EL PERELLÓ
Heaven
Patch: Territory
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Ground Floor
First Floor
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Second Floor
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250 m
INFRASTRUCTURE Legend roads
Highways Water gates
connecting ecosystems
Primary road - CV 500
Valencia
Secundary road Tertiary road Irrigation ditch Bus stop
El Perelló CV-50
El Perelló
Casa Sancho
El Perelló
U53 Casa Blanca
The aim of this intervention is to connect the various ecosystems that are recurring along the whole coast yet are not allowed to interact due to the rigidity of the barriers (which are the streets) and a zoning that does not allow for that overlap to occur. These ecosystems are the beach, summer houses, buffer strip, and rice fields.
Prebab concrete docks Capacity: 189 moorings
PU28
Cullera
Sueca
CV-502
CV-500
Sant Pasqual Bailon Church
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R27
ECONOMY Euros
Barraca de D. Javier Puchol
1.989,9 2.000,00
23.000
1.880,45
1.800,00
1.820
22.500
1.728,39
Income price * prductivity
1.800 1.790
22.000
1..600,00
1.780
1.438,32
1.770
21.500
1.400,00
1284,11
2009 euros/Ha
1.760 1.750
1.264,66
21.000
1.201,28 1.200,00
20.500
1.000,00
1.720
20.000
€/m2 2008
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People
Since the beach is the main and only attraction, therefore constant trials of extending the shoreline leading it to being over occupied. As a result, it leaves a chaotic buffer zone consisting of random elements of the area between the beach houses and the rice fields, in addition to a complete neglect of the rice fields.
29.500 29.000
Costs and Income per hectre for Small Specialized Rice Farms
Subsidy Payments (PAC + Agroenvironmental Subs.)
The Average gross Income in Sueca is 23,034 euros Total Number of Comapnies in the Municipality
Average mooring prices
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2012
1454 euros/Ha
3.600 3.400
28.500
3.200 28.000
3.000 2.800
27.500
2.600 27.000
2.400
R28
Profits without Subsidies
2.200
26.500
2.000 26.000
1.800
-1230 euros/Ha
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Registered Unemployement in Sueca April 2012 - October 2019
Population of Sueca 2001-2020 Population in El Perello: 1824
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U27 U24
Due to that, seasonality emerges as an issue where the area is deserted for much of the year other than the summer.
Rent Prices vs. Property Prices
The economy of El Perello is based on the hotel sector and agriculture; oriental crops, traditional crops and rice.
Pieces Available for rent: 17 houses Average price / square metres: 6.8 euros/ m2 per month
Functions:
Range of Prices:
Hotels
Average 6.0 - 8.0 euros / m2
Restaurant
Summer popul.: 40000
Total Costs
Most Expensive 8.0 and above euros / m2
Cultural Areas of Interest
x 20 Winter popul.: 2000
2155 euros/Ha
Least Expensive 4.2 - 6 euros / m2
Parks - Argicultural Tourism
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The potential and opportunity is in proposing an intervention that overlaps the layers, adds and attraction, and activates the strip. All while being respectful to the existing ecosystems.
Costs (Excluding costs of opportunity)
Mapping of different economic functions:
3239 euros/Ha
Pieces available for sale: 299 houses Average price / square metres: 1.443 euros/ m2
Urbanized beach
Range of Prices:
Least Expensive 875 - 1500 euros / m2
Profits with Subsidies
Average 1500 - 2500 euros / m2
P28
224 euros/Ha
Most Expensive 2500 and above euros / m2
ECONOMY & LAND USE
Water flows from the sea to the canal that is later divided into 3 rivers providing to the rice fields and regulating the water levels
Contribution to Valencia’s Fishing Sector
This is achieved by organizing these different elements on the strip and providing a prototype of how they can all be integrated together and activated all year round. By introducing experiential rice fields at the base of the strip, public programs on the ground floor, and an elevated new typology of summer houses above, lastly connecting all these ecosystems using observation platforms.
