PREVI

HOUSING
DESIGNED AS A PLATFORM FOR CHANGE
 “PROYECTO EXPERMENTAL DE VIVIENDA’’
DESCRIPTION : THE EXPERIMENTAL HOUSING
PROJECT : OPEN URBAN DESIGN
CONSTRUCTION PERIOD : 1969-1973

LIMA, PERU
 CITY DENSITY : DESERTED

8KM NORTH OF LIMA’S DOWNTOWN

SITE AREA : 40 HECTARES

1500 HOUSES

8-10 PEOPLE PER UNIT

ROW HOUSES UPTO G+2

FOR LOW-INCOME GROUP

5% LOW THAN AVE. HOUSE PRICES

PREVI : A DENSE URBAN COLLAGE

 PREVI : TO REGULATE UNSTOPPABLE FLOW OF
PEOPLE TO URBAN AREA

1ST PHASE :
PEOPLE SOLUTION TO 500 HOUSES
INADEQUATE
BUILDING THE CITY’S 2ND PHASE :
GOVERNMENT
INFORMAL HOUSING 1000 HOUSES
HOUSING
SETTLEMENTS PLAN (NEVER
SCHEMES
HAPPENED)
 PREVI : 24 DIFFERENT DESIGNS AND
CONSTRUCTION METHODS

CHARLES CORREA
DESIGN

SITE LAYOUT
 PROPOSAL BY AR. CHARLES CORREA

PREVI : RELEASE FROM CONFINEMENT

BETWEEN PARALLELWALLS
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A
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L
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P
• EACH UNIT CONNECTED WITH COMMUNITY SPINE L
• CENTRAL DOUBLE HEIGHT SPACE A
• HOUSES PLACED NNW-SSE
• ZIG-ZAG STRUCTURAL WALLS USED TO LOCATE N
SERVICE ELEMENTS
• STRUCTURAL FLEXIBILITY DUE TO SHORT SPAN S
• CONDUCIVE TO NATURAL VENTILATION
 •EACH UNIT :
TERMS OF ITS
OWN GROWTH

•THE SHORT SPAN

HOUSING OFFERED
CONSIDERABLE
STRUCTURAL
FLEXIBILITY WHICH
COULD BE EXPLOITED
BY THE OCCUPANTS.

•THE FUTURE STAGES

COULD ADD FIRST
FLOOR BEDROOMS
AND BATHROOM.
•UNITS CAN BE PLACED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT
SEQUENCES.
•VARYING PROFILE ALONG PEDESTRIAN STREET TAKES
ADVANTAGE OF PREVALENT BREEZE.
•LOVERED AIR SCOOPS OVER THE DOUBLE HEIGHT FOR
CROSS VENTILATION.

PREVI : INFORMAL GROWTH + TOPDOWN PLANNING

PEOPLE DIDN'T MOVE OUT AS THEIR

DURING THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP (IN
FINANCIAL SITUATIONS IMPROVED.
WHICH PERU RARELY FEATURES) THEY
RESIDENTS STAYED, AND TURNED A
WILL SUPPORT THE COUNTRY WHOSE
HOUSING ESTATE INTO WHAT FEELS LIKE
HOUSE THEY LIVE IN.
A MIDDLE-CLASS COMMUNITY.
 • SEPARATE DOORS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND
VEHICULAR ENTRY.
• FRONT PORCH OF EACH UNIT CONNECTS
THE COMMUNITY SPINE.
• PORCHES AND BACKYARDS ACTS AS
TRANSTION AREAS BETWEEN PEDESTRIAN
AND CAR AREA.

THE HOUSES WERE NOT THE END BUT THE BEGINNING

 IN THE END, PREVI
FLOATING SLAB (REINFORCED CONCRETE PLANK) BECAME AN ANOMALY:
A HOUSING
COMPOSITE BAMBOO BEAMS AND PLANK LABORATORY
CONTAINING SO MANY
DESIGN IDEAS, THAT
MORTARLESS CAVITY WALL WAS SO DIVERSE AND
ADAPTABLE THAT IT
CAN PROBABLY NEVER
MATERIALS BE REPEATED.
 PREVI TODAY !

“SUCCESS OF EACH TYPOLOGY IS BASED ON HOW

EXTENSIVELY THEY HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED”
 BIBILOGRAPHY
HOUSING AND URBANISATION – C.C.
OPEN HOUSE INTERNATIONAL – VOL37
PARTICIPATORY DESIGNING - HECTOR
PREVI: ARCH., POLITICS, UTOPIA
PREVI/LIMA. LOW COST HOUSING
PREVI : EXPERIMENTAL HOUSING
http://architectureindevelopment.org
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PRESENTED BY-
AKANKSHA BALPANDE 1205
GEETA GUJARATHI 1220
SHREYA MAHAJAN 1235
POONAM WADEKAR 1267
MRUNALINI WALANJ 1268

“WITHOUT MALLEABILITY YOU CAN NOT HAVE CULTURAL EXPRESSION-

ALL YOU CAN GET IS A TOP-DOWN NOTION OF HOW PEOPLE SHOULD LIVE”
- CHARLES CORREA