PORTFOLIO
ELENA SOFIA CONGIU
MCH Master in Collective Housing UPM/ETH
2018
Wsp 3 24h society
Wsp 2 Suspending las Flores
Energy and Sustainbiilty An Icelandic Dome
Urban Design Behind the Scenes
Landscape The Sound Colony
Wsp 1 Slow Living
Wsp 7 Productive Housing
Wsp 6 21 m of Light
Wsp 3 Inbetween Facades
Housing Project Life of Fuids
Housing Project Alternative Housing
Wsp 5 Form . Core . Facade
Energy and Sustainability Specialty leader . Javier GarcĂa-GermĂĄn Project Partner . Miguel Angel Valverde
An Icelandic Dome
« There is a yearning to spend as much time outside as is possible when the weather permits, this gives rise to the phenomenon of sun-guilt. If the sun is shining and it’s warm then you are to be outside enjoying it in some way. », said Ólafur Baldvin Jónsson, an Icelandic student of architecture. Knowing the environment was not enough, so we decided to have a direct interview with a local guy. He continued: « Another concept of climate influence is window-weather. This is the deceptive sunny day, that looks just fabulous from the bedroom window, but is in fact windy and cold » , we knew,at that point, how the climate could influence people’s attitude.
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layer in contact with the energy source (human body)
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layer in contact with exterior environnement . ETFE PILLOWS
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Following the interview we learned that the geothermal energy is more than cheap, we learnt that they need to rise the environment humidity due to the dryness of the permanent heat. Furthermore we learnt about their habits and local costume.
We had a full vision of the context, habits: how they live, how they dress. Starting from this we created a metaphor between human body, its protection, and the house, translating one system into the other one. The process went from inside, creating first the house atmosphere to outside. Finally we realized an environment where the confort zone was assured by thermal energy, hot tubs, and vegetation.were the visual light would have helped the sun luck, where the well-being and the psychological behavior could have helped and be supported by communal activities.
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WINDOW WEATHER
SUPERPOSE ELEMENTS TO “DRESS THE HOUSE”
SEASONAL DEPRESSION AND SUN GUILTY
IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPING A WARM SHARED INDOOR SPACE
VERNACULAR TECHINCS
TECHINICAL INNOVATION
INSIDE-OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE VARIATION
CREATE A GRADUAL TEMPERATURE TRANSITION
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Multiplying the heating surface, the energy installation will be able to regulate the dome temperature. 5.0 m
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BEDROOM: Sud orientation, Est and Ouest closed by walls. During the summer the sun rises at 3 am and sets at 11:30
EXPOSITION
• Flexibility • Corrugation
• Increasing the number of heating surface
The houses cells are oriented in order to provide the best exposition for each function.
LIVING ROOM: Sud Façade Preferable the est orientation
Kitchen and common spaces: Sud Façade Ouest or est orientation
HOUSE CELL PROGRAMM HOUSE - PRIVATE SPHERE ACTIVITIES
bedroom bathroom
MASSING STRATEGY FOR THE OUTDOOR CLIMATE HOUSE - COMMON SPACE ACTIVITIES
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ACTIVITIES SUPERPOSITION
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Workshop 1 Workshop leader . Hrvoje Njiric Project Partner . Laura Soto
Density
Context Connections Context connections
Settlement density
Humans, Nature and the slow city
Settlement Density
historical center commercial activities
human scale
Context connections
civic space
nature scale
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Humans, Nature and the slow citySlow city Human, Nature,
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Mobility, Pathways, Void
Inbetween spaces
Slow Living
The characters in New Altazar, can drop their usual motives for movement and action, their relations, their work and leisure activities, and let themselves be drawn by the attractions of the terrain and the encounters they find there... In this play, getting lost is the way to live the house and its surroundings. It’s the way of contemplating nature and providing the inspiration for a healthier lifestyle. Its where the characters can take time to appreciate the process of earth production and mind creation. Where waiting is understood not as ¨doing nothing¨, but being absolutely present.
