Final Master Work

3. The Master of Architecture in Collective Housing, MCH is a postgraduate full
time international professional program of advanced architecture design in
cities and housing presented by Universidad Politecnica of Madrid UPM and
Swiss federal Institute of technology ETH0

4. To Mom, Dad, Brothers & Hussein
For your unconditionnal support

5. How to thrive all together/ tribes & nations
birds migrate, people too
what makes good condition of life/ housing & reuse
ordinariness & life
preserving the soul
timelessness/ context, core & envelope
paradox/ the walled garden
inhabit the unihabitable
growing in the city
Content

6. How to thrive all together/ tribes & nations
the world is at multiple speeds; political
polarization, climate change, growing economic
differences, mass migration, housing shortage,
pandemic... and many other challenges we face
nowadays
This booklet will touch on areas related to housing;
what is the role of architecture in our daily lives,
and in a period of segregation and disconnection,
how can we bridge the gaps to find common
spaces and grounds to live and share

7. ....Birds migrate, people too
Post-sustainable commune for Barcelona
It is a collective housing project, focusing on the
quotidian implications of sustainability, connecting
everyday life to architecture, by exploring the design
opportunities which the field of thermodynamics
and ecology are opening to architecture, and finding
strategies that bridge the void between quantitative
and qualitative approaches
The project doesn’t only take into consideration
climatic conditions for design but also proposes a new
way of living in connection with nature and changing
seasons. It is also easy to understand and replicate with
local materials, which will have a low metabolic impact
on the environment
Speciality leader/ Javier Garcia German
Team/ Alexia Valtadorou- Andrés Solano- Juanita Gomez- Suzane Kteich
Barcelona/Spain

8. Built atmosphere
the city has a mild climate, with not very
extreme conditions in winter or in summer.
However, it is very humid and that affects the
comfort ratio during the year. the exterior is
comfortable only during a small percentage
of time, so that architecture needs to think
of ways of creating comfortable spaces using
the climate. The geography of the city, a plain
area between the sea and mountains create
.this particular conditions
Meteorology & Climate
Barcelona, a mediterranean city
Geography

9. Strategies
Orientation
The prototype is seperated
into two seasonal spaces
The summer space gets higher/the
winter space is smaller but gets a
vertical tower, like a chimney
The prevailing wind
influences the orientation of some partitions
Strategies

10. Structural Timber from
certified forests for
linear elements
Reused Bricks
from demolitions
or deconstruction
processes the city for
masonry in lattice walls
A natural compound
earth panel made
from a timber frame
a wooden mesh ,
filled and plastered
with earth, for walls
Timber Brick Panel
Material metabolic interdepencies Material geographies

11. Q
Made out of a wooden frame filled with
small wood parts and covered in adobe
mud. Finished like a stucco with the own
earth mixture
P
To protect the quincha panels on the North
and South facades
To enhance thermal inertia during summer
R
Can be put in place during summer to give
extra shadow on the summer part of the
unit
Y
To protect the Quincha panels on the east
and west facades
Cross Laminated timber structure for
columns, beams and slabs
W
C
Made out of a wooden shelving structure,
contains reclaimed bricks
L
Wood Panels
Quincha Panels
CLT Structure
Policarbonate
Planted roof
Canopy
Lattice
Prototype tectonics

12. Transversal section
Section B
Longitidunal section

13. Ground floor First & second floor

14. The thermal properties of
reused brick are beneficial
for the project. Because
the structure of the units is
made up of wood, a special
wooden shelving design
is proposed where bricks
are placed like books. This
allows for more contact with
the sun and wind allowing
the lattice to enhance its
thermal capacities
Wood and Brick Lattice
Elements of the commune system
The system is composed of a series
of elements that can be used to
assemble together and create a
commune. There are winter (W)
and summer (S) units which can be
used according to the season and
placed according to a manual. There
are also many smaller elements like
conectors (stairs, stands and lattice
walls) that can be used to articulate
the different units between each
other. The expansions are wooden
structures used for canopies that
can serve to create covered areas
for temporary uses
Units, Connectors, Expansions
Elements of the commune system

