Article source: Dosmasuno Arquitectos

Despite the guidelines drawn on the plots, places need to express their own personality, to arise naturally, to construct themselves. And concretely this one is aligned against a green area, against the concatenation of public spaces that link the old Carabanchel district with its forest through the new neighbourhood. In response to these conditions, the dwellings are compressed onto one edge, onto a single linear piece, in search for the genus loci of the place, views and an optimal orientation in which east and west share the south, generating the limit of the activity, soothing the interior and defining the exterior

Image Courtesy Miguel de Guzmán

• Architects: Dosmasuno Arquitectos
• Project: 102 Dwellings
• Location: C/ Valle del Boi, 8, Madrid, Spain
• Project Architects: Ignacio Borrego, Néstor Montenegro and Lina Toro (dosmasuno arquitectos)
• Developer: EMVS. Empresa Municipal de la Vivienda y Suelo de Madrid
• Programme: 52 single dwellings, 35 double dwellings, 15 triple dwellings + 104 parking slots + commercial space
• Site area: 4446.15 m2
• Built area: 12277.15 m2
• Total floor area: 8382.15 m2
• Stories: 7 (6 + basement)

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