The Quellenpark set of housing units is located in the centre of the city of Rohr. This area is characterised by its spectacular surroundings.

Given the adjacency to the future urban park and the North-South orientation of the site, the proposal was to compact the volume within the given height so that every unit will have double orientation east-west.

The (re)designing of this part of the city had its starting point at the recognition of the significant permanence of the surrounding urban structure.

In spite of their drawn guidelines, places need to express their own being, to come about naturally, to build themselves.

Spacematrix explores the potential of urban density as a tool for urban planning and design. The authors’ fascination with density is driven by the desire to understand the relational logic between density, urban form and performance.

Author of the video: DesigMagazin
Project published in a+t n.31 Hybrids I

The latest issue of Arquitectos, edited by the Consejo Superior de Colegios de Arquitectos de España (CSCAE), reviews a+t magazine 33-34 Hybrids III Residential Mixed-Use Buildings.

Javier Arpa, architect and editor at a+t, will take part in the summer course hosted by the University of Granada, to be celebrated next July 19th-23rd.