The welfare of the periphery. Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs
17/11/2022.
[MAD] Spain
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Architects Javier and Alia García-Germán of Madrid-based studio TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados, have designed 159 social housing units in the Spanish capital's Carabanchel neighborhood.
The building is located next to big urban voids which counteract the urban heat island effect generated in big cities in summer. In winter it has natural lighting as it is located on a south-facing slope.
The building is located next to big urban voids which counteract the urban heat island effect generated in big cities in summer. In winter it has natural lighting as it is located on a south-facing slope.
Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán.
Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán.
Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán.
Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán.
Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán.
Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán.
Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán.
Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán.
Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán.
Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán.
Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán.
Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán.
Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán.
Volumetric. Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados.
Gorund floor plan. Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados.
Floor plans. Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados.
Diagram. Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados.
Diagram. Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados.
Diagram. Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados.
Diagram. Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados.
Diagram. Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados.
The project by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados, is divided into two parts of three floors each located at different heights and connected by a grandstand. On this base, there are six more floors.
Inside the building, a series of public spaces have been created to promote ventilation and lighting utilizing nozzles, interior streets, and condensers.
The inspiration for the materials is the caliches, sandstones, and limestones of the moors of the Tagus basin in the south of Madrid. In this way and with prefabricated concrete panels, a massive, monolithic building has been constructed in the greyish tones of the spanish southern steppe.
Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán.
Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán.Inside the building, a series of public spaces have been created to promote ventilation and lighting utilizing nozzles, interior streets, and condensers.
The inspiration for the materials is the caliches, sandstones, and limestones of the moors of the Tagus basin in the south of Madrid. In this way and with prefabricated concrete panels, a massive, monolithic building has been constructed in the greyish tones of the spanish southern steppe.
Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán.
Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán.
Project description by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados
The project is located in an area of new urban expansion in the southwest of Madrid, next to the M-40 ring road. Despite being an urban site, it is located next to large urban voids - such as Cuatro Vientos airport - which are effective sinks to counteract the urban heat island effect of the city in summer. On the other hand, it is located on a gentle south-facing slope, having a very good solar orientation for the winter months. These two issues articulate the formal and material strategy of the building.
The large dimensions of the program and the site lead to the fragmentation of the project into two three-storey pieces which, adapting to the perimeter of the site and facing south, configure THREE sunny squares located at different levels and connected with a grandstand. These squares constitute the entrances to the building from the street. Four 6-storey towers are placed on top of this base, crowning the building and anchoring it to the city.
Diagram. Carabanchel collective housing by TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados.
As a measure to save on construction costs, the client (EMVS) requires the design of a building with a large building depth. To counteract this situation, it is proposed to create a network of interior public spaces that bring air and light into the building. This network made up of NOZZLES, INTERIOR STREETS and CONDENSERS, has a direct connection to the squares, forming a set of public spaces that will bring together all the social interaction of the dwellings. For the location of this network of NOZZLES and CONDENSERS, the cool north-easterly winds that blow on summer nights in Madrid have been taken into account. This is a wind which blows at a temperature of 19-21ºC and which has the possibility of passively cooling the interior of the building. This network of spaces has been designed parametrically - a form-finding process by means of CFD simulations - to ensure its good climatic performance.
The building is constructed with the material culture of the caliches, sandstones and limestones of the moors of the Tajo basin in the south of Madrid. This leads to the design of a monolithic and massive building that is constructed with prefabricated concrete panels from the greyish aggregates of the southern steppes. In addition, these panels are dry-assembled. The sincerity of the materials is reinforced by the interest in the maintenance and conservation of the building: the concrete panels have a small bracket which prevents the façade from being washed away by rainwater, helping to keep it clean and maintain it over time.
These same materials make up the concrete block factories that assemble the network of nozzles, interior lanes and condensers. Its exposed thermal inertia guarantees both its nocturnal cooling in summer and its passive heating during the winter months. In this way, the interiors are constructively austere but passively tempered, generating pleasant, intense and healthy workspaces for an occupation open to the needs of its users.
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Architects
TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados.- Javier García-Germán + Alia García-Germán.
Proyect team
Basic project.- Alia García-Germán, Sandra Borge, Irene Cámara, Andrea Gimeno, José Rejas.
Executive Project.- Alia García-Germán, Sandra Borge, Sumac Cáceres, Mario Nistal, Pedro Pablo Valdazo, José Rejas, Jesús Sanabria.
