Seventy two social housing units together with a parking facility were conceived within a growing urban area at the edge of the historic city. The project was defined by two critical constraints: an extremely limited budget and a remarkably short construction timeframe.
In addition, the proposal was intended as a replicable model for similar developments in nearby areas, a condition that was later fulfilled and validated through its subsequent implementation.
The façade is composed of a single prefabricated element in white precast concrete. Its geometry allows for placement at varying degrees of horizontal inclination, generating a controlled variation across the building envelope.
Through the repetition of this single component, prefabrication becomes both a constructive and formal strategy, ensuring efficiency, cost control, and a high quality finish. The resulting architecture expresses a dual condition, conveying solidity and permanence while remaining open, luminous, and permeable.
Access to the dwellings is provided by elevated walkways suspended within an interior atrium. This central space operates not only as a circulation system but also as a shared social domain, encouraging interaction, encounter, and the gradual formation of a collective identity among residents.
The undulating configuration of the façade planes introduces variation among the units, allowing each dwelling to acquire a distinct spatial character. This differentiation enriches the relationship between inhabitant, dwelling, and city.
At the same time, the fragmented and shifting planes of the façade evoke a more atmospheric and poetic condition, recalling the enduring dialogue between mass and light, where the apparent weight of matter softens into a fluid relationship with the surrounding air.
