Building in Fields, Catalunya

Model of growth of a settlement. 1st prize. Connecting of natural and urban space to a group design.

The project avoids the application of standard organizational terms, i.e. references to commencing and concluding. The shape of the settlement and of the landscape exists within alternating phases or intermediate steps, which are individually valid. The project only exists by virtue of its capacity for change. A space that can be experienced directly stays unchanged, so the phenomenon of time can be experienced.

> Building prototypes: ‘Homes on Fields’ 

PROJECT DATA

Project area, Amposta, Spain
 

Existing plantations – available territory		Historic and new parcelling
Existing and additional infrastructure		Existing canal with additional water basins

Periods of growth: 5, 10, 20 years (maximum building density)

Group design, ink, tracing paper and oiled paper on canvas, 55 x 360 cm

House type A, inner courtyard with separated room structures

House type B, terrace with connected room structures