THE PROJECT
The project is essentially a juxtaposition of narrow, high houses with street frontage and an alley in the back.
Each house is seen as the privileged place where heaven and earth meet, from which a link with the rest of the world can be maintained and controlled.
The presented building is a basic structure that remains to be modulated by the different options of arrangements chosen by the first occupants during the construction and by the successive transformations that they will bring to their houses according to the evolution of the family.
The proposed houses are contained simple volumes. Their facades are modulated by structures extending into the front and rear margins that define private outdoor spaces. These structures are also the bases for hanging projections to be built according to the desires and means of the occupants.
Inside, the circulation and service areas are simply superimposed. The floor space is used to the maximum and the accessible roof is a usable exterior space.
Distinct rooms, clearly separated from each other but whose relationship to the exterior and the rest of the house can be adjusted, leave room for a great diversity of layouts. Each room can be dedicated to an activity or be individually adapted, depending on its spatial qualities and its position in the house. The two levels accessible from the front allow for a horizontal division of the house.
The house forms a complete space with a direct link to the sky and the earth and flexible links to the rest of the city. Between the party walls, the private space sinks its foundations into the ground, touches and participates in the street, opens onto the horizon and reaches for the sky. This universe offers the reassuring and dirty earth to young children and the fascinating stars to the older ones.
(From competitor's text)
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This simple and flexible design is based on a repetitive system of narrow, street-facing housing units served by a rear alley. The facades are modulated by structures that extend into the front and rear setbacks and can be customized by the users.
The economic aspect of the project is reflected not only in the greater number of housing units, but also in the simple massing with its stacked circulation and service areas.
(From jury comments)
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