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MVRDV with Blanca Lle complete Celosia Residence in Spain

Posted by NoMie Schwaller on 28.07.2009 - Tagged as: Architecture, Blanca Lle, Jacob van Rijs, MVRDV,
Social Housing, Spain
Social Housing by MVRDV and Blanca Lle. Photo: Ricardo Espinosa
In Madrid-Sanchinarro the first residents received the keys to their apartments in the just completed
Celosia building. Jacob van Rijs of MVRDV and Blanca Lle have completed the social housing block
near the Mirador Building, which is an earlier collaboration. The perforated block of Celosia,
commissioned by public housing corporation EMVS, comprises 146 apartments, communal outside
areas throughout the building, and parking with a commercial program in the plinth all across a total
floor area of 21,550 sq m.

The given volume of the city block was divided into 30 small blocks of apartments. These blocks are
positioned in a checkerboard pattern next to and on top of each other, leaving wide openings for
communal patios throughout the building with views to the city and mountains. 146 one, two and
three-bedroom apartments are all accessed via these communal spaces. Most apartments offer
additional private outdoor space in the shape of a loggia right behind the front door. The faade is
made of coated concrete which was from the ground floor up constructed in a complete mould system,
an efficient and clean way to cast concrete, keeping the construction cost to a minimum. The
polyurethane coating allows the faade to shimmer and reflect depending on the light conditions.

A system of power efficient boilers is used in the building; solar panels on the roof heat water reducing
energy consumption further.


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