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HOW COULD A PATIO WORK? Every patio could be organised by its user. The patio creates the semipublic space, where inhabitans could find their own space, living and taking benefits form the community life.
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CONNECTION SYSTEM BETWEEN THE URBAN PATIOS The patio is shaped by the land, tand furthermore it takes advantage from the slope, in order to create a system of terraces that allow the permability of the comlpex
The inhabitants can decide to share this space with the community as a workshop space, or to integrate it as a part of their private house
The project is located in a small town outside Madrid called Atazar. The area occupied by the project is as big as the existing historical center, therefore we decided to propose the same density. The masterplan is based on the void as the interpretation of slow living and a meeting point of different scales that can contribute to a village lifestyle and sociability.
The idea is to generate an urban fabric that focuses on paths and meeting points rather than the architecture itself. The architecture in this case is a mean of creating different paths and voids that can produce an infinite amount of ways to discover the city.
This paths and voids can allocate all the activities desired by farmers that want urbanization and urbanites that are looking for a simple life, going from the most public to the most private spheres of life.
In order to produce this labyrinthic urban typology in a steep field, we created a piece that could be replicated in two dimensions to generate a big maze, allowing us to have private, semiprivate and public voids from the aggregation of 3 different housing typologies, for different users.Â
Workshop 2 Workshop leader . Felix Claus
Suspending Las Flores
In a paradoxical world, one of the most renowned building in Madrid has been demolished: Casa de las Flores has to be replace. The context is the XIX century neighborhood of Arguelles, whose inhabitants are mostly small families and students. How to respond to the urban change and to the millennial society? The ground floor occupancy is limited to the center of the plot. Around it a public place, shadowed by the the building upper levels, will host commercial and leisure activities . The building increases its perimiter, evaporating and reaching the maximum density at its third level. The internal courtyard is defined by different levels of collective gardens, recreating a system of the traditional courtyards. The vertical core are a prominent element of the project. they are definitely the typology pivot. Each stairs serve 3 apartments. Finally, the grid and the mat building are defined by the repetition of this triad.
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Landscape Specialty leader . Ginès Garrido Project Partner . Laura Soto . Carlos Chauca . Jorge Tofiño
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Casa de Campo is the biggest natural reservoir in Madrid, with its 1722 hectares. The east border is cut by the madrilenian highway, the M30, that isolates it from the northern parks system and the Mazanares river. In this context is set a decadent neighborhood called colonia de Manzanares.
Straight between the M30 and the riverbed, the small district lives like an island at the edge of the spanish capital.
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The west border is afflicted by a constant traffic jam that provoques noise pollution out of the legal threshold. On the other hand, the east side faces a natural riparian environment. The project is developed around a system of sounds barriers and buffer zones, and it aims to enhance and create a network of positive sounds. A spine inside the neighborhood, the new main street, will provide 3 public areas to revitalize the Coloniaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. The south recreates the entrance to the neighborhood, with a new public square, the center hosts the markets and the main public activities, while the north connets the neighborhood to the west park and the university city, hosting a music school and sport facilities. Finally, the M30 will be overlapped by a green barrier, configured as a bridge in 3 main points, in order to reconnect Casa de Campo with the city life. To conclude, the intervention the river side is re-qualified with suspended belvedere and autochthonous vegetation.
Workshop 3 Workshop leader . Amann . Canovas . Maruri Project Partner . Rosario Pastore . Antonella Peretti . Gabriela Burbano
24 hours Society
This project is not an hypothetical possibility for the future, but the architecture of the present. This project translates the way of living we are going through, rethinking the modern fixed typology. Furthermore it is an attempt to adapt the consolidate city pattern to a new way of living, demanded by the society evolution. Our experimental project takes place in a 60â&#x20AC;&#x2122; building from Cano Lasso. The goal is to turn the building into a flexible space, into a mixed use building, finally into a 24 hours infrastructure that will respond to the no stopcity life. The existing building has been analyzed and dissected by uses, technologies, flexible spaces and fixed spaces. Stairs, elevators and shafts aree preserved and consolidated. The plan is configured as an open house.