15. Seasonal Migration Between units
Birds Migrate, People too
The project proposes a system of seasonal
migration, similar to that of birds that travel each
year to warmer areas of the planet during winter.
In the commune proposed, different areas are
used in different times of the year, according to
climatic comfort
Self Built- Affordable Units
How To Assemble
Because these units are made of simple locally
available materials of small size, they can be
easily assembled by the users using a manual.
In this case, the commune can grow organically
simply by following simple instructions on how to
locate them in relation to each other, for them to
work climatically. A new aesthetic of architecture
is endorsed giving value to the accumulation of
small scale buildings, whose shape can change
in time, instead of formally complex finalized
design0

16. A post-Sustainable commune in Barcelona
Our proposal not only takes into consideration climatic conditions for design, but
also proposes a new way of living in connection with nature and changing seasons.
It is also easy to understand and relicate with local materials, which will have a low
metabolic impact on the environment

17. Housing and reuse
0000
The only constant in contemporary society is change.
Globalization, pandemics, isolation, disruptive
technologies, and economic crisis constantly force
people to adapt to daily changes0
For cities and housing to meet the expectations of an
ever-changing society, they should share the same
adaptative capacity as their users through time
Housing should allow flexibility and adaptiveness, to
become an extension of who we are and how we live,
thus reflecting our identity and hosting our needs0
Housing should not feel temporary, it should be flexible
enough to keep the pace with us, as we constantly
change, grow and develop0
Housing should give freedom for intimacy without
isolating inhabitants, it should provide comfort for
the ways of living of different individuals, as well as
it should reinforce the collectiveness and connection
with its surroundings0
Workshop leader/ Anne Lacaton
Team/ Felipe Santamaria-Joaquin Ipince-Paloma Allende-Suzane Kteich
Workshop assistant/ Diego Garcia Setien
Zurich-Switzerland

18. Site photographs Atmosphere

19. Housing qualities
generosity; is an attitude towards all ways of life. It is the main
‘stakeholder’ of luxury, liberty and fairness
freespace and extra-space; has no defined function, it is free
in its usage, it acts as a mediator. Free from standards, it loosens
norms, and creates new ways of inhabiting
transparency; Maximum well-being is connected to the
essential relation with the environment, nature, climate, light, air,
and view
inside outside continuity; Continuous floors prolong the
inside towards the outside by embodying a sense of emotional
and visual escape, freeing
the movement and spirit; Movement is free, driven by fluidity
and no constraints, From outside towards inside, between spaces,
from inside towards outside
open structure; offers flexibility to host any function, without
privileging a specific program
private outdoor space; such as a balcony, terrace, or winter
garden relates to the environment
Saul Steinberg, from- The Art of Living,
1949

20. Design strategies/ Macro scale Context plan

22. Enhancing the linearity
Breaking the boundaries Hosting different activities
Design strategies/ Micro scale

23. Ground floor plan

25. Axonometric section

26. Typical floor plan

27. Typical floor plan

28. Unit typology A Unit typology B

29. Longitidunal section

30. ....Ordinariness & Life
Sometimes we face the task to design and situate a
dwelling or a group of dwellings into a predefined
contour. Reasons for this can be quite diversified –
be it an existing structure that has to be converted
into apartments or a complicated geometry of a lot,
articulatedinsuchawaytomeeturbanrequirements0In
this particular case the complex outline is topped with
a legalized house in the middle of the designated plot
and a road that runs diagonally across the site0
The task was focused on low-cost housing,on affordable
and innovative solutions to the basic need for a small-
sized housing within a specific Mediterranean context
of the city of Split in Croatia0
Workshop leader/ Hrvoje Njiric
Team/ Anna Victoria Ottenwalder- Borja Martinez Alcala-Karol Diaz- Suzane Kteich
Workshop assistant/ Esperanza Campana
Split/Croatia

