The buildings look to anchor themselves onto reality via the establishment of physical and conceptual relations: on one hand, a topological organization referred to the nearby presence of the M-40 highway; on the other, an open and protected precinct occupied by an artificial lump made up of the volume displaced by the basement excavations. A continuous band with double-oriented dwellings is surrounded by a variable filter, able to publicise the diversity in the interior occupations.
Project: Social Housing: 78 units and landscaping
Status: Competition-First Prize (2002) Built (2004-06)
Client: Empresa Municipal de la Vivienda y Suelo. Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Madrid
Location: Ensanche de Carabanchel, Madrid, Spain
Team: Jacobo García-Germán, Antonio Delgado, Alberto Sánchez, Olimpia Merry del Val, Consuelo Díaz
Consultants: Ignacio López-Dóriga (quantity surveyor), Alberto Sánchez (structural engineer), Úrculo Ingenieros (mechanicals)
Builder: Teconsa
Photographs: Carlos Roca
Prizes: Mención Premios de Urbanismo, Arquitectura y Obra Pública 2006
Press: Arquitectura Viva, Guía de Arquitectura de Madrid Fundación COAM, Premios de Urbanismo, Arquitectura y Obra Pública 2006, Arquitectura-COAM, Horizontes de la Vivienda Pública Madrid 1981-2006, Concursos de Arquitectura EMVS, Freshmadrid