A private area is owned or rent by the inhabitants, where the user can decide the space destination. on the other hand, polyvalent rooms, in-between spaces, working spaces and communal areas are owned by the community. The building is a 24 hours infrastructure, where dwellings and offices share common spaces responding to the 24 hours society needs. The existing building is the pedestal for the Re-densification. A multifunctional ring provides a continuous space, where external users can settle down for a limited period. This ring is the welcome space for the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s temporary travels who need a low cost living space, and a accessible working area with shared amenities.
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Urban Design Specialty leader . José María Ezquiaga Project Partner . Andrea Mantecón . Eve Vervelidou
Behind The Scenes
There are nodes in the cities crucial for the city life. These focal points are normally meeting points, passageways, functional spaces, but rarely place where to linger. Nowadays, the city center of Madrid has a system of squares and public spaces that need to be relinked and reconfigured, to integrate it with the future Gran Via asset. « Outdoor activities create the public scene life » said Ian Gehl. According to his theories, we analyze one of he most critical node of the city center: Plaza del Callao». « there is nothing that makes me want to stay, not a bench, not a cozy corner, not a fountain in the center..It’s not somewhere I would stay and rest » report the interviews we collected. Once, the square was a bus terminal, where people used to go just to leave again.
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Today, the square still live with a constant flux of people passing through . On the other hand, the square hosts ephemeral events during the year, from manifestation and flash mobs to publicity campaign and night events.
This is the flexible potentiality of an empty space. People flow and the freedom of using it suggested us the way to improve the life of this public area. The square needs a light intervention, to attract users without interrupting the flows run. According to this, everything that normally compose the square floor should be hung: electricity, water, green, benches.
A metal railway brings up the functions, conducting electricity and water, everything will be provided and conducted by the installation, reverting the square system from the ground floor to the top. In this way, the design respect the city request of an empty flexible space, moreover it provides a new way to enjoy one of the most popular square in Madrid.
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Workshop 4 Workshop leader . Cino Zucchi Project Partner . Prajakta Gawde
Inbetween Facades
Madrid has particular climate conditions, rigid winters and hot summers. Accordingly to it the facade is designed as a flexible buffer zone, able to respond to different seasonal conditions. Fisrt of all, the outdoor spaces as loggias, bow windows and balconies can extend the internal living areas outside. Secondly, as we are in a disadvantageous orientation west-east, the building design follows a radial tangent to the south orientation, moreover freeing the sightseen.
The direct sun heat is mitigated by the building itself, with a grid facade that welcome different elements: balconies with double hight to enhance the ventilation, and a stepped back internal facade that project shadows gradually from north to south.
The facade is protected by vertical aluminum panels sun shading.
These elements are placed outside the windowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s glass, in order to prevent the inside temperature increasing and to slowed the ventilation when needed.
Workshop 5 Workshop leader . Andrea Deplazes Project Partner . Manuel Sรกnchez
21m of Light
Dealing with the depth is a challenge that can be transformed in opportunity. How can we adapt a 21 m typology to be enlightened everywhere? Bring the natural enlightenment to each room, brought us to a peculiar typology, sculpted by the light. the first step has been shaping the plan knowing that for 3 m high we have 7 m of light radiation. Furthermore, we create different conditions for each facade, taking in account the possibility to create double facing apartments.
The South facade is definitely more compact, making the light filters as a blame through a thin opening.
On the one hand the south facade will provide a good amount of interior light and at the same time it will protect the internal facade with shadow.
On the other hand, the north facade is less compact, providing great natural lighting to the internal areas.
Moreover, this opening alternation enhance the natural ventilation, from side to side, as so from the bottom to the top, fundamental for the humid Costa Rica climate.
The system allows a huge range of typological disposition with one depth. The 100 sqm typology can be configured in different ways: each one can have a jolly room to aggregate, it can be independent, or eventually it can be planned as a spread apartment along the internal corridor. This flexible building is apt to San JosĂŠ, where the climate condition are favorable, the thermal excursion is minimum, and the social life happens in communal areas.
