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WN 816 – STOP ISOLATION, PLEASE PLUG IN!

Santiago Bouzada Biurrun (ES), Angel David Berruezo Ortuño (ES), Elena Cuerda Barcaiztegui (ES), Antón Maria Puente (ES), Irene Alvarez De Miranda Silgo (ES), architects

Contributor: Marta Guedàn Vidal (ES), student in architecture

Madrid

Vis-à-vis the famous Viennese housing complex „Alt-Erlaa“ the proposal seems to be anachronistic as it repeats a certain syntax of Alt-Erlaa without reflecting new conditions and different contexts. With its panopticon-like setting the typology reminds parts of the jury of prisons. On the other hand, the urban setting can be seen as an interesting approach, offering a characteristic topology with collective facilities that is embedded„inside“. Urban infills in the outdoor space supplement the differentiation which is already achieved by the topology itself. Yet, at a closer look, the plug-in idea seems to create more problems than it solves: the lighting conditions of a considerable part of the appartments are bad although the volumes are exposed to the outside by their fragmentation.

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