R25
Anchovy
Sardine
Squid
Mussels
3.8m tonnes 184k Ha 80% of Spain’s produce
Citrus
Prawn
Oranges
Legend urban morphology
Street creates a very rigid division between the built structure and the vegetation, blocking any possibility of interaction
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Contribution to Valencia’s Farming Sector (7.795 ha)
Cuttlefish
Farms - orchads
Mandarin
1m tonnes 33.3% of Spain’s produce
666k tonnes 33.3% of Spain’s produce
Greenhouses Volumes Almonds
Beach Walkway
50k tonnes One of Europe’s top
MORPHOLOGY & CULTURE
1-3 storeys
Medium class mass tourism
Informal barracks
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1999
4-8 storeys
1845
8-13 storeys
R23
1960s
First conglomerations, fish then agriculture
Legend buildings Puzzle
Summer villas for the rich
Offically Minor Local Entity
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U43 A 3
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Greenhouses along the route act
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1.Espiral
and rice fields
2.N.O.D.
Isolated bubbles are created within the huge plots of either rice fields or touching them with no interaction whatsoever
3.ACTV 4.Spook 5.Heaven 6.Puzzle
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(2011)
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7.Barraca 8.Chocolate
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A Suburban typology
Zona D’ La Horta 12000 ha
D Street apartment typology
E Plaza block typology
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F Mixed block typology
Ba r rrie
II. Middle class mass tourism
Curren limit Extension
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I. Traditional fishing and orchard
Valencia
C Community typololgy
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Site Analysis
A first look at how all the layers come together and extend to the site literally and by introducing the existing ecosystems
B Courtyard-community typololgy
III. Ruta del Bakalao network ruins
CV-500
Rice Fields
First Observation The proposal extends to existing town’s public space and acts as a crossing while maintaining being light and not obstructing it
Proposal’s shape is chosen to maximize openness from both ends of the site and blurs the lines as a result
Avinguda de la Loteria
The landscape introduces existing site ecosystems such as production zones of orchards and greenhouses, water features, and rice fields providing jobs and income for farmers
Orchards
A recurring condition of disconnection between the various existing ecosystems (which are the beach, the summer houses, the orchards, and the rice fields), and an inability for them to interact due to the rigidity of the barriers, and a zoning that does not allow for an overlap
Summer Houses
Beach
Since the beach is the main and only attraction, therefore constant trials of extending the shoreline leading it to being over occupied. As a result, it leaves a chaotic buffer zone consisting of random elements of the area between the beach houses and the rice fields, in addition to a complete neglect of the rice fields
Second Observation Due to the beach being the only attraction, seasonality emerges as an issue where the area is deserted for much of the year other than the summer, with population dropping from 40,000 people in the summer to 2,500 in other seasons
40,000 people
Bus stops and parkings on Ruta del Bacalao making the site more accessible and giving drivers a reason to stop Proposal minimally touches the ground with only 15 points along the whole plot to give a prototype of rice field conscious architecture
2,500 people
Third Observation The potential and opportunity is in proposing an intervention that OVERLAPS the layers, ADDS an attraction, and ACTIVATES the strip
Food and beverage, sports fields, and public spaces welcome the visitors
Overlap existing layers Creating continuity from rice fields to the beach through waterways, ramps, decks, and pavements
Add an attraction
Activate the strip
Opportunity Observation Platforms
Summer Houses
Public Spaces
Surroundings: CV-500
Surroundings: Town View
Project Insertion: Aerial View
Project Insertion: Top View The intervention blends with the strip and extends to the site
Rice Fields
For an intervention on this site, it is important to give the drivers on the busy Ruta Del Bacalao a reason to stop
The town an intervention that extends to it
Strategy
The strategy is to organize these different elements on the strip and provide a prototype of how they can all be integrated together and activated all year round, that’s achieved by introducing experiential rice fields at the base of the strip, public programs on the ground floor, and an elevated new typology of summer houses above, lastly connecting all these ecosystems using observation platforms