31. One does not impose, but rather exposes the site
Robert Smithon
Gordon Matta Clark- fake estates
1975

32. Killa Clusters Units compositions

33. Context plan

34. Axonometric Section

35. General Section

36. Situation A
Ground floor First floor Second floor
Floor plans

37. Situation B
Ground floor
First floor
Floor plans

38. Northern cluster facade
Collages

39. ....Preserving the soul
The corrala: The redunbant or a possiblity...
As we see it- a possibility, a lesson from the history.
The qualities of corrala as we study provide an imense
oportunity for exploring the future of housing, suited to
the present needs could be seen as model for collective
housing0
In our methodology we started by asking questions
most pertinent to the present and future of housing,
and trying to prove the sustainable city as a diverse city
- socially, economically, architecturally and ecologically,
and to re-conceive urban housing a place of production,
creativity and work, a necessary and resurgent cultural
condition0
Workshop leader/ Alison Brooks
Team/ Flavia Fernandes- Francisco Heredia- Nancy Mandhan- Suzane Kteich
Workshop assistant/ Alejamdro de Miguel solano
Madrid/Spain

40. Preserving the soul of the space, with minimal intervention
Ref- this wild garden website
Main mission
Ordinariness makes the space extraordinary
Site images

41. Reflect the identity: by enhancing the qualities of a corrala;
openness, inclusion and development, care and attachement0
Respect the existing: by protecting the existing wild garden,
the community spirit and the surrounding0
Provide the needs: by desinning workspaces, domestic
spaces and shared spaces
Elements should be taken into consideration

42. The existing Garden
The northern side is
abandoned and not
accessible to the community
Creating a North-South
connection
a
b
Activating the street facade by
adding the artists workshops
Defining two spaces for
different activities
c
d
Housing
Workshops
Responding to the
constraints of the site, by
dividing the block into two
Redefining Corrala, and
responding to the privacy
Creating two scales of
courtyards for different
activities
A B D
Exposing the old existing
brick wall
C
Design strategies- Micro &Macro scale

43. Context plan Atmosphere

44. Ground floor plan Typical floor plan

45. Axonometric Section Facade atmosphere

46. Southern eastern facade

47. Longitidunal section

48. Context- Core- Envelope
How much does a building last? How much should it
last? What would our building be when time passes
by? Architecture is always public and that implies
a responsibility that should make us think in a time
horizon in which our buildings would change and
their success would depends on the resilience it has.
Thus arises a method to project that, focuses on those
elements that determine its later adaptations. These
are: relattionship with the surroundings; structure and
core location; the envelope and its relation with the
street and the comfort it provides
Workshop leader/ Dietmar Eberle
Workshop assistant/ Alberto Nicolau
Madrid/Spain

49. Drawing by Andrew DeGraff/ Unfinished construction sites
Site photographs

50. Site context Axonometry

51. Ground floor plan Typical floor plan

52. Project atmosphere Transversal section

53. The walled garden/ Paradox
Living + working, Inner + outer, Above + below, Stage
+ backstage, Convex + concave, Front + back, Void
+ mass, Inside + outside, House + courtyard, Open
+ closed, Level + above, Big + small, Show + conceal,
Visible + invisible, frame + fit-out, Day + night, Dwelling
+ wind, Dwelling + sand, Dwelling + snow, Dwelling +
water, Dwelling + sun, Earth + sky, Light + dark, Compact
+ dispersed, Dense + loose, Positive + negative,
Extroverted + introverted, Formal + informal000
In this workshop, we approached the working-living
structure in different way, by studying the mottos of
the urban and architecture systems0
Team/ Alexandre de Rungs- Andrew Georges- Juanita Gomez- Suzane Kteich
Barcelona/Spain
Workshop leader/ Andrea Deplazes
Workshop assistant/ Fernando Altozano

54. Poblenou- Barcelona
Adan & Eva by the Boucicaut Master

55. Mottos
Living Working
Living
Working
outside
seperation
inside
inside
seperation
outside
Living Working
Living
Working
outside
passage
inside
inside
passage
outside
Living Working
Living
Working
outside
inside
inside
outside
extroverted
introverted
introverted
extroverted
passage
Living
Living
Working
passage
inside
inside
outside
Working
private
private
outside
public
public
Living- Passage- Working Introverted- Extroverted Public-Private-Passage-Private-
Public
Living out- Seperation- Working in
outside
living
working
inside
Mottos
Solid- Transparent

