5ta Edición Premios IsArch, 2015.

5th EDITION ISARCH AWARDS

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Arquitectura: Vivienda Social Año: 2015 Ubicación: Musa, La Molina Lima, Perú Área: 26 629 m2 Mérito: Finalists (entre los 30 finalistas) Propuesta personal

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1. Observe the current expansion of urban planning in Lima.

2. Recuperate the architectural elements that were necessary for the development of pre-Hispanic civili zations.

3. Develop a housing complex in Musa.

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1862

A

1920

1.

district of La Molina

centuries XX and XXI Since the second half of the 19th and 20th centuries, Lima has experienced a colossal urban growth: a migration process towards the capital, with no sustainable planning and a hous ing shortage (348,456 according to Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática / INEI). Also lacking the urban equip ment needed to sustain a megalopolis .

Intense domestic migration to the capital.

Urban sprawl, the phenomenon developed in the desert.

1960

1970

1954

A

1971

The phenomenon turned into “urban metastasis”.

C

Today

B

B

C

Section A-A

1987

Urban Evolution in Lima - Observation of the area.

- Marking and delimitation of the area.

30 20 10 0

Phase 2_Small spots of population in the vast desert - Nuclei of security are generated.

- Small communities are formed.

1990

Phase 3_Constructive process in situ ble material).

- Later, they are replaced by noble material (brick, concrete, iron).

Housing Complex Plan

2013

Section B-B

Phase 4_Layers - Houses are built.

- Urban equipment is built.

- The hill and slopes visually disappear from the landscape

2Flats+1Duplex Plan 1

2Flats+1Duplex Plan 2

Urban equipment: Chapel, Studios, Mediateca, shops/business

Section C-C

2.

Architecture Elements of the pre-Hispanic culture of Pachacamac Theoretical Framework - How is a civilization formed?: Communication and language_Public spaces Contextual Framework - Public spaces_“Las Canchas” or terraces_Abstract idea: “Las Canchas” (Courts) set up territorial management and

popular to the most private –and restricted-, as well as func tions and uses: they were used to observe the planets and stars, to plan the work (crops and harvests) and favoured cultural exchange (barter), among others. In general, they were a space of integration and coexistence. They were demar cated by architecture: structure –walls- and use –open, closed, semi-closed- and the landscape.

3.

Develop a housing complex in Musa Musa is located in the district of La Molina, at the southeast area of Lima; it has neither urban equipment nor sidewalks nor pedestrian ways.

It is located among sedimentary plains, hills and low slopes that grow taller towards the east (Andean foothills), in the typical desert context of the Peruvian coast.

La Molina Avenue divides Musa into two sectors: A. The popular area, formed like a housing cooperative and by an urban invasion: “Settlement El Arbolito”; both of them has no planned public areas.

B. The quarry of Musa, with characteristics of the Peruvian coastal

Urban grid

Concentric Town Square & concentric plaza, patios

Urban layout

About the Project 03 Canchas (Courts)

The complex of houses in Musa must contain an order within the order of things. As Louis Khan stated: “order supports integration” (Order is, 1955). Thus, the circumference (perfect geometric and organizing place) is chosen as the model for the housing project in Musa. vertical circulation

Concentric Town Square Canchas

Enclosures, Residence, Store/Warehouse Patios y Plazas Circulation Desert

Three circumferences are conceived to intersect and create the “courts”, with a central organization of introverted scheme.

They are surrounded by blocks of housing (radial organization), forming a concentric court. People revolve around it and every one sees each other. In them, the landscape is consumed from multipleperspectives,withthehillasthesceneryofthedeserted landscape.

llinear Blocks of houses

Three circumferences are conceived to intersect and create the “courts”, with a central organization of introverted scheme.

They are surrounded by blocks of housing (radial organization), forming a concentric court. People revolve around it and every one sees each other. In them, the landscape is consumed from multipleperspectives,withthehillasthesceneryofthedeserted landscape.

The complex of houses in Musa

THE URBAN EXPANSION IN THE MUSA DESERT Lima ,CapitalofPeru,islocated-asPeruvianArchitectJ.GuntherDoeringdescribed-between

Ocean.

continues its expansion plan by the north, the south and the east: The desert context of the Peruvian Coast.