It was in the 1920s that the most influential concepts in the Architecture of the last century were vigorously developed. Mies Van Der Rohe glass skyscraper became, over time, the icon of the era. At that time, none of the major problems we faced today were raised, with the magnitude that afflict us today, or with the persistence of its constant, and it would seem inevitable escalation, or with the difficulty of an
increasingly arduous solution. The destruction of ecosystems by the advance of man was not an issue that merited attention. Energy consumption was not a matter of worries.
Their use did not produce a change in the history trend of urban growth per capita area, while their proliferation did not induce any reduction of the energy consumption, also measured per capita, but
instead, it soared exponentially throughout the 20th century. This energy deficiency, appreciated in their internal behavior, also warns about
the negative climate impact than the building generates in its immediate surroundings. It radiates heat in summer, while it adds cold in winter.
Hence is necessary develop evolutionary models that can solve the problems generated.

The points on which to work on are not unrelated to each other. Talk about concentration covers the condensation of energy production areas, in
the same way as when we refer to the quality of life we are simply alluding to the balance of the ecosystem, which in turn leads to the need for housing and building concentration, added to the energy problem.

To begin with, influence the population concentration is finding ways that the higher model fits better housing purposes so that it impacts on the
indices of population density more than on the building density. Secondly, we said that the approach of concentrating understands the scope of energy production, because it is not only condense areas for
household destination but also on the general area that encompasses all of the activities carried out by humans; ergo, we must bring together the
areas of energy generation. Therefore and leaving a detailed explanation of this issue for later, the goal will be to seek by all means to develop a model that
absorb energy from the immediate environment for its functioning and be less dependent on, or in the best of cases, obviate completely, the exploitation of external areas for its provision. This energy availability in the environment depends of course on the location site, so then, the building necessarily has to have one characteristic that is different from its predecessors and that is it will differ in its interface with the medium
depending on its place of establishment. Exploring a shape that will allow us to maximize the impact of the sun in the building, especially in the living areas is a key factor.

The lack of air and light in the circulatory areas, typical of designs of the last century, are automatic and strikingly eliminated in the search for solar orientation of the building.

Finally, if we promote that our model to face the problem of the decline in the concentration and assume that it can have an impact on general
values, we should also raise the issue of scale. While on the one hand it is not possible to improve density rates by moving to small scale, there is no doubt that the subject passes by an increase in the height of the housing operations; while at the same time the fact that it does not seem reasonable to increase the height of an entire city, which would generate major typological and morphological changes.

Image 8 shows the plan of the building.
The outer shape is due to greater amount of sunlight in the winter times, the interior, to the search for
the creation of a large unifying volume. This "living space" brings together as a whole the social life of the building, its circulation area, its hall and as
we will see, its energy core. Vertical circulation areas are located on the flank opposite to the Equator, creating a vertical opening between the central space and outside. This opening controls the internal-external insulation level of the core. Surrounding the central space are the horizontal circulation that balcony over. Following, to the external side, the
ring services is located, to which the housing area will connect, and next, the outer ring devoted to the proper hosing area. This area will be of absolute flexibility except in relation to services, structural placements
and external and internal envelope. The Architecture of the house will be in charge of the purchaser of the area.

For further explanation see Appendix Two of the book "Architecture, how should it proceed?" available online at http://www.matiassambarino.com/publications/archessay.htm

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