Rethink sustainability. 85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes
18/01/2022.
[Cornellà de Llobregat - Barcelona] Spain
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The hyper-awarded building of 85 social dwellings, in Cornellà de Llobregat (Barcelona), designed by Peris Toral Arquitectes is the result of a solid intention intention to generate the minimum ecological footprint in the construction, of a formal abstraction in the form of a matrix to achieve optimization of the living space. social housing and the reduction of execution periods.
The building is developed around a large central courtyard, which is accessed directly from the access portico on the ground floor, which in turn gives access to the four vertical communication cores located in its corners, generating an interesting continuity space between the space of the neighbors and the public space of the city.
The building is developed around a large central courtyard, which is accessed directly from the access portico on the ground floor, which in turn gives access to the four vertical communication cores located in its corners, generating an interesting continuity space between the space of the neighbors and the public space of the city.
85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
Site plan. 85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes.
Mosaic plan. 85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes.
Floor plans. 85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes.
Type plan. 85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes.
Axonometric. 85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes.
Section. 85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes.
Corner detail. 85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes.
Home plan. 85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes.
Rendering section. 85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes.
Staircase detail. 85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes.
Construction. 85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
Construction. 85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
The scheme proposed by Peris Toral Arquitectes allows access from the nuclei to the private terraces that overlook the patio, of the 85 houses organized in four groups with a total of 18 houses per floor. The building is organized in a matrix of 114 spaces per floor, which allows the maximum use of the surface of each dwelling, and programmatically neutralizes gender roles.
The dwellings consist of between five, six or seven modules, depending on whether they have two or three rooms. The server spaces are arranged in the central ring, while the rest of the rooms, of about 13 m², are positioned facing the facades, facilitating the cross ventilation of all the houses and their double orientation.
85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
The dwellings consist of between five, six or seven modules, depending on whether they have two or three rooms. The server spaces are arranged in the central ring, while the rest of the rooms, of about 13 m², are positioned facing the facades, facilitating the cross ventilation of all the houses and their double orientation.
85 social housing units by Peris+Toral Arquitectes. Photograph by José Hevia
Project description by Peris Toral Arquitectes
For the 10,000 m² of built surface area of the new building in Cornellà de Llobregat (Barcelona), consisting of 85 social housing units laid out on five levels, a total of 8,300 m² of zero kilometre timber from the Basque Country has been used.
The bases of this new residential building are a matrix of communicating rooms that eliminates corridors to guarantee optimum use of the floor plan and the use of timber to enable the industrialization of elements, improved quality of construction and a major reduction of deadlines and C02 emissions.
The building is organized around a courtyard that articulates a sequence of intermediate spaces. On the ground floor, a porch opens up to the city, anticipating the doorway of the building and filtering the relationship between public space and the courtyard that acts as a small plaza for the community. The four vertical communication shafts are situated at the four corners of the courtyard so that all the occupants converge and meet in the plaza, which represents a safe space from a gender perspective. On the model floor, entry to the apartments is from the communication shaft and the private terraces that make up the ring of outdoor spaces that overlook the courtyard. The building’s general floor plan is a matrix of communicating rooms. There are 114 spaces per floor, all of similar dimensions, eliminating both private and community corridors to make the maximum use of the floor space. The server spaces are laid out in the central ring, while the rest of the rooms, of undifferentiated use and size (13 m²), in the façade, accommodate different forms of occupation. The surface area and proportion allow generous corners as a support that facilitates the appropriation of space.
The structure is mainly determined by setting 3,60m short spans, matching the matrix of rooms. Therefore, multiple supports uphold CLT slabs: cross-laminated timber bearing walls in the façade and a system of laminated timber columns and beams in the centred bays. The structure is optimised by compensating momentums with multiple supports and cantilevers at all ends.
In order to achieve economic feasibility in social housing, timber volume needed by built squared metre is been optimised down to 0,24m³/m².
The façade’s construction system and the structure joints are both solved by mechanical bonds, avoiding the use of scaffolds. The exterior building skin is built up with electro welded wire mesh, holding/bearing sun shading and filtering sights. By bending, this element improve steadiness and at the same time it shapes the terrace’s handrail.
