Aluche Housing
Fernando Alda

Aluche Housing

The plot and the programme of needs on which this architectural proposal is based establish very defined limits that require an accurate and rigorous response. The proposed project is strict in its development, but offers some unexpected elements that give the building a powerful and attractive identity.

photo_credit Fernando Alda
Fernando Alda
photo_credit Fernando Alda
Fernando Alda

The block houses one hundred dwellings served only by six vertical cores, achieving an optimum ratio between buildable and usable surface area without renouncing, in any case, to double orientation and cross ventilation. This translates directly into the rationality of the construction and the economy of the work, but the project enjoys other elements that multiply the value of the building.

photo_credit Fernando Alda
Fernando Alda

Unlike what is usual in small blocks such as this one, the courtyard is a wooded, visually attractive place, sufficiently sunny in winter and humid and ventilated in summer; and on the roof, a platform for collective use with a swimming pool offers privileged views over the Casa de Campo and the Sierra de Guadarrama. The façades, both inside and outside, repeat the same opening, with certain variations in size and position. This has made it possible to optimise its design and industrial manufacture, considerably improving its elements. The work thus acquires, in contrast to the confusing diversity of the urban environment, a certain visual calm.

photo_credit Fernando Alda
Fernando Alda
photo_credit Fernando Alda
Fernando Alda
photo_credit Fernando Alda
Fernando Alda
photo_credit Fernando Alda
Fernando Alda

 

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