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How to add more programme without increasing the surface? Spain has suffered in recent years from an incredible rise in the cost of a square metre of housing. Housing regulations are adapting to allow smaller minimum sizes for apartments as it becomes unaffordable to buy and to rent for ever more people. The University of Zaragoza plans to build 500 new apartments for students and guest teachers following this change in regulations, and fixing apartments with one bedroom at 30 m2, and two bedroom apartments at 37 m². Caption To fight these rising costs we propose a growth in space (m3) without increasing the floor area (m²). The plan will remain as small as possible, while finding new opportunities in the section. This will... More