Housing to integrate people and the city. 80 sheltered homes in the Las Fuentes neighborhood by Tangram
14/02/2023.
[Zaragoza] Spain
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Zaragoza-based architecture studios, Tangram (David Martínez), and CAB Arquitectura (Ángel Comeras y Raúl Fuertes), have completed the project of 80 sheltered homes located at the southern end of the Torreramona park, in the Las Fuentes neighbourhood (whose name derives from the many springs and lagoons that formed in this area after the floods of the Ebro and Huerva rivers). The area is located southeast of the Aragonese capital.
The design pays special attention to its social integration program, which should be more common in our cities, and to its optimal energy efficiency. The building is organized into four levels, with 20 apartments per floor in two blocks.
The design pays special attention to its social integration program, which should be more common in our cities, and to its optimal energy efficiency. The building is organized into four levels, with 20 apartments per floor in two blocks.
80 sheltered homes in the Las Fuentes neighbourhood by Tangram and CAB Arquitectura. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera.
80 sheltered homes in the Las Fuentes neighbourhood by Tangram and CAB Arquitectura. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera.
80 sheltered homes in the Las Fuentes neighbourhood by Tangram and CAB Arquitectura. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera.
80 sheltered homes in the Las Fuentes neighbourhood by Tangram and CAB Arquitectura. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera.
80 sheltered homes in the Las Fuentes neighbourhood by Tangram and CAB Arquitectura. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera.
80 sheltered homes in the Las Fuentes neighbourhood by Tangram and CAB Arquitectura. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera.
80 sheltered homes in the Las Fuentes neighbourhood by Tangram and CAB Arquitectura. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera.
80 sheltered homes in the Las Fuentes neighbourhood by Tangram and CAB Arquitectura. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera.
80 sheltered homes in the Las Fuentes neighbourhood by Tangram and CAB Arquitectura. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera.
80 sheltered homes in the Las Fuentes neighbourhood by Tangram and CAB Arquitectura. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera.
80 sheltered homes in the Las Fuentes neighbourhood by Tangram and CAB Arquitectura. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera.
80 sheltered homes in the Las Fuentes neighbourhood by Tangram and CAB Arquitectura. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera.
80 sheltered homes in the Las Fuentes neighbourhood by Tangram and CAB Arquitectura. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera.
80 sheltered homes in the Las Fuentes neighbourhood by Tangram and CAB Arquitectura. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera.
80 sheltered homes in the Las Fuentes neighbourhood by Tangram and CAB Arquitectura. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera.
80 sheltered homes in the Las Fuentes neighbourhood by Tangram and CAB Arquitectura. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera.
Ground floor plan. 80 sheltered homes in the Las Fuentes neighbourhood by Tangram and CAB Arquitectura.
Standard floor plan. 80 sheltered homes in the Las Fuentes neighbourhood by Tangram and CAB Arquitectura.
Section. 80 sheltered homes in the Las Fuentes neighbourhood by Tangram and CAB Arquitectura.
West elevation. 80 sheltered homes in the Las Fuentes neighbourhood by Tangram and CAB Arquitectura.
Tangram and CAB Arquitectura designed a building made up of two large volumes connected by a central space (used as a community space on each floor) and wrapped by a façade that visually lightens them. On the ground floor, the building unfolds in several pieces with a program linked to the park, housing multipurpose rooms for social activities, as well as a restaurant area.
The four floors accommodate a program of adapted or adaptable homes, with homes with one or two bedrooms and a surface area ranging between 44.42 and 61.81 useful square meters.
It is a sustainable and energy-efficient building, which has managed to form part of a European project for the implementation and development of a new, more efficient model of mixed solar collectors, electricity and hot water, taking advantage of the residual space on the roof. A large seasonal buried tank of 100m³ is in charge of storing the excess energy in the seasons of greatest production.
80 sheltered homes in the Las Fuentes neighbourhood by Tangram and CAB Arquitectura. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera.
The four floors accommodate a program of adapted or adaptable homes, with homes with one or two bedrooms and a surface area ranging between 44.42 and 61.81 useful square meters.
It is a sustainable and energy-efficient building, which has managed to form part of a European project for the implementation and development of a new, more efficient model of mixed solar collectors, electricity and hot water, taking advantage of the residual space on the roof. A large seasonal buried tank of 100m³ is in charge of storing the excess energy in the seasons of greatest production.
80 sheltered homes in the Las Fuentes neighbourhood by Tangram and CAB Arquitectura. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera.
Project description by Trangram (David Martínez), CAB Arquitectura (Ángel Comeras and Raúl Fuertes)
This project so demanded by the neighbourhood of Las Fuentes is today a reality. It is a commitment to innovative architecture, both in terms of social integration and energy management and efficiency.
Located at the southern end of Torreramona park, it has a marked public character not only for its own use but also for its integrating nature with the neighbourhood that surrounds it. The large but visually light volumes responsible for housing the homes seem to levitate above the ground floor where the building mutates and breaks up into several pieces conceptually more linked to the park in which it is integrated than to the residential containers. These pieces house large multipurpose rooms for social activities, as well as a restaurant area that, in relation, to the wide open, green and public outdoor space, represents a meeting point between the community and the residents of the neighbourhood.
