CROSSED HORIZONS
This proposal emerges from an urban intervention in Villaverde, aiming to address the district’s lack of green spaces through two complementary projects, one residential, the other civic, both rooted in the relationship between architecture and landscape.

PROYECT 1:
The residential project explores the private and domestic dimension through a series of elongated, narrow horizontal volumes, elevated three meters above ground to liberate the terrain below. These volumes are stacked in different orientations, generating a dynamic spatial network that integrates vertical circulation nodes and enhances the relationship between built space and nature.
Each housing unit benefits from natural lighting, cross ventilation, and open views, while the staggered configuration ensures privacy. The envelope takes inspiration from Alejandro Zaera’s Carabanchel housing: glazed facades wrapped in mobile bamboo screens, allowing adaptable openness and semi-outdoor living. Internally, the spatial layout recalls Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation, with duplex units accessed from an upper-level corridor and intimate spaces arranged around a central multifunctional core.

PROYECT 2:

The public component proposes a reinterpretation of the "agora": a multifunctional, accessible, and vegetated space designed for collective use. It consists of three inclined green roofs, one of them walkable, supported by a light steel structure of beams and slender columns. The formal language echoes the linearity of the housing volumes, now reimagined as topographic extensions of the site.
Beneath the canopies, the terrain descends to create a sunken garden punctuated by trees that grow through the structure. Tiered seating integrated into the landscape defines a shaded gathering space, offering environmental comfort and a strong connection with nature, responding to Villaverde’s urgent need for quality public space.