Mirador:

[MvRdv & Blanca Lleo]

a Flipped City Block

2009
060583 & 060598
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Introduction

MvRdvBlanca Lleo
Paul de
Sanchinarro

MvRdv

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Mirador

MvRdv

3D

Mirador
MvRdv

Flip

A series of new cities that are mainly constructed of blocks that surround a
private patio, with a more or less introverted architecture with small windows,
somehow is allowed to oppose the traditionally extraverted Spanish culture.
<KM3> by MvRdv

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Mirador

- public-semi public
escape
interaction

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Guadarrama

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The large lookout at 40 meters about the ground provides occupants and neighbors
with a community garden and a space from where they can contemplate the skyline.
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SuperBlock

diversity
identity

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Streets in air

vertical street
interaction
- public-semi public

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Endnotes
1.

MVRDV files II: Projects 069-349,A+U, 2007, p.178-199

2.

MVRDV files: projects 002-209 , A+U, 2002, p. 6-232.

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MVRDV 1991-2002,El Croquis86+111 ,2003

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MVRDV 1998-2002,El Croquis 111,2002

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MVRDV, KM3 Excursion on Capacities(010 publishers,2005)

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Reading MVRDV (NAi Publishers, Rotterdam, 2003)

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Frey, Darcy , "Crowded House",The New York Times Magazine, June 8,

2008

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MVRDV_
2007.01 p.104-109

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MVRDV2006.03 p.32-35

10. French, Hilary. New Urban Housing(Yale University Press, 2006), p. 182185
11. Yang, Andrew. Building Block, Metropolis, 2005 Aug.- Sept., p. 34
12. Betsky, Aaron. Privacy and Publicity,Architecture.,2005 Nov., p.54-65
13. http://www.mvrdv.nl

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Image Credits
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<http://www.mvrdv.nl>
google earth
MVRDV, Mirador Housing Superblock; www.0lll.com/archgallery2/mvrdv_mirador
MVRDV 1991-2002,El Croquis86+111 ,2003
MVRDV 1991-2002,El Croquis86+111 ,2003
<http://www.mvrdv.nl>
http://housing2009.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/mvrdv_mirador.jpg
MVRDV,KM3
MVRDV 1991-2002,El Croquis86+111 ,2003
Aaron Betsky, Privacy and Publicity
MVRDV, Mirador Housing Superblock; www.0lll.com/archgallery2/mvrdv_mirador
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/gks26/works/mirador01.htm
MVRDV 1991-2002,El Croquis86+111 ,2003
MVRDV,KM3
http://housing2009.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/mvrdv_mirador.jpg
MVRDV 1991-2002,El Croquis86+111 ,2003
MVRDV, Mirador Housing Superblock; www.0lll.com/archgallery2/mvrdv_mirador
MVRDV, Mirador Housing Superblock; www.0lll.com/archgallery2/mvrdv_mirador
MVRDV, Mirador Housing Superblock; www.0lll.com/archgallery2/mvrdv_mirador
MVRDV, Mirador Housing Superblock; www.0lll.com/archgallery2/mvrdv_mirador
MVRDV files II: Projects 069-349,A+U
http://housing2009.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/mvrdv_mirador.jpg
MVRDV files II: Projects 069-349,A+U
http://www.emporis.com/en/il/lv/?id=227017
<http://www.mvrdv.nl>
http://housing2009.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/mvrdv_mirador.jpg
MVRDV files II: Projects 069-349,A+U
MVRDV 1991-2002,El Croquis86+111 ,2003
MVRDV 1991-2002,El Croquis86+111 ,2003
MVRDV 1991-2002,El Croquis86+111 ,2003
<http://www.mvrdv.nl>
MVRDV files II: Projects 069-349,A+U
<http://www.mvrdv.nl>
MVRDV, Mirador Housing Superblock; www.0lll.com/archgallery2/mvrdv_mirador
http://housing2009.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/mvrdv_mirador.jpg

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