Title 10 STORIES OF COLLECTIVE HOUSING Subtitle A graphical analysis of inspiring masterpieces by a+t research group ISBN 978-84-616-4136-9 Authors a+t research group: Aurora Fernández Per Javier Mozas Alex S. Ollero Layout and production: Aurora Fernández Per Alex S. Ollero Delia Argote Coordination: Idoia Esteban Communication and Press: Patricia García Editor English language version: Ken Mortimer Printing: Gráficas Dosbi SL VI 366-2013 Vitoria-Gasteiz, 2013 Published by: a+t architecture publishers General Álava 15, 2ºA. E-01005. Vitoria-Gasteiz. Spain www.aplust.net © Edition: a+t architecture publishers © Texts and drawings: a+t research group © Photos: their authors No part of this publication, including the cover, may be reproduced or transmitted without the express authorization in writing of the publisher. CONTENTS TIMELINE 08 01 THE STREET IN THE AIR JUSTUS VAN EFFEN COMPLEX. Michiel Brinkman. Rotterdam,1919-1922 12 02 THE SINKING OF THE SOCIAL CONDENSER NARKOMFIN DOM-KOMMUNA. Moisei Ginzburg, Ignaty Milinis. Moscow,1928-1930-1932 66 03 CHEAPER, FASTER, LIGHTER AND TALLER CITÉ DE LA MUETTE. Beaudouin, Lods, Mopin, Bodiansky. Paris, 1931-1934 116 04 THE ELEGANCE OF THE DISSIDENT HOUSING FOR BORSALINO EMPLOYEES. Ignazio Gardella. Alessandria,1948-1952 150 05 THE PROJECT AS SCRIPT MULTI-PURPOSE COMPLEX IN CORSO ITALIA. Luigi Moretti. Milan,1949-1956 176 06 AN EXQUISITE GHETTO BARBICAN. Peter Chamberlin, Geoffry Powell, Christof Bon, Arup. London, 1956-1976 216 07 CRISTAL LIQUIDE RÉSIDENCE DU POINT DU JOUR. Fernand Pouillon. Paris,1957-1963 278 08 SLOW CITY HILLSIDE TERRACE. Fumihiko Maki. Tokyo, 1967-1998 322 09 BUILDING MOODS BYKER REGENERATION. Ralph Erskine. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1969-1982 376 10 MY TERRACE, IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, OVER YOURS JEANNE HACHETTE COMPLEX Jean Renaudie. Paris, 1970-1975 422 BIBLIOGRAPHY 482 INDEX OF NAMES 488 IMAGE CREDITS 492 TIMELINE 01 02 03 04 05 THE STREET IN THE AIR THE SINKING OF THE SOCIAL CHEAPER, FASTER, LIGHTER THE ELEGANCE OF THE THE PROJECT AS SCRIPT CONDENSER AND TALLER DISSIDENT CONVENTO DEI FILIPPINI Francesco Borromini 1637-1667 FRANCISCO TERRACE PHALANSTÈRE Frank Lloyd Wright Charles Fourier VERTICAL CITY 1895 1829 Ludwig Hilberseimer 1927-1935 MAISONS JAOUL Le Corbusier 1937. 1954-1956 A&P Smithson Le Corbusier JUSTUS VAN EFFEN COMPLEX Michiel Brinkman NARKOMFIN DOM-KOMMUNA Le Corbusier 1919-1922 Moisei Ginzburg, Ignaty Milinis 1928-1930-1932 E. N. Rogers R. Banham CITÉ DE LA MUETTE Beaudouin, Lods, Mopin, Bodiansky 1931-1934 BORSALINO HOUSING Ignazio Gardella 1948-1952 R. Venturi P. Eisenman R. Banham CORSO ITALIA COMPLEX UNITÉ D’HABITATION UNITÉ D’HABITATION Luigi Moretti Le Corbusier Le Corbusier 1949-1956 1934. 1946-1952 1934. 1946-1952 PARK HILL Lynn, Smith, Womersley GOLDEN LANE (competition) 1959-1961 Alison and Peter Smithson BARCELONETA HOUSING 1952 Coderch, Valls 1952-1954 VANNA VENTURI HOUSE Robert Venturi 1959-1964 PAMPUS LA GRAND’MARE ROBIN HOOD GARDENS J. H. van den Broek y J. B. Bakema Lods, Depondt, Beauclair Alison and Peter Smithson 1965 1968-1970 STONE HOUSE PARALLAX AS GENERATOR 1966-1972 Herzog & de Meuron Steven Holl 1982-1988 1988 IROKO HOUSING Haworth Tompkins 2002 EX-JUNGHANS HOUSING Cino Zucchi 1997-2002 8 HOUSE ZAC