Rice Fields
Intervention
Patch: Proposal connecting ecosystems
Program
The site becomes more open to one another, with different zones such as the production zones, public spaces, bus stops and parkings, get introduced in a homogeneous way
Pavements breaking down scape to allow for pedestrian cyclist circulation around the
Summer Houses Bus Stop
Trees shading buildings
Summer Houses Residences Rural Retreat Communal Spaces The buildings are divided into 3 programs, 2 long-stay residential buildings in the middle, each connects either to a summer houses building or a rural retreat through a crossover void, with an objective of providing life all year round. Ground floor programs are tailored towards the building program such as sports and f&b for the summer houses, crop selling and kidergarten for the residences, and spa and pools for the rural retreat
Pathways continuing on rice fields
1. F&B 2. Pool 3. Grocery 4. Indoor Sports
Ground Floor Program
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5. Crop Selling 6. Pool 7. Offices 8. F&B
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Parking
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Waterways connecting to existing rivers
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9. Pool 10. Kindergarten 11. Grocery
Residences
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Public functions in addition to landscape and pathways as views for residents
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Observation decks as kiosks and markets for residents and farmers to sell their crops
12. Spa 13. Pool 14. Lobby 15. F&B
Rural Retreat
F&B Lights around the pavements to make the site safe and accessible at all times
South Gallery
The logic behind the landscaping is to keep the existing scale of plots as a base, penetrate them with pathways for pedestrians and cyclists as an experiential tool, a minimal touching of the ground with 15 points across the plot, and surrounding them with deciduous trees that provide shading to the buildings
Town Building Functions
Production zone of greenhouses
lann and e site
Ground Floor
Crossover Void
First Floor
Connection points to town public space Crossover Void Continuity to beach
1 Bedroom 2 Bedrooms Communal Spaces Private Terraces Green Roofs
Construction Process
Bus Stop
Second Floor
Structural Timber Frame
Placing Modular
Vertical Circulation
Horizontal Circulation
Terraces and Railings
Mesh and Shading
Shaded accessible roofs to be used all year round
North Facade
Functions that ensure activation of public space and act as views for residents
Patch: Building connecting ecosystems
Timber shading accessible roofs of private apartments
1.8m extension of frame allows to hold balconies or green wall substructure
5m grid for a one bedroom apartment
The buildings are broken down into the same elements, the structural locally sourced timber frame, the landscape penetrating the minimal ground floor, elevators and stairs connecting it to the gallery that brings the apartments together while providing a platform for communal spaces, private terraces, then covering it with a metal mesh wire that shades and acts as a framework for vegetation to grow, and lastly green roofs with their own shading
Shared terrace between apartments
Metal mesh providing a dual purpose of shading the gallery and a framework for vegetation to grow
Private green roofs Corridor connecting apartments and communal spaces
9m frame width
Semi-private terrace Private terraces Private apartments Structural timber frame
Elevators
Public ground floor
Stairs
Landscape and pathways penetrating intervention
Structural Frame
Elements Axon
Technical rooms
Elevato
Stairs
Green continuity through intervention
Paved outdoor public spaces
Public functions
Sand paved pathway
Public all year round programs that blur the lines between building and nature such as the open pool in this case with the outdoor spaces
Ground Floor
Green wall
Private terrace
Private spaces Shared terraces
Technical core
Buffer space Semi-private spaces
Semi-private terrace The communal space extends to the first part of the apartment with a buffer zone yet it is less private, where then a technical core acts as a second buffer zone that seperates the very private part of the house that is towards the North. Other scenarios shown here are the shared terraces between two apartments and the fully communal space connected to the corridor
Perspective Elevation
Green wall Communal corridor
Vertical circulation
First Floor
Green continuity through intervention
Communal areas
or
10m grid for a two bedroom apartment
Vegetation growing on mesh frame
Communal terraces connected to corridor
Corridor connecting apartments
Shaded private accessible roofs
Connection between an apartment and the other’s roof
Shared terrace between two apartments