Workshop 6 Workshop leader . Dietmar Eberle Project Partner . Miguel Angel Valverde
Form Core Envelope
The XIX contest building infill deals with the disadvantageous condition of a disadvantageous orientation in a narrow street. Form, Core, Envelope are to be rethink. Furthermore, the private courtyard and the public pathway have to be reconnected and revitalized. In this context, the core are a fundamental in-between space that can upgrade the quality of the building. Installing the stairs along the est facade you create a qualitative space, providing with an opening to the courtyard and so enhancing the natural connection between the private and the public sphere.
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The facade is designed as a structural component, where the loggias, the windows and the sun shading system are installed. The west orientation and the context strictly influence its design: the diagonal facade turns the building orientation towards the south.
Moreover, the project itself shadows,the interior space. Another benefit is the incrementation of the visual perpective, prolonged along the street. Finally, when the facade touches ground floor, it creates a welcome atrium, filter and connection between the street and the courtyard.
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Workshop leader . Annet Gigon
Alternative Housing
Alternative housing offers solutions for those who can no longer find housing in the traditional market. In Brussels, some buildings remain empty for several years and many associations propose to the owners to conclude a temporary occupation agreement. This alternative makes possible to offer a temporary solution to people in great housing difficulty. Here, the proposal is to develop an intergenerational housing This is a shared flat between an elderly person and either students or a young household. The cooperation and co-living is proposed as a way of sharing amenities and working areas, in order to restart the collective manufacturing and reintroducing the productivity in the city as laboratories commerces and living .
The tenants could administrate as a cooperative the building, acquiring and administrating the property as a common estate. Reusing the existent structural system, the infill takes a step back from the facade, creating a free space that faces the private houses . Therefore, the ground floor offers its space for small productions activities and meeting points.
Workshop 7 Workshop leader . Allison Brooks Project Partner . Laura Soto . Miguel Angel Valverde
Productive Housing
We started with the initiative of EMVS (Madrid Municipal Housing Agency) of promoting housing that integrates elderly or seniors with younger generations. This based on a communitarian system, where young people can have affordable housing and lower rents as they spend more time taking care of elderly as a TIME BANK system. On the other hand, elder have experience and knowledge that can be transmitted to younger generations, being part of a community and avoiding age segregation. Thinking about the future of housing and city relations, we propose a productive housing where we can bring industry back to the city, not only for the memory of the site, but also to have a more efficient and mixed city with less displacements .
HONEY PRODUCTION 1. Nectar transported to the hive
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This way, we propose an urban beekeeping housing and industrial complex, in which both generations we are treating can be part of.
On one side, as leisure activity, elderly can help with gardening of flowers, which are a big part of the productive chain of honey. On the other, younger generations can work in the extraction, production, packaging and distribution of the honey.
The housing itself is generated from an initial schema where there is a big central shared space, and small private cells around it that can serve for both elderly or young adults, and one third layer of external spaces or loggias.
This schema allows for a cooperative colony of both generations. To achieve this organization, we started exploring Vorony geometry parting from circles with the ideal size for each space.
Once we had all the triangulation, we extracted one module that could be repeated and adjusted with the geometry of the plot, each one with its core, central space, 4 private housing units and its adjacent loggias. The inner space joins the 2 generations together around a shared kitchen and a big table, the historical meeting place for most communities.
Housing Project Workshop leader . Anne Lacaton Project Partner . Alejandra Delgado . Francisco Espinosa
Life of Fluids
Packard plant represents a moment of industrial success in Detroit, the lifestyle revolved around productivity in the industry and the dynamics of daily life responded to this influence. However, when the industry disappeared, the city went bankrupt, the population decreased and the neighborhoods remained empty. We should think about the quality of a space but first about how I can afford this space; and this leads to productivity which generates and income that can allow the home buying goal. In this scenario, the proposed idea is about having a housing typology that allows to have the domestic living integrated with the productive living, recreating this production chain that influenced the life in the industrial neighborhood of Detroit.
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