SEGUIN HOUSING BIG Diener & Diener OOSTCAMPUS 2010 2010 Carlos Arroyo 2012 06 07 08 09 10 AN EXQUISITE GHETTO CRISTAL LIQUIDE SLOW CITY BUILDING MOODS MY TERRACE, IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, OVER YOURS ADELPHI KATSURA PALACE IVIRON MONASTERY Robert Adams and brothers Prince Toshihito Ioannis, Efthymios 1768-1772 1620-1663 980-983 BANDIAGARA Dogon village 1770 CASA DEL SOLE Innocenzo Sabbatini 1926-1929 MAIDAN OF ISFAHAN 1598-1629 PLAN OBÚS HANNA RESIDENCE Le Corbusier Frank Lloyd Wright 1933 1934-1936 PALAIS ROYAL Jacques Lemercier et al. ALBANY COVERED WALK 1633 Unknown author 1803 LE HAVRE REDEVELOPMENT MURANO RESIDENCE Auguste Perret Togo Murano 1945-1964 1940-1980 ORPHANAGE SVAPPAVAARA CHEMICAL ARCHITECTURE Aldo van Eyck Ralph Erskine William Katavolos 1958-1960 1961-1963 1961 LE VAUDREUIL NEW TOWN Atelier de Montrouge R. Banham 1967-1968 Unbuilt project R. Koolhaas FACULTY OF MEDICINE BARBICAN Lucien Kroll Chamberlin, Powell, Bon, Arup 1969-1974 1955-1983 RÉSIDENCE DU POINT DU JOUR Fernand Pouillon R. Koolhaas INCLIPAN 1957-1963 Claude Parent 1974 HILLSIDE TERRACE Fumihiko Maki 1967-1998 C. Jencks R. Banham BYKER REGENERATION I. Scalbert Ralph Erskine 1969-1982 GALLARATESE BLOCK D JEANNE HACHETTE COMPLEX Aldo Rossi, (Carlo Aymonino) Jean Renaudie 1967-1974 1970-1975 VM HOUSING CODAN SHINONOME MORIYAMA HOUSE EDEN BIO PLOT=BIG+JDS Riken Yamamoto, Kengo Kuma, Ryue Nishizawa Edouard François 2002-2004 Toyo Ito, et al. 2005 2008 2003 01 THE STREET IN THE AIR JUSTUS VAN EFFEN COMPLEX Michiel Brinkman Spangen (Rotterdam,The Netherlands) 1919-1922 51°54’57.15”N / 4°25’51.40”E The project put forward by Michiel Brinkman for Spangen came up against two models: the tradi- tional badly lit badly ventilated dwelling with alcove rooms, common up to that point among the working class, and the new trend towards the garden city with row houses. Brinkman arrived at a symbiosis between the terraced housing typology and the closed block with interior communal courtyard typology, between the individual and the collective. Aiming for this new concept to take on the appropriate scale, he made the two blocks into one and pierced the perimeter creating access points for pedestrians and vehicles, this way transforming the interior into a semi-public space. He equipped the block with private and collective gardens, as well as a common service building which he located at the centre. Lastly, he incorporated different access solutions which changed according to the location of the dwelling, taking into consideration the Dutch tradition for direct entrance. The ground floor and first floor dwellings can be accessed from the large open space in the block while second floor dwellings look onto a deck which runs the length of the whole complex and functions as an elevated street. With this solution Brinkman was to reaffirm the street as an element which linked not only the elements built into the section but also the collective living units and the residents of the housing complex. He valued the sense of community yet was unwilling to discard individualist features. He incorporated subtle degrees of graduation between the public and the private. He protected the privacy which had been relinquished in the alcove-houses yet at the same time encouraged communal