E18 Portrait - ABRIR PUERTAS Y VENTANAS

Oviedo (ES) - Runner-up

ABRIR PUERTAS Y VENTANAS

Associates: Carlos Canella Lozano (ES), Vania Collazo Pequeño (ES), Miguel de la Ossa Peinador (ES) Sofia Lens Bell (ES) – architects

Read the full portrait here
See the complete listing of portraits here

"The proposal aims to re-source existing material, social and spatial structures through the preservation and resignification of the original building through the addition of local, sustainable materials and the reinterpretation of traditional housing typologies such as the Asturian vivienda-corredor. Ecology is defined by reinforcing existing social dynamics, which contribute to urban and social regeneration through continuity rather than invention."

General view from new pedestrian and cycling path
View of common access / shared space galleries
Apartment interior