the housing unit faces a nascent urban park and a garden. The units are compacted within the rectangular mass of the building with terraces that span the length of the building on either side. These two terraces act as a buffer zone in between the unit itself and the bamboo façade. In between the two terraces is where the units are located as elongated tubes that connect both façades. Since the primary access to these units exits on the outermost regions of the buildings, the seven cores allows for access up to the higher units. The façade allows for maximum solar exposure as well as views to the gardens. It is comprised of bamboo screens mounted on folding frames. The screens may be folded open or shut to regulate the amount of sunlight into the units. These screens may also be opened up for views out into the city which creates a disruption in the continuity of the façade. The units themselves are fully glazed on either side. Each unit is accessed through sliding doors along the terrace.

Carabanchel Social Housing


Emplazamineto SiteMadrid, Spain

Equipo TeamFarshid MoussaviAlejandro Zaera PoloNere CalvilloDavid CasinoLeo GallegosCaroline MarkusJoaquim RigauEva Scheucher

Contratista ContractorAcciona

Estructura e instalacionesStructural and ServicesJesus HierroJHS Proyecto de Estructuras y Arquitectura, S.L.Alfonso Cuenca SanchezFASEVENASETECNICRaol Heranz S.D.C.



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View of the facadefrom the garden.

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View of the facade from the garden.

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View of the facadefrom the garden.

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Emplazamineto SiteCalle de los Morales 25 Madrid, Spain

Equipo TeamPaul GonzalesPavel GetovSimon DemeuseChris WarrenEd HatcherEui Yeob JeongJoachim ReiterKurt WestAlicia BerenguerBorja HerreroBegona IglesiasLeon BenacerrafB+DU Estudio de Arquitectura

Contratista ContractorUICESA

Estructura e instalacionesStructural and ServicesCarlos PintorRoberto VargasAna LuengaRafael UrculoBorja HerreroGerardo Berrocal



The social housing project in the PAU of Carabanchel provides an alternative response to the typical tower –like structure with a rhythmic organization of the social housing units. The organization of the Carabanchel 11 social housing units are positioned in a way that forms a ‘J’ shape in section. The complex is a grid-like structure with a communal layout that allows the complex to be more like a village with whitewashed walls to keep the area cool in the summer.The approach to this social housing unit is similar to approaching a town that is condensed into one block. There is a mixture of high rise and low-rise buildings including two towers of seven and six storeys contrasting to the two level story housing units located along the landscape below. The visitors have access the complex through a 14-storey tower and the garage is located underground which levitates the ‘village’ from traffic and also allows access to different parts of the units. The passage-ways and streets within this complex are generally very narrow.The complex is comprised of 141 two and three-bedroom apartments and also four-bedroom family units of 35 different types. The individual units contain a kitchen, utility rooms, livings rooms and an upstairs bedroom with a terrace. The units contain tall chimneys that are based on Arab chimneys that draw cool air down in through the window at the top of the tower displacing hot air inside of the unit. This produces the natural ventilation in the units. There is also an air conditioning unit as a backup system.The loggias allow for green spaces on a domestic scale which is a feature found in detached villas. The porticos are recessed and bordered by columns. They are open to the air and have mini gardens planted with oak saplings.The residential facilities are spread amongst a vast surface as opposed to being stacked and compacted into a building mass. Within the housing units there are gathering spaces which are open spaces for the community. These open spaces are comprised of criss-crossing broken beams that revitalize the institutionalized nature of tradition public housing projects. Within the residential units there are small, fenced patios. Also, there are mid-sized courtyards for the public as well as large communal, landscaped ‘paseos’ shaded by metal structures for vegetation over a concrete trellis. This all covers 3,000m² of open landscape with growing vegetation. This vegetation grows up the lattices and the walls which provides for shade in the summer. The taller buildings of the two level units are also covered by these plants.

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Archidose. "Mirador." Welcome to the World of Archidose! Archidose. Web. 10 May 2010.

<http://www.archidose.org/Mar05/032105.html>.

Galinsky. "Mirador Building Madrid by MVRDV." Galinsky. Web. 10 May 2010.

<http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/mirador/index.html>.

Http://www.mimoa.eu, Mimoa //. "El Mirador De Sanchinarro, Blanca Lleó Asociados,

MVRDV | Madrid | Spain | MIMOA." MIMOA | Modern Architecture Guide |

Contributed, Organised, and Mapped by You. MIMOA. Web. 09 May 2010.

<http://www.mimoa.eu/projects/Spain/Madrid/El%20Mirador%20de%20Sanchinarro>.

MVRDV. "El Mirador." MVRDV. MVRDV. Web. 10 May 2010.

<http://www.mvrdv.nl/#/projects/housing/178mirador>.

MVRDV El Mirador Works Cited

MVRDV Celosia Works Cited

Bentzen, Thomas. "Celosia A New Building by MVRDV." Archicentral. 05 Nov. 2008. Web.

"Celosia Building / MVRDV with Blanca Lleó | ArchDaily." ArchDaily | Broadcasting

Architecture Worldwide. ArchDaily. Web. 10 May 2010.

<http://www.archdaily.com/29637/celosia-building-mvrdv-with-blanca-lleo/>.

"Dezeen » Blog Archive » Celosia Residence by MVRDV and Blanca Lleó." Dezeen

Architecture and Design Magazine. Dezeen. Web. 09 May 2010.

<http://www.dezeen.com/2009/07/16/celosia-residence-by-mvrdv-and-blanca-lleo/>.

K, David. "Celosia Residence." Mood: Architecture + Design + Interior. 22 Sept. 2009. Web. 9

May 2010.

"MVRDV Celosia Residence." Weblog post. Archipreneur. 14 Oct. 2009. Web. 9 May 2010.

<http://archipreneur.blogspot.com/2009/10/mvrdv-celosia-residence.html>.

FOA Carabanchel 16 Works Cited

"Carabanchel 16, Public Housing Development, Madrid." Design Build Network. Web. 10 May 2010.

<http://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/carabanchel/>.

"Carabanchel Housing by FOA." Weblog post. Wallpaper. 22 Aug. 2007. Web. 8 May 2010.

<http://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/carabanchel-housing-by-foa/1673>.

Foreign Office Architects. "Carabanchel Social Housing." Foreign Office Architects Official Site. 2008. Web. 8

May 2010. <http://www.f-o-a.net/#/projects/509>.

Saieh, Nico. "Carabanchel Housing / Foreign Office Architects | ArchDaily." Web log post. ArchDaily |

Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide. Arch Daily, 30 May 2008. Web. 10 May 2010.

<http://www.archdaily.com/1580/caranbachel-housing-foreign-office-architects/>.

"Carabanchel 11, Public Housing Development, Madrid." Design Build Network.

Designbuild-network.com. Web. 9 May 2010.

<http://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/Morphosis/>.

"Carabanchel 11, Public Housing Development, Morphosis with B+DU Estudio De Arquitectura on

Flickr - Photo Sharing!" Welcome to Flickr - Photo Sharing. Web. 10 May 2010.

<http://www.flickr.com/photos/giacomobecks/2668848206/>.

"Morphosis - Madrid Social Housing : Arcspace.com." Architecture Online - Arcspace Is an

Architecture and Design Magazine That Features Today's Most Creative Projects as Well as

the Most Influential of the Past. 13 Oct. 2008. Web. 10 May 2010.

<http://www.arcspace.com/architects/morphosis/msh/msh.html>.

Morphosis Carabanchel 11 Works Cited

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