56. outside
bedrooms & services
living spaces
passage
working spaces
inside garden
Spaces Grouping & densification

57. Context plan Typical floor plan

58. Units types

59. Section- Elevation

60. Elevation

62. ....Inhabit the uninhabitable
Frosilo; From Denmark/Netherlands to McMurdo
Station/Antarctica
The aim of this speciality is to understand the
caracteristics of each location and how it affects
the builsing system on different levels, architecture,
services, construction & envelope levels, and trying
to find efficient solutions in the aim to provide the
comfort for the residents0
Construction & Technology Speciality leaders
Ignacio Solla- Archie Campbell- Diego Garcia Setien- David Castro
Team/ Anastasia Lizardou- Gaurav Ghordia- Suzane Kteich- Teresita Campino
Frosilo in Antarctica

63. Location
Antarctica Ross Island Mc Murdo Station
Mcmurdo station, US Antarctic Base/ Biggest Antarctic Base-
Southeast Harbour
McMurdo Station is one of seven
stations built by the United
States Navy for the International
)Geophysical Year (IGY
McMurdo Station was intended
to serve solely as a base camp for
the construction of the South Pole
Station during the nineteen fifty
seven- nineteen fifty six austral
summer
The buildings were either canvas-
covered Jamesways, corrugated
metal Quonset huts, or insulated
plywood boxes called Clements
huts, all easy to assemble quickly
Today, McMurdo Station has
approximately hundred buildings
covering an area of forty nine
acres, with some of the oldest
buildings still in place after over
fifty years
About McMurdo
Current McMurdo Masterplan

64. Harsh dry and cold weather conditions which makes it inhabitable without support system
Limitation of resources and heavy logistical dependency in bringing them
Fear of contamination and disruption of fragile geographical condition
Waste management and recovery
Resilience and preparation for extreme conditions that can create emergency situations
Mental and physical health of inhabitants working at the base
Challenges posed by the site

65. Design strategies
a- The inital design b- From extrovert to
introvert
c- reducing the height
building height average in
Mcmurdo
prevailing wind
d- joining the two parts
Creating common area-
refuge area
Dividing the construction
process into two phases

66. Construction stages
A B
First stage
Team A & B; Foundation, columns
& main platform
Second stage
Team A; Outer steel structure
Team B; Internak structure
Second stage
Team A; Outer steel structure-
services
Team B; Internak structure
Third stage
Team A; Envelope
Team B; ETFE Roof
Project construction timeline

67. Context plan

68. New Frossilo facade

69. Axonometry

70. Foundation floor level First floor level

71. Second floor level Roof floor level

72. Section AA Exploded facade

73. Exterior view Interior view

74. Section details
Facade section A
Through the service ducts
Facade section B
Through window and study

75. Section details
Detail A
ETFE Roof junction
Detail B
Handrail junction

76. Logistic map

77. Elements plan/ ground floor Elements plan/ first floor

78. Elements plan/ typical floor Elements plan/ roof

79. Catalogue of the elements

80. Growing in the city
The aim of this speciality to design new urban
perspectives for south-east Madrid/Campamento,
by proposing different interventions on the urban,
architectural, economic, social level.. in the aim to
provide a liveable and sustainable neighborhood0
Speciality leaders/ Jose Maria Ezquiaga- Gemma Peribanez-
Susana Isabel- Julia Landaburu
Team/ Karol Diaz- Gaurav Ghordia- Nayanatara Tampi- Sebastian Worm- Suzane Kteich
Madrid/Spain

81. Madrid City south
Differenciation in the city
Campamento
An opportunity to strengthen
Madrid map Site images

82. Urban Childhood
A city designed for children is designed for all
A garden does not change the world, it changes the people who are
going to change the world
Urban Farming
Design Concepts
Urban Childhood + Urban Farming
Driving forces