Executive Project.- Alia García-Germán, Sandra Borge, Sumac Cáceres, Mario Nistal, Pedro Pablo Valdazo, José Rejas, Jesús Sanabria.
Collaborators
Dirección de Obra.- Javier García-Germán, Alia García-Germán, Clara Cejuela, Paula Jiménez, Mario Nistal, Alberto Pajares, Marielle Samayoa, Luciana Teper, Emilio Velado.
Consultores.- ATEI Ingenieros Consultores, GARVAL ingenieros, Valladares Ingeniería, Atmos Lab.
Aparejadores.- ARETÉ arquitectos técnicos slp.
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Construction management.- Javier García-Germán, Alia García-Germán, Clara Cejuela, Paula Jiménez, Mario Nistal, Alberto Pajares, Marielle Samayoa, Luciana Teper, Emilio Velado.
Consultants.- ATEI Ingenieros Consultores, GARVAL ingenieros, Valladares Ingeniería, Atmos Lab.
Quantity surveyors.- ARETÉ arquitectos técnicos slp.
Consultores.- ATEI Ingenieros Consultores, GARVAL ingenieros, Valladares Ingeniería, Atmos Lab.
Aparejadores.- ARETÉ arquitectos técnicos slp.
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Construction management.- Javier García-Germán, Alia García-Germán, Clara Cejuela, Paula Jiménez, Mario Nistal, Alberto Pajares, Marielle Samayoa, Luciana Teper, Emilio Velado.
Consultants.- ATEI Ingenieros Consultores, GARVAL ingenieros, Valladares Ingeniería, Atmos Lab.
Quantity surveyors.- ARETÉ arquitectos técnicos slp.
Client
EMVS, Empresa Municipal de la Vivienda y del Suelo, Ayuntamiento de Madrid.
Contractors
VDR.
Area
GFA.- 22,675m², 159 homes.
Budget
€ 17,500,000.
Dates
2017-2022.
Location
Avenida del Euro, Carabanchel, Madrid, Spain.
Photography
Javier García-Germán, Alia García-Germán. TAAs, totem arquitectos asociados
TAAs totem arquitectos asociados is a Madrid-based architecture studio founded in 2005 by Javier García-Germán. Since then, the studio has been dedicated to a variety of projects spanning office, residential, educational, and cultural buildings.
Javier García-Germán (1974) studied architecture at the ETSAM (Extraordinary Final Project Award 2002), the Oxford School of Architecture, and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Master in Design Studies 2004), where he was a Fulbright Scholar. He received his Ph.D. in architecture -Thermodynamic Environments. A Critical Cartography on Energy, Architecture, and Atmosphere- at ETSAM (2014).
He teaches architecture at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM, UPM), and is module director of both the Master in Collective Housing (MCH, ETH Zürich-UPM) and the Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings (MAEB, IAAC, Barcelona).
Alia García-Germán (1979) studied architecture at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (2008) and at the Facoltà d'Architettura, Politecnico di Torino (2001). Alia García-Germán develops her professional activity as a partner architect of TAAs in 2008, being a partner since 2010, having been actively involved in the development of most of the projects of the office. She is LEED AP Building Design and Construction (LEED AP BD+C), US Green Building Council (2014), a title awarded by the Green Building Council that enables certification buildings with the LEED seal.
Javier García-Germán (1974) studied architecture at the ETSAM (Extraordinary Final Project Award 2002), the Oxford School of Architecture, and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Master in Design Studies 2004), where he was a Fulbright Scholar. He received his Ph.D. in architecture -Thermodynamic Environments. A Critical Cartography on Energy, Architecture, and Atmosphere- at ETSAM (2014).
He teaches architecture at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM, UPM), and is module director of both the Master in Collective Housing (MCH, ETH Zürich-UPM) and the Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings (MAEB, IAAC, Barcelona).
Alia García-Germán (1979) studied architecture at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (2008) and at the Facoltà d'Architettura, Politecnico di Torino (2001). Alia García-Germán develops her professional activity as a partner architect of TAAs in 2008, being a partner since 2010, having been actively involved in the development of most of the projects of the office. She is LEED AP Building Design and Construction (LEED AP BD+C), US Green Building Council (2014), a title awarded by the Green Building Council that enables certification buildings with the LEED seal.
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