Contemporary cities are shaped as the
result of the tension between the will of the state, (theoretically)
representative of citizens, and the Market. . The struggle between these actors
has conditioned, for better or worse, the urban image and even more importantly
the lives of all inhabitants. This conditional relationship on a macro scale
can be read in the micro scale as well, in each of the buildings that make up
the urban scene. Every building sets up an ecosystem in which, from its
conception as a property interest to its materialization as a habitat for
people, there coexists interests which are determined, on the one hand, by a side
which is lucrative for the promoters, and on the other hand, by the comfort and
quality of life of its inhabitants. This equation defines a product where it
seems that the desire for greater financial gain for the promoter, is inversely
proportional to the level of life of future residents. In our case, from the point of view of
architects-promoters, this provides us with the possibility to place our selves
on both sides of the equation.From this position, we intend to bring the
intrinsic characteristics of the urban scale necessary to create a better
environment for its inhabitants, within the 'private' sphere of an apartment
building.The dynamics of cohabitation in the neighborhoodtranslates, weather we
like it or not, into the building, and its up to us, us architects and builders
of these micro urban realities to emphasize or ignore them. From this, we
prefer to think of this project not as an apartment building, or a set of
units, but as a vertical neighborhood. This project is part of a long line of
endeavors in which we have try to verify to a greater or lesser extentthese issues.
Fundamentally, in regard to the configuration of the common spaces that, such
as it occurs in the city,represent the area which belongs to no one and at the
same time belongs to everyone.These spaces are underrated from a real
estate perspective which considers them
to be "non saleable". Often they are extremely dark places,
deprived of natural light, ventilation and view. As opposed to this, we took as
an unavoidable premise, thegeneration ofwide-open common spaceswhich, while
still being efficient from the promoter’s point of viewreproduce the main
features of any city sidewalk.These public living spaces promote afuller
community life. The combination of two different kinds of
standard floor plans, in quantity and location at different heights generates
formal variables that seek to adapt to the changes that every investment
project suffers. Both flooroptions are formed around a central void, which in
either case opens to the front, the side, or the backallowing views to
different points on each level and ventilating the whole from within. By
locating in that central space, vertical and horizontal circulations, we are
looking to replacethe typical closed and dark core, with a space that is
integrated in multiple directions, and allows different parts of the city to
peek into the internal structure of this building which aspires to become a neighborhood.ARCHITECTS:CBAyA. ARCHITECTS IN CHARGE:BERTONI, GRISELDA / CASTELLITTI, EDUARDO / CASTELLITTI, CARLOS /
CASTELLITTI, JOSE IGNACIO. COLLABORATORS: SILVERO, RICARDO MATIAS / JARAMILLO, PAUL / VILLAR, DIEGO / TELLECHEA,
MARIANO / NIKLINSON, ESTANISLAO.STRUCTURES: ING. SALA, RUBÉN.SITE AREA: 329 m2AREA: 1246 m2YEAR:2012LOCATION: SANTA FE, SANTA FE, ARGENTINAPHOTOGRAPHS:CAIROLI, FEDERICO SUPPLIERS STRUCTURAL IRON: ACINDARALUMINUM OPENINGS: SABINO D´AMATOELEVATORS:
EMELZ. Kappes, LuisMETALLURGICAL
MATERIALS: FISA METALFLOATING
FLOORS: VIGORITAS MADERASELECTRICAL
INSTALL: PEREZ, RicardoSANITARY
INSTALL: CIORCIARI,
JulioELECTRIC
MATERIALS: ZOTTICO
ILUMINACIONELECTRIC MATERIALS: DER ILUMINACIONSANITARY MATERIALS: CENTRO DEL SANITARIOCOATINGS & FLOORS: RIOMAT SMITHY: HERRERIA SAN JOSÉ
CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY: CONSTRUCTORA
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