Private accessible green roof
More elements of the building shown here are the communal spaces, the shared balcony between two apartments, and one apartment using the other’s roof, while vegetation is grown on the metal mesh
The 9x5 meter open timber frame allows for modular building, natural cross ventilation. It extrudes 1.8m to the North to hold private balconies and green wall support, and 2.8m to the South to hold the buffer space, the corridor, and the communal spaces which the gallery consists of
2.8m extrusion of frame holds corridor with communal balconies
Perspective Section Elements
Communal spaces
Vegetation passing below intervention
Elevators connecting floors
Minimal public ground floor
Pavement creating pathway
Stairs connecting floors
Connection to neighbor’s roof
Shaded terraces
Second Floor
Green roof Green mesh shading building
Shaded accessible roof
Roof
Perspective Section
Recycled timber that minimally touches ground as a structural frame
Patch: Housing connecting ecosystems
Typical Floor Plan
Facade adaptation should be at the core of an intervention in a Mediterranean area, especially on the South facade, which holds the gallery that is for privacy and shading, less private spaces that require less privacy such as kitchens and study rooms will be placed towards the gallery. All above an open ground floor
South Facade
Typical Se
M to ti e
North Fac
The summer houses’ focus is having bigger apartments with medium density, shared terraces, and shaded roofs since it’s used in the summer
Summer Houses
Ground Floor
Roof Shading Green Roof Shared Terrace Private Terrace
Typical Floor
Main Focus: - Two-bedroom apartments - Shared terraces - Shaded roofs - Medium density - Private terraces
Roof Plan
Residences
Ground Floor For the long-term residences, the main focus is having a mix of apartments with a high density, more shaded private terraces since its used all year round, and green roofs to grow and sell crops
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More open and private spaces are owards the north side, with an opion to personalize the facade for each tenant using the timber frame
cade
Roof Shading Green Roof Shared Terrace Private Terrace
Typical Floor
Main Focus: - Two-bedroom apartments - Shared terraces - Green roofs - Shaded roofs - High density - Private terraces
Roof Plan Rural Retreat
Ground Floor
The rural retreat focuses on more studio apartments with a low density, with it’s own private terraces and green roofs
Roof Shading Green Roof Shared Terrace Private Terrace
Typical Floor
Roof Plan
Main Focus: - Studio apartments - Private terraces - Private green roofs - Low density
Summer sun
Patch: Technical Details
Sustainability Strategy
Shaded vertical garden
connecting ecosystems
The buildings are broken down into the same elements, the structural locally sourced timber frame, the landscape penetrating the minimal ground floor, elevators and stairs connecting it to the gallery that brings the apartments together while providing a platform for communal spaces, private terraces, then covering it with a metal mesh wire that shades and acts as a framework for vegetation to grow, and lastly green roofs with their own shading
Accessible Roof Shading
North Facade
Winter sun
Green roof
Green Roof Vegetated Shading Mesh Personalized green wall Cross ventilation
Shaded Terraces
Green Roofs
Technical core
Communal Spaces
Ceramic ventilated facade
Communal Corridor Structural Timber
Triple Low-E glazed glass
Green wall
Communal apartment spaces
Private apartment spaces
Semi-private Terraces
Green Wall Trees shading buildings
Elevator Ground Floor
Stairs Recycled locally sourced timber
Exploded Elements Axon 5m grid for a one bedroom apartment
1.8m extension of frame allows to hold balconies or green wall substructure
Shared terrace between apartments
10m grid for a two bedroom apartment
Communal terraces connected to corridor
Open ground floor with minimal touching continuing greenery
Private Balcony
The 9x5 meter open timber frame allows for modular building, natural cross ventilation. It extrudes 1.8m to the North to hold private balconies and green wall support, and 2.8m to the South to hold the buffer space, the corridor, and the communal spaces which the gallery consists of
9m frame width allows for optimum cross ventilation
Structural Frame Stairs
Elevator
2.8m extrusion of frame holds corridor with communal balconies
Indoor Ground Floor South Elevation
South Facade
North Facade
Top Mesh Connection
Perspective Section
Middle Mesh Connection
North Elevation
South Facade
Construction Process
Timber Structural Frame
Modular Buildings
Horizontal Circulation
Vertical Circulation
Terraces and Railings
Mesh and Shading Devices
Shaded Accessible Roof House-Gallery Connection
Shaded Balcony
Bottom Mesh Connection