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886m² 2.942m² 822m² 473m² 3.870m²
commercial* 1.454m² offices 2.942m² church 822m² circulation common spaces *more housing density = more job offer
BUILDIING HOMES
GRID + MODULES + VOIDS*
commercial 1.454m² offices 2.942m² church 822m² circulation common spaces housing
commercial 1.454m² offices 2.942m² church 822m² circulation common spaces housing *housing growth | ventilation | common spaces
THE NEW MIXED BLOCK commercial offices church storage parking housing 30m² housing 60m² housing 90m² circulation common spaces
1.454m² 2.942m² 822m² 473m² 3.870m² 10 units 30 units 10 units
habitat + public space + business + night life
MESH _ HCX medellIn, colombia
transversal section
wayúu knitting local handicraft reference as an design identity for the public gathering space + skin facade
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Social housing use to be a challenging matter for city councils, specially for those in emerging economy countries. Medellín recent past requests an adaptable model to allow large-scale implementation in different suburbs in order to mitigate social exclusion. The concept: For this kind of project is mandatory to keep in mind the limited budget. So, the initial efforts were trying to maintain as much structures as possible and to stack the
longitudinal section
program housing units over it. Along the housing units distribution empty spaces were left to be used, in the first moment, as condo public gardens and, in the future, to be appropriated by smaller units expansion. Regarding that the project immediate surroundings doesn’t offer good spaces in terms of public leisure, the parking lot was covered into a generous public space to create an appealing square inside the block. The church`s shape was maintained as it is but in a more isolated relation, in an attempt to respect the local
affective memory. Based on the idea of the city as a living and mixed organism, these constrains were used to reinvent the block itself and the relation between its neighborhood. Conclusion: It’s safe to argue that these project premisses focusing on mixed use strategy and in existing structure reuse could be replicated over different areas in the city for innovative social housing projects to improve urban life's quality.