Hour ten brought us to the realm of the experimental and the progressive, with projects that propose new ways of building and rebuilding communities.
On the outskirts of Valencia, Espai Verd by Antonio Cortés Ferrando is an eruption of concrete forms and overflowing vegetation; a forest suspended above the ground with over 100 apartments. When completed in the mid-1990s, Espai Verd was an experiment in bringing urban dwellers closer to nature and each other.
In Morelos, southern Mexico, we find a distributed approach to community structures with the Casas Jojutla project. Following a devastating earthquake in 2017, ARO Aqrquitectura worked with the federal institute for worker's housing to develop a housing prototype to provide quality homes that were replicable yet sensitive to their specific resident needs. Sixty homes have subsequently been built.
Speakers
Antonio Cortés Ferrando, CSPT Arquitectos
Alexa Mabel Guzmán and Roberto Silva, ARO Taller de Arquitectura
Alejandra de la Mora Maurer, Infonavit
Tania Tovar Torres, Director and Curator, Proyector
Hosted by Open House Valencia and Proyector
3 PM UTC | 5 PM VALENCIA | 10 AM MEXICO CITY
Please note this session was in Spanish only.
Photos: Espai Verd courtesy of Open House Valencia and Jobanjo. Casas Jojutla courtesy of Proyector.