Toledo

2008


Program:Social Housing
Location:Toledo, Spain
Status: International Competition
Masterplan: Jean Nouvel and Mia Haag
Architectural Project: Dellekamp Arquitectos|Derek Dellekamp
and Juan Pablo Wolffer
Project Leader: Sandra Pérez
Team: Gina Di Tolla, Emilie Meirlaen, Ignacio Méndez, Pedro Sánchez, Jachen
Schleich
Consultants: Erick Maass, D|Fine, Fernando Valdivia, Xavier Valladares

We visualized the market and the housing as two elements that are woven and benefit each other symbiotically. The market, as a central element of the urban fabric, is a walkway, an extension of the public space, allowing a visual connection and a direct flow between the housing and the rest of the urban context. Reinforcing the spirit of a neighborhood, the street becomes the market with a soft slope, allowing access for all, connecting the vending areas with the public space. The circle and the central park give the housing units ideal orientation, always exposing one of the facades to the southern sun. The facade responds to the changes in orientation with a system of operable louvers. The housing units are based on a modular scheme, and this rhythm and repetition become the basis for the structural system.

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