Bela Vista | Competition

Project description

Assuming a site plan close to the suggested one, an open public space facing the landscape is defined. A public urban courtyard with green spaces and seating areas establishes pedestrian passage with the planned road to the north.

A distribution in small galleries provides access to 4/5 apartments per floor, allowing for energy savings and maintenance efficiency. This choice creates generous atriums at ground level, understood as transition spaces that incorporate bicycle parking, technical areas, and access to storage rooms.

All housing typologies ensure cross-ventilation, shaded balconies, and allow for multiple forms of interior circulation. The kitchen is treated as a connecting space, with an open relationship to the living room and dedicated ventilation.

Solutions that optimise usage expectations and durability are sought. All collective spaces in the buildings ensure natural lighting and ventilation, including the garage and storage rooms, significantly reducing operating and maintenance costs. Options for low-maintenance vegetation and design resources for water conservation are considered in outdoor spaces.

In a time of intense production of public housing, it is important that new construction explores alternative ways of designing the home and public space, establishing an open and honest relationship with its surroundings and serving as a reference to raise sustainability standards.