This green area, designed as a continuation of Torreramona park, is divided into two zones. To the north, the car park, camouflaged by planting numerous trees, a subtle spelling of the squares and a continuous arid pavement that emulates the circulation areas of the park. To the south, a large green area as a transition between the park and the building itself with the city, where walkways and activity spaces linked to the ground floor uses coexist with vegetation, shrubs and trees of various varieties, which with their evolution throughout the seasons they encourage dynamic activation in their regular use. Some fruit species are even foreseen as an integrating activity of the green space, to produce interactions with the users.
80 sheltered homes in the Las Fuentes neighbourhood by Tangram and CAB Arquitectura. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera.
On the raised floors, the building accommodates 80 sheltered homes, where 100% are adapted or adaptable to people with disabilities, whether physical or sensory. We understand inclusive housing as the only alternative to achieve full integration of people with special needs, improving their quality of life and favouring their social inclusion.
The commitment to a new model of community life through the implementation of spaces for coexistence and activity on each of the floors fosters relationships and integration between residents.
It is a sustainable and energy-efficient building, which is committed to innovation and research in the field of renewable energy, reducing consumption and the emission of polluting waste. Proof of this is that the building has been made part of a European project for the implementation and development of a new, more efficient model of mixed solar collectors, electricity and hot water, taking advantage of all the residual space on the roof. A large seasonal buried tank of 100m³ will be in charge of storing the excess energy in the seasons of greatest production. Together with an efficient air conditioning system and the implementation of improvements in insulation and carpentry, they obtain the maximum energy rating.
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Architects
CAB Arquitectura, TANGRAM Arquitectura + Diseño. Architects.- Ángel B. Comeras Serrano, Raúl Fuertes García y David Martínez García.
Collaborators
Engineering.- Pedro Funes, A&T Ingeniería y ATECO.
Quantity surveyor.- Javier Muñoz Escolano.
Quantity surveyor.- Javier Muñoz Escolano.
Developer
Sociedad Municipal Zaragoza Vivienda S.L.U.
General Contractors
Dragados + Ferrovial.
Area
Homes with one or two bedrooms and a surface that oscillates between 44.42 and 61.81 usable square meters.
Dates
2018-2022.
Location
Fray Luis Urbano 92, Zaragoza, Spain.
Photography
Ángél B. Comeras Serrano
Ángél B. Comeras Serrano. Doctor of Architecture from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (Polytechnic University of Madrid) and Master in Research and Advanced Training in Architecture from the San Jorge University.
In his professional career, as an architect, his projects have been based on social content (disability, accessibility, the elderly, social housing) through his office CAB Despacho de Arquitectura. He has extensive experience in real projects for workshops, leisure and work centers and supervised housing for people with intellectual disabilities and vulnerable sectors, both in architectural processes and in social and integration processes for this group, for more than twenty-five years. with numerous awards and distinctions. He has carried out various projects for diverse and residential equipment based on new models of living, from a perspective based on professional work, research and teaching.
He belongs to the research group "Open Source Architectures" and is a professor of the Degree in Architecture and the Degree in Digital Design and Creative Technologies at the School of Architecture and Technology of the Universidad San Jorge de Zaragoza (Spain).
In his teaching, academic and research activities, he has always used different means of expression as an integral part of the creative and perceptive processes of architecture and urban space, obtaining various awards and distinctions, both in architecture and in teaching innovation. He has numerous publications and books, the last one called "Cognitive Architecture for inclusion" (Legal Deposit: Z 1101-2019), (ISBN: 978-84-09-12240-0).
In his professional career, as an architect, his projects have been based on social content (disability, accessibility, the elderly, social housing) through his office CAB Despacho de Arquitectura. He has extensive experience in real projects for workshops, leisure and work centers and supervised housing for people with intellectual disabilities and vulnerable sectors, both in architectural processes and in social and integration processes for this group, for more than twenty-five years. with numerous awards and distinctions. He has carried out various projects for diverse and residential equipment based on new models of living, from a perspective based on professional work, research and teaching.
He belongs to the research group "Open Source Architectures" and is a professor of the Degree in Architecture and the Degree in Digital Design and Creative Technologies at the School of Architecture and Technology of the Universidad San Jorge de Zaragoza (Spain).
In his teaching, academic and research activities, he has always used different means of expression as an integral part of the creative and perceptive processes of architecture and urban space, obtaining various awards and distinctions, both in architecture and in teaching innovation. He has numerous publications and books, the last one called "Cognitive Architecture for inclusion" (Legal Deposit: Z 1101-2019), (ISBN: 978-84-09-12240-0).
David Martínez Tangram
Trangram is a studio founded in 2015 in Zaragoza by the architects, David Martínez and Santiago Elía García.
