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AD Classics: Balfron Tower / Erno Goldfinger

Oct 2011

By Tim Winstanley — Filed under: AD Architecture Classics ,Housing ,Residential ,Skyscrapers , Brutalism, Brutalist, Concrete, England, Erno Goldfinger, London, Social Housing

The Balfron Tower by architect Erno Goldfinger is an iconic Brutalist residential high rise located in London’s eastside Poplar borough. Designed in 1963 for the London County Council and completed in 1967 by the Greater London Council, this social housing estate broke the traditions of typical residential architecture. Conceived as a solution to sprawling suburbia, Goldfinger embraced verticality as the cure. More details after the break. read more »

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Incremental Housing Strategy in India / Filipe Balestra & Sara Göransson

May 2009

By David Basulto — Filed under: Housing ,Urban Planning , Filipe Balestra, India, Sara Goransson, Social Housing

Aerial collage: the new archipelago of incremented kaccha houses rising from a context of well built permanent homes in a typical slum.

The problem with social housing has been how to give the most with less money. We have very good examples in Europe, but the constrains are way different than the ones in developing countries. In these countries, almost all the constructions are done by anyone but architects. Clearly, in these countries architects can do something way better than just designing or constructing, developing strategies together with communities to achieve housing solutions that not only address today´s necessities, but that can also be extended over time as families grow, once again by themselves and without architects.

A good example on this is Elemental, lead by Alejandro Aravena, which has been changing not only design aspects of social housing, but also public policy. Currently, they have built and on going projects in Chile, Mexico and more countries.

But also, there´s the work that Filipe Balestra and Sara Göransson have been doing in India, invited by Sheela Patel and Jockin Arputham from SPARC to develop an Incremental Housing Strategy that could be implemented anywhere.
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Louis Blanc Social Housing / ECDM

Mar 2009

Uploaded by Nico Saieh — Filed under: Housing ,Selected , Concrete, ECDM, France, Glass, Paris, Social Housing

Architects: Emmanuel Combarel Dominique Marrec
Location: Paris, France
Project Manager: Dario Oeschli
Project year: 2004-2006
Client: RIVP (Régie Immobilière de la Ville de Paris)
Engineering: BETIBA
General Contractor: LES MAÇONS PARISIENS
Site Area: 550 sqm
Constructed Area: 1,537 sqm
Photographs: Benoit Fougeirol

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Collage Paris / ECDM

Feb 2009

Uploaded by Nico Saieh — Filed under: Housing ,Infrastructure ,Selected , ECDM, France, Glass, Paris, Social Housing

Architects: Emmanuel Combarel Dominique Marrec
Location: Paris, France
Project Manager: Louis-Antoine Grego – Matthieu Roggwiller
Project year: 2005-2008
Client: PARIS HABITAT
Engineering: BETOM – TECSOL
Economy: Michel Larsonneur
Structural Engineering: Eng.Lopes de Oliveira
Site Area: 2,026 sqm
Constructed Area: 9,183 sqm
Photographs: Benoit Fougeirol – Philippe Ruault

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Quinta Monroy / Elemental

Dec 2008

Uploaded by Nico Saieh — Filed under: Housing ,Selected , Alejandro Aravena, Brick, Chile, Concrete, Social Housing

Architects: Elemental – Alejandro Aravena, Alfonso Montero, Tomás Cortese, Emilio de la Cerda
Location: Iquique, Chile.
Client: Gobierno regional de Tarapacá / Programa Chile-Barrio del Gobierno de Chile.
Engineering: Juan Carlos de la Llera & José Gajardo.
Contractor and Services: Proingel, Abraham Guerra, Constructora Loga S.A.
Budget: US $204 /sqm
Project Year: 2003
Construction Year: 2004
Execution time: 9 months
Materials: Concrete & Cement bricks
Site Area: 5000 sqm
Constructed Area: 3500 sqm
Photographs: Elemental – Cristóbal Palma – Tadeuz Jalocha

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Social Housing in Granollers / Bailo Rull ADD+ Arquitectura

Aug 2008

Uploaded by Nico Saieh — Filed under: Housing ,Selected , Social Housing, Spain

Architects: ADD+ Arquitectura – Manuel Bailo Esteve, Rosa Rull Bertran
Location: Granollers, Spain
Collaborators: A.Brito, A. Estevez, N.Font, M.Hita, P.Jenni, A. Mañosa, J. Maroto, J.Palà, A. Rovira, M.Rull, L.Troost
Contractor: DENTELL S.L.
Client: GRANOLLERS PROMOCIONS S.A.
Structure: Martí Cabestany
Services: Victor Barnés
Project year: 2004
Photographs: José Hevia