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Architects
Peris+Toral Arquitectes. Marta Peris y José Manuel Toral.
Design team
Guillem Pascual, Izaskun González, Maria Megias, Cristina Porta, Ana Espinosa, Miguel Bernat.
Collaborators
Technical architect.- Joan March. Engineering.- Jaume Pastor. Structural engineering.- Manel Fernández, Meri Blanco. Environmental.- Albert Sagrera, Luca Volpi. Acoustical.- Sergi Soler.
Client
AMB / IMPSOL.
Builder
Vías y Construcciones, S.A.
Area
Plot area.- 2137 sqm.
Gross Floor Area.- 12,815 sqm.
Dates
2017-2020.
Cost
€10,676,638 - 950 €/m²
Location
Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. LatLng.- (41.3642966, 2.0792519).
Photography
José Hevia.
Marta Peris, Jose Manuel Toral. peris+toral
peris+toral.arquitectes. Founded in 2005 by Marta Peris and Jose Manuel Toral, both graduated from ETSAB, peris+toral.arquitectes is an architecture practice based in Barcelona, which combines its professional activity with the academic one. They are currently working in different projects, both in housing and public space, while working as teachers in the Faculty of Architecture in Barcelona (ETSAB) and IED.
Their work has been published in architecture books and magazines, nationally and internationally, and exhibited in UIA Tokyo 2011, París 2009 and the Venice Biennal 2000. Theorically, the practice has published articles both in architecture books and magazines, among which Arquitectura COAM, Ed. Fundamentos and DC Papers are to highlight. Their work has been recognized with different awards such as AJAC Joves Arquitectes 2011, FAD 2009 award fianlists, Saloni d’Arquitect award fianlists.
2021 Winner. Premio Europeo di Architettura MATILDE BAFFA UGO RIVOLTA 2021. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021 Gold Award. BEST ARCHITECTS 22. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021 First Prize. Premios MAPEI a la Arquitectura Sostenible 2021. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021 Winner Jury's TOP PICK. BLT Built Design Awards - Social Housing. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021 Winner. THE PLAN AWARD 2021 - Social Housing. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021 Winner Best of best. ARCHITECTURE MASTERPRIZE AMP 2021 - Residential Multi Unit. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021 Winner ex-aequo. Premio CATALUNYA CONSTRUCCIÓ 2021 - Innovació a la construcció. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021 Winner. Premio A+ by DAIKIN - Vivienda plurifamiliar. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021 Winner. XV Premios NAN Arquitectura y construcción 2021 - Residencial. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021 Winner. Premio de opinión, PREMIO FAD DE ARQUITECTURA. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021 Awarded. Arquitectura y Urbanismo, BEAU XV. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
Their work has been published in architecture books and magazines, nationally and internationally, and exhibited in UIA Tokyo 2011, París 2009 and the Venice Biennal 2000. Theorically, the practice has published articles both in architecture books and magazines, among which Arquitectura COAM, Ed. Fundamentos and DC Papers are to highlight. Their work has been recognized with different awards such as AJAC Joves Arquitectes 2011, FAD 2009 award fianlists, Saloni d’Arquitect award fianlists.
2021 Winner. Premio Europeo di Architettura MATILDE BAFFA UGO RIVOLTA 2021. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021 Gold Award. BEST ARCHITECTS 22. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021 First Prize. Premios MAPEI a la Arquitectura Sostenible 2021. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021 Winner Jury's TOP PICK. BLT Built Design Awards - Social Housing. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021 Winner. THE PLAN AWARD 2021 - Social Housing. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021 Winner Best of best. ARCHITECTURE MASTERPRIZE AMP 2021 - Residential Multi Unit. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021 Winner ex-aequo. Premio CATALUNYA CONSTRUCCIÓ 2021 - Innovació a la construcció. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021 Winner. Premio A+ by DAIKIN - Vivienda plurifamiliar. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021 Winner. XV Premios NAN Arquitectura y construcción 2021 - Residencial. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021 Winner. Premio de opinión, PREMIO FAD DE ARQUITECTURA. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
2021 Awarded. Arquitectura y Urbanismo, BEAU XV. 85 Viviendas sociales en Cornellà
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