Common Ground

02 / 14 · level plan · 1,534.5 m²

Workshops, classrooms and meeting

At 4.8 m: six workshop bays with benches and tool walls, three classrooms with tables for six, the meeting room over the passage and the public terrace over the market.

03 / 14 · level plan · 538.08 m²

First homes and terraces

At 9 m: 4 homes with kitchen, dining under its pendant, facing seats, bedrooms and bathrooms; two terraces with planters, lounge and dining where two homes were removed.

04 / 14 · level plan · 688 m²

The inhabited cantilevers

At 15.4 m: 4 homes; the 120 m² one cantilevers 4.8 m west with a 56.4 m² living room, island and dining for six. The south-west terrace has an outdoor lounge and table.

05 / 14 · level plan · 496 m²

The high garden

At 28.2 m: 3 homes and two gardens open to the sky; the south-east one has a pergola, deck, facing lounge and a table for six.

06 / 14 · section

Ribs below, fins above

The 7.2 m bay orders everything. Base: 83 ribs, every 1.2 m under the tower and 2.1 m under the garden. Bar: 413 fins every 0.6 m, 0.60 to 0.25 m deep as they rise, turned 20° west.

07 / 14 · arrival

Entering by the courtyard

At 1.65 m, from the street: trees in grated pits and, in the 18 × 32 m courtyard, a clay-paver path with bollards, a rain garden of rushes and stones, facing benches, a lawn with an Andean oak and a water rill.

08 / 14 · gathering · 157.5 m²

A market of stalls

One of four 157.5 m² halls under 4.8 m: 8 oak stalls against the walls, with back shelving, a stone counter and produce in crates, and in the middle two communal tables with 16 chairs under warm linear lights.

furnitureShell chair in terracotta · oak communal table 4 × 0.9 m · vendor stool behind each counter

lightLinear profile at 2.3 m over each counter · suspended linear over the communal tables · 2700–3000 K

09 / 14 · landscape · 157.5 m²

A garden over the market

Above the market, a 157.5 m² public terrace paved in clay pavers with stone bands. The arrayán grows in 5.57 m³ of soil; two sofas face each other in its shade and a pergola with festoon lights covers two tables for four.

furnitureOutdoor sofa · Outdoor chair

lightfestoon of warm lamps under the pergola · uplight under the arrayán · 0.8 m bollards along the edge

10 / 14 · work · 270 m²

Craft workshops

On the shared level, 270 m² of workshops in three 6 m bays: wood, ceramics and textiles. 12 benches with 72 stools, each under a linear light at 2.2 m, and on the wall the tool board, materials and a sink.

furnituresteel and oak workshop stool · steel and oak material rack

lightSuspended linear at 2.2 m over each bench and the tool wall · 3000 K

11 / 14 · community · 180 m²

A room over the passage

The north link joins the two wings: 180 m² of meeting space over the passage. Two lounges of facing sofas with an armchair, three study and dining tables for 18 under linear pendants, and the steps under the tree by the glass.

furnitureSofa in terracotta · Shell chair in sage · oak table 2 × 0.9 m

lightLinear pendant 0.8 m above each table · cove line in the ceiling

12 / 14 · dwelling · 56.4 m²

A 56.4 m² living room

Level 04: the 56.4 m² living room of a 120 m² home opens west. A sofa and two facing armchairs on a rug look to the window, dining for six under its pendant at 0.75 m, a stone island with three stools and a linear kitchen.

furnitureSofa · armchairs · Dining chair · kitchen island with limestone top

lightLinen pendant centred over the table · cove line in the ceiling · west daylight

13 / 14 · landscape · 120 m²

A garden at 28 m

At the top of the slab, a 120 m² residential garden open to the sky: a timber deck under a pergola with festoon lights, two facing sofas, a table for six, the glory bush in its planter and 0.6 m planters of Andean grasses.

furnitureOutdoor sofa · outdoor timber table for six

lightwarm festoon under the pergola · uplight under the glory bush

14 / 14 · whole

A common ground that rises

The whole model with its materials: 30 furnished homes, 692 proposed seats, 42 pendants and 82 linear lights. The roofs add about 745 m² of sedum and 124 solar panels; the neighbouring context is approximate.