David Martínez is an architect, with a specialization in building, from the Higher School of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (2007). He completes his studies at the Graz University of Technology (Austria) where he obtains the GAD-AWARD 06/07 (Best Final Project 06/07). Certified Passivhaus Designer by the Passivhaus Institut in Darmstadt (2018).
In 2008 he settled in Zaragoza where, after collaborating with different reference studios, in 2013 he began to work independently to found in 2015, together with Santiago Elía, the TANGRAM Arquitectura + Diseño studio.
During this time he develops projects mainly at a private level, among which the houses “Sisallete” and “Iker & María” stand out, as well as “Entreolivos” (extension and reform of a single-family house). At the same time, it has developed important projects at the equipment level, highlighting the Housing Module Area and the Expansion Master Plan of the Hotel Balneario de Ariño (2017).
He has been selected and awarded in different international architectural ideas competitions, highlighting among them the proposals for the new Multifunctional Center in Cabezón de Pisuerga (2nd prize), the Extension of the Child Care Center in Palma de Mallorca (3rd prize) , the Rehabilitation of the Roquetas de Mar Food Market (2nd prize) and the new UNED headquarters in Barbastro (3rd prize).
In collaboration with the architect Santiago Elia, the SELF-SUFFICIENT SHOPS developed for the Zaragoza Transport Consortium (2017) stand out.
In collaboration with the architect Ángel Comeras, there are 80 Sheltered Homes for the Zaragoza Vivenda Municipal Society (2016) as well as the Expansion of the Utebo City Council (2016).
Santiago Elía García, is an architect from the University of Navarra, specializing in Urban Planning, and a Master's Degree in Research and Advanced Training in Architecture from the San Jorge University. He has developed his activity independently and as part of other reference studies. Currently and since 2010 he combines his professional performance as an architect with his work as a researcher, teacher and Head of Studies at the School of Architecture and Technology of the San Jorge University.
He brings extensive experience in work of various scales and locations. He has coordinated different multidisciplinary teams capable of proposing integrated solutions to complex problems. Driven by efficiency, creativity, knowledge of the trade and honesty, he assumes the social responsibility and the concept of service of the architect profession, helping to link needs and skills, resources and utility, desires and experience. His work has been awarded, published and exhibited on numerous occasions and in different media. He is a regular collaborator of the Zaragoza Area Transport Consortium, advising on design issues related to urban and interurban mobility in Zaragoza, this being one of his main lines of research. In addition, he is interested in other fields related to architectural graphic expression, thought and graphic narrative linked to the recent history of Spanish architecture.
David Martínez is an architect, with a specialization in building, from the Higher School of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (2007). He completes his studies at the Graz University of Technology (Austria) where he obtains the GAD-AWARD 06/07 (Best Final Project 06/07). Certified Passivhaus Designer by the Passivhaus Institut in Darmstadt (2018).
In 2008 he settled in Zaragoza where, after collaborating with different reference studios, in 2013 he began to work independently to found in 2015, together with Santiago Elía, the TANGRAM Arquitectura + Diseño studio.
During this time he develops projects mainly at a private level, among which the houses “Sisallete” and “Iker & María” stand out, as well as “Entreolivos” (extension and reform of a single-family house). At the same time, it has developed important projects at the equipment level, highlighting the Housing Module Area and the Expansion Master Plan of the Hotel Balneario de Ariño (2017).
He has been selected and awarded in different international architectural ideas competitions, highlighting among them the proposals for the new Multifunctional Center in Cabezón de Pisuerga (2nd prize), the Extension of the Child Care Center in Palma de Mallorca (3rd prize) , the Rehabilitation of the Roquetas de Mar Food Market (2nd prize) and the new UNED headquarters in Barbastro (3rd prize).
In collaboration with the architect Santiago Elia, the SELF-SUFFICIENT SHOPS developed for the Zaragoza Transport Consortium (2017) stand out.
In collaboration with the architect Ángel Comeras, there are 80 Sheltered Homes for the Zaragoza Vivenda Municipal Society (2016) as well as the Expansion of the Utebo City Council (2016).
Santiago Elía García, is an architect from the University of Navarra, specializing in Urban Planning, and a Master's Degree in Research and Advanced Training in Architecture from the San Jorge University. He has developed his activity independently and as part of other reference studies. Currently and since 2010 he combines his professional performance as an architect with his work as a researcher, teacher and Head of Studies at the School of Architecture and Technology of the San Jorge University.
He brings extensive experience in work of various scales and locations. He has coordinated different multidisciplinary teams capable of proposing integrated solutions to complex problems. Driven by efficiency, creativity, knowledge of the trade and honesty, he assumes the social responsibility and the concept of service of the architect profession, helping to link needs and skills, resources and utility, desires and experience. His work has been awarded, published and exhibited on numerous occasions and in different media. He is a regular collaborator of the Zaragoza Area Transport Consortium, advising on design issues related to urban and interurban mobility in Zaragoza, this being one of his main lines of research. In addition, he is interested in other fields related to architectural graphic expression, thought and graphic narrative linked to the recent history of Spanish architecture.
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