living. Brinkman’s utopian vision relied on the singular political aims of the socialist councillors Hen- drik Spiekman and A.W. Heijkoop and the Rotterdam Housing Department Director, August Plate, who defended this solution, against conservative criticism, as a true invention of the so- cial-democratic era. 12 / 10STORIES OF COLLECTIVE HOUSING 01 “You know the milkman, you are outside your house in your street.” ALISON AND PETER SMITHSON, 1953.1 1. Alison and Peter Smithson. Team 10 Primer. MIT Press, 1974. P. 78. 13 Chapter 7 ACCESS THE ELEVATED STREET REFERENCES “Thus, while the deck never offers grandiose perspectives, but keeps down to a domestic scale of views along its length, the act of walking along one is a serial scenic experience punctuated by irregular spatial constrictions, that is continuously fascinating.” REYNER BANHAM, 1961.10 4A 2A 1A 3A Justus van Effen Complex Narkomfin Dom-Kommuna MICHIEL BRINKMAN MOISEI GIZBURG, IGNATY MILINIS 1919-1922 1928-1930-1932 This comparison between the four sections looks at the differences which converge in the afore- mentioned perception. The first difference is the position regarding the facade: in Spangen and 8 House the elevated street is an exposed element which marks a turning point in the section. The facade is set back from the elevated street. However, in Narkomfin and Robin Hood Gar- dens, the street is built into the facade, sheltered on three sides. It looks more like a carved out gallery in one of the sides of the volume. 10. Reyner Banham. “Park Hill Housing”. Architectural Review, 1961. 58 / 10STORIES OF COLLECTIVE HOUSING THE STREET IN THE AIR 01 COMPARATIVE SECTIONS 1:400 1A ACCESS FROM GROUND FLOOR 2A ACCESS FROM ELEVATED STREET 3A ACCESS FROM COVERED GALLERY 4A ACCESS FROM SKIP-STOP CORRIDOR 4A 2A 2A Robin Hood Gardens 8 House ALISON & PETER SMITHSON BIG 1966-1972 2008-2010 0 1 2 5 10 20 The second difference is the visibility through the parapet: in Spangen the parapets have been pierced, in 8 House they have transparent glazing. Both are one metre high, while in Narkomfin it is an opaque parapet and in Robin Hood Gardens they are pre-fabricated concrete modules with built-in glass which let light pass but not sight-lines and they are 1.20 m high. The third difference concerns the route. In Narkomfin it is a straight line, while in Robin Hood Gardens this is a line with two turning points which always runs around the exterior facades of the linear blocks. In Spangen and in 8 House the routes follow a looped path which flows, mainly on the interior, but which also in some sections overlooks the street. 59 02 THE SINKING OF THE SOCIAL CONDENSER NARKOMFIN DOM-KOMMUNA Moisei Ginzburg, Ignaty Milinis Novinsky bulevar 25, korpus B. (Moscow. Russia) 1928-1930-1932 55°45’25.43”N / 37°34’52.34”E In the early years of the new Soviet Socialist State, there were large migrations from country to cities in search of better living standards, which worsened the housing crisis brought about by the industrial revolution. This emergency situation led to the forced occupation of traditional dwellings which were shared by several families, with collective use of the services, bathrooms and kitchens. To remedy this important shortage it was necessary to adopt a subsistence economy to save on production resources.