Academic research: Master Collective Housing

Everyone has the right to a decent dwelling; it is one of the principal needs of humanity: a safe and healthy home, which fits the needs of its household. Housing, collective or individual, also makes up the flesh of our cities. The debate on housing is never only about architecture, but also about communities and living patterns, about politics and investment plans, about public space and technical details. Master Collective Housing takes on this multi-disciplinary debate on collective housing by asking the right questions and looking for their answers in the form of design or research projects.

HOW DO WE MAKE A NEW RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOURHOOD AT THE EDGE OF THE CITY?

Mentor: Bernardo Ynzenga

HOW DO WE DENSIFY AN ALREADY EXISTING NEIGHBOURHOOD?

Mentor: Juan Herreros

HOW DO WE BUILD NEW HOUSING IN A HISTORICAL CITY CENTER?

Mentor: Dietmar Eberle

HOW DOES A DWELLING EVOLVE IN TIME? (SOUTH AMERICAN CONTEXT)

Mentor: Alejandro Aravena

HOW DOES A HOUSING BLOCK EVOLVE IN TIME? (NORTH EUROPEAN CONTEXT)

Mentor: Frits van Dongen

This research on collective housing was conducted during Master Collective Housing in Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in 2009.

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