Works

384 public housing in San Paio de Navia, Vigo

In urabanización the new district of Navia, west of the urban area of ​​Vigo, currently under development, broke the meeting of the city with empty expectantly. Everything is new, as close and immediate, but then highlights the bewildering landscape heterogeneity: the greatness of Samil balcony over the river and the National Park Cies Islands, the ambiguity of the Estate of Coia and Bouza, the crossroads between the ferry terminal and the great factory of PSA-Citroën. And all this added back strong metropolitan surrounding the plot with multiple and relevant elements of the arterial network. The size and presence of the promotion generalizes the standard design elements and the serialization of the construction process. The project promotes the ability to make adjustment movements of interior walls to suit usage habits and ways of life. Assume the absence of functional needs with rigid internal hierarchy, advised not to differentiate the types of uses and hollows foregrounds the idea that uniform mesh that filters through lattice effect of solar radiation while allowing light to penetrate and aeration.

AVS Awards 2010
Datos

Modalidad Public housing

Uso

Dirección C/ Teixugueiras nº 15-17
Vigo
Pontevedra (Spain)

Autores
Arquitectura
  • Manuel Portolés Sanjuán
  • Javier García-Quijada Romero
  • Salvador Fraga Rivas
  • Fraga G. Quijada Portolés y asociados SLP
Promotor
  • IGVS - Instituto Galego da Vivienda e Solo
Contractor
  • COPASA
Otros técnicos
  • GOC