83. a- Existing Site
Highway as a physical and social barrier, but economic booster
Existing buildings as an opportunity to reuse and the retain the
reference to history
b-Connecting the two sides
Retaining the highway infrastructure and connecting the sides
d- Alignment of the spine
Diagonal axis connects the existing sports facilities to the green
c- Spine of the neighbourhood
Generating a strong connection point to orient the neighborhood
to it
Strategies

84. Proposed green map
Sustainable forestry- land farming
Hill parks and forests/ Camping
Green bridge/ Connection
Reviving the streams
The green link
Intersecting the neighborhoods to
create possibilities of exchange
Agro Ecology institutions
Urban farming in our everyday
landscape

85. a- Neighborhood planning
Pedestrian radius: first step towards making the neighborhoods
pedestrian friendly especially for children
b- Superblocks
The idea of four hundred Meter side superblocks to plan public
transportation hubs and activities
Strategies
c- Mobility Planning
Promoting car free neighborhoods with effecient public transport
accessibility with last mile connectivity and emergency access in
all parts of the neighborhood
d- Land use map
City level: Hospital, museum & library, agro ecology center
Institutional: Medical facilities, schools, kindergarten
Offices: As a buffer from the highway for acoustic measures
Neighborhood level: Daily markets and commerce
Residential: fifty x fifty m residential buildings

86. The Green Spine
The connection to the main green corridor reaching up to the
building level with an array of activities at each scale

87. Land use map
Hospital, museum, library
Offices
Daily markets and commerce
Residential buildings
Roads map
Vehicular access
Pedestrian intersections
Line of vision: adaptation of a line of continuous
vision for child navigation
Educational facilities
like primary school & kindergarten , as the heart of activities, along
with other activities along the spine
A chosen neighborhood to explain neighborhood level strategies

88. a- Rainwater percolation & grey water
recycling point
b- Urban Play Yard
c- Community center & library
d- Primary school as community heart
e- Nature play and mud garden
f- Police & Fire station
g- Communal toy box
h- Summer showers
i- Intergenerational Makers Space
j- Market place with rooftopcourt
k-Intergenerational play
l- Playful courtyards
m- Performance area in park
n- Outdoor seating for cafeteria
o- Shops & Cafeteria
p- Water recycling fountain
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Core of the neighborhood
An array of activities from neighborhood to block scale designed for intergenerational
play and exchange
Tactile
Playability
Active mobility
Risk taking opportunities
Core of the neighborhood

89. The container are filled with tricycle, roller skates, go-karts,
skateboards, craft materials and the like. Using their membership
card free for all children, they can rent out a toy and use it within
the public square. The conatiners are managed by volunteers of-
ten parents and grandparents
Providing space directly outside the home gives parents the ability
to easily supervise children while going about their daily errands
and housework. It also means that children can easily transition
between home and outdoors and meet young people living nearby
a- Communal toy box b- Playable streets
Emphasis on space for more active types of play is often what
comes to mind when we talk about play spaces. But in high-density
residentialareas,wherespaceislimitedinsidethehome,commu�
nal areas for creative and passive play can provide a much needed
amenties for children and parents
In order to create the perception that this is a space that belongs
to children, the designers have incorporated playful objects that
are scattered along the laneway. These include rocks and logs for
climbing, a hammock for relaxing in and a cubby made out of wil-
low branches for children to hide in
c- Playful Courtyard d- Maker Space
Core of the neighborhood

90. Sense of ownership & care
Design policies
Planning and Management
A design policy to adapt min-
imum 30% of roof surface and
courtyards for guided farming
practices
Urban Framing
Policy decision to use minimum
30% of roof surface for power
generation
Solar power generation
Inclusion of recycling bodies
in the city landscape to create
awareness and inclusive learn-
ing experience for the children
Water Recycling
Using the compostable farm
wastes for composting at roof
level to be used
Composting

91. Creating a chain for a sustainable neighborhood
Knowledge
Ethnic Characters
Willpower
Affiliation
People in contact
with water
through activities
People & Green=
Food
Water & Green=
Food
People in contact
with water
through activities
Free water for watering
Wetlands in the nature- area
Biotop in water
Circular Ecology