Apartment Building in Madrid, Spain AUTOR J. Luis González Cruz

Abstract

An apartment block was built using only little more than 50% of the available irregular-shaped 1,773 m² plot area, consisting on 12 storeys above grade, one semibasement floor for offices and two underground levels for carpark and mechanical installations. The remaining area was landscaped for public use. The elongated rectangular configuration of the typical floor plan and the multiple vertical traffic cores have permitted and optimal space organization of the housing units, opening to two opposite directions, thus using the maximum advantages for natural lighting and ventilation, sun exposure and views. The structure of the building is based on reinforced concrete shear walls, with ceramic prefab, one-way reinforced flooring units in the apartment storeys and cross-ribbed reinforced concrete slabs in the basement areas. The decorative features of the concrete used have been applied at their best to create an aesthetic appearance, combined with the treatment of the external walls.