Europan 6 Äijälaranta

Our proposal for the Äijälä site is based on a simple decision: to atomize the housing program. Instead of grouped or collective housing we have single-family dwellings, all of them south-facing, with a private courtyard. First, we generated 99 different dwellings and the necessary low density using a single spatial system and an ever-changing courtyard shape. The second step was to define and apply an ordering system based on an abstract system of surfaces, densities and types of dwellings, organizing the program into north–south strips alternating houses and private courtyards. After that, the strips were compressed in order to adapt them to the shape of the site, warping the types and units to prevent any visual interference between them. The housing units are raised, so there is continuous public space on the ground, and fragmented private space above. The resulting interface zones between the strips produce spatial compressions and expansions that subdivide the continuous public space into small and spatially controlled areas. The proposal as a whole has the character of an urban landscape: it could be read as a piece of city, composed of a myriad of synchronized entities. Nuestra propuesta para el sitio de Äijälä se basa en una simple decisión: atomizar el programa de vivienda. En lugar de viviendas agrupadas o colectivas tenemos viviendas unifamiliares, todas ellas orientadas al sur, con patio privado. Primero, generamos 99 viviendas diferentes y la baja densidad necesaria utilizando un sistema espacial único y una forma de patio en constante cambio. El segundo paso fue definir y aplicar un sistema de ordenamiento basado en un sistema abstracto de superficies, densidades y tipos de viviendas, organizando el programa en franjas norte-sur alternando casas y patios privados. Posteriormente, las tiras se comprimieron para adaptarlas a la forma del solar, alabeando las tipologías y unidades para evitar cualquier interferencia visual entre ellas.