{"id":7625,"date":"2022-05-02T23:20:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T21:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=7625"},"modified":"2022-05-12T18:22:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:22:51","slug":"europan-bilbao-spain","status":"publish","type":"exemplary_case","link":"https:\/\/affordablehousingactivation.org\/es\/casos-de-exito\/europan-bilbao-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Europan – Bilbao, Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"

The frontier character of the site and its ambiguous and hybrid qualities are preserved. A comb-shaped footprint of several towers separated by lookouts works as a visual filter from the urban environment behind, generating a new fa\u00e7ade for the city, introducing order and repetition. In addition, is planned a low-rise, introverted, residential core surrounded by a taller permeter dedicated to offices, amenities, retail areas and civic buildings.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The perimeter acts both as a connector to the neighbourhood and the old road to San Sebastian, as well as a visual and acoustic barrier. On the other hand, the existing neighbourhood, which is very dense, needed porosity, so two sun-filled squares with views were preserved with the open spaces between towers acting as urban lookouts. In the core of the cluster, the buildings rise from a carpet of green spaces that act as intermediary spaces.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

6 Zigzag buildings<\/span><\/h2>\n

Six residential buildings spill randomly throughout the hill, almost like a river, without subordinating themselves to parallel alignments, but controlled by a rational geometry. The buildings, following the idea of long-tiered-sigzag, generate a series of exterior voids that get narrower and wider, creating an intermediate scale of communal spaces.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The mixed typology of the buildings combines the volume of the single-family row housing and the functionality of a social housing building with access through corridors. Each unit is accessed from the outside, with independence, provided by its individuality, but stacked one on top of each other, using the collective logic. The longitudinal orientation of the building, approximately north-south, determines that the access corridors, where the entry halls, kitchens, laundry rooms, and bathrooms are facing, need to look north. The south fa<\/span>\u00e7ade, facing the ideal sun conditions and views, is then dedicated to bedrooms and living rooms.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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5 towers<\/span><\/h2>\n