I Premio de Arquitectura Miguel Martín-Fernández de la Torre

The development has 79 protected flats and 4 commercial
premises, divided into 7 blocks, each of 5 storeys, with
distances, setbacks and different twists between them,
with open spaces between them, creating a formal and
volumetric imbalance, that together with the corridors
that cross or join them, provide multiple perspectives and
offer a spatial permeability between the Carretera de Mata
road and the suburb of El Polvorin.
There are three vertical communication nodes (stairs and
lift) that are created as independent volumes that, due to
their size and the materials that have been used, adopt an
important visual and configuration autonomy in contrast
to the blocks of flats.
The properties are classified into four different types, the
differences of which are based on the number of bedrooms
and bathrooms, whereas the layout, orientation and sizes
of the rooms largely remain the same.
The main type of property has a total usable surface of
68.00 m 2 , occupying a rectangular shape of 10.95 x 7.20 m.
The interior distribution is organised from the living-dining
room, from which there is a hallway that places three
bedrooms to one side and the humid areas to the other,
kitchen, terrace and bathroom. This functional hierarchy
has the aim of alternating the position of the rooms by
blocks so that day and night areas coincide in the same
free space or patio.
The walls of the blocks maintain a high uniformity,
whereby the volumetric of the overall building is
highlighted, with different solutions for the façade on
Carretera de Mata road and the façade looking towards
the suburb of El Polvorin.
The main façade is the result of the comb distribution of
the blocks with the interconnecting corridors, creating
parallel and open patios at its edges that improve the
permeability and the visual relationship between both
sides.
The rear façade, highly visible due to its elevated position
regarding the rest of the suburb means that the corridors,
made opaque by using slats, become the unifying element
of the building.
The dominating material is the white-painted screed,
whereby the dark grey phenolic panels of the side
walls and the mortar become relevant, as they have
the appearance of exposed reinforced concrete, the
communication nodes, as well as the silver-coloured
objects of the slats on the northern façade.
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