Parcial Plan R-8 (90 + 15 housing)

Parcial Plan R-8 (90 + 15 housing)
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PARCIAL PLAN R-8 (90 + 15 HOUSING)

Virginiaarq

ARCHITECTS
Virginiaarq

PHOTOGRAPHS
ImagenMas, Cortesia de Virginiaarq

AREA
12242.0 m2

YEAR
2008

LOCATION
Astorga, Spain

CATEGORY
Apartments, Social Housing

Parcial Plan R-8 (90 + 15 housing)
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Parcial Plan R-8 (90 + 15 housing)
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We developed the Partial Plan R-8 in an expansion zone in the city of Astorga (León). The action covers an area of 3.50 hectares

Parcial Plan R-8 (90 + 15 housing)
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Parcial Plan R-8 (90 + 15 housing)
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The project is conceived from a global scale, in relation to the city, to a level of detail in which we study the interior distribution of each residential type.

The design is presented as a continuity of the urban fabric in terms of road layout and distribution of the different uses: the area for sports equipment, adjacent to the existing sports hall and swimming pools, and commercial equipment, close to all dwellings.

Parcial Plan R-8 (90 + 15 housing)
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Parcial Plan R-8 (90 + 15 housing)
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Regarding the residential typology, there are two models: block houses closer to the city center and row housing in contact with the green areas and lower density of the city.

The morphology of the houses in block serves two premises: the orientation and seeking views.

Parcial Plan R-8 (90 + 15 housing)
Parcial Plan R-8 (90 + 15 housing)
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Thus, we use a trapezoidal planform, which also defines the interstitial spaces that are the mirror image of the plan itself, and are intended for parks and playgrounds. This development comprises 90 houses organized into five blocks of three heights.

The row houses meet similar criteria in terms of orientation and views.

Parcial Plan R-8 (90 + 15 housing)
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Parcial Plan R-8 (90 + 15 housing)
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The houses follow a north-south longitudinal axis, which allows an east-west orientation and views toward the green and sporting areas. Identity is provided to each of the 15 houses through a volumetric composition of separate cubes.


Parcial Plan R-8 (90 + 15 housing)
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Parcial Plan R-8 (90 + 15 housing)
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Parcial Plan R-8 (90 + 15 housing)
© ImagenMas
Parcial Plan R-8 (90 + 15 housing)
© ImagenMas


Parcial Plan R-8 (90 + 15 housing)
Parcial Plan R-8 (90 + 15 housing)


Parcial Plan R-8 (90 + 15 housing)