Year 2013
Location Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
Client Community of owners (Junta de Concertación)
This proposal arose from the opportunity to review the existing planning for this area, since it was necessary to rebalance earthworks in order to make the intervention viable. The site was divided into two parts: a private sector for open-market housing on the lower part, and another sector for subsidized housing on the upper part.
The proposal makes the most of the south-facing orientation, the slopes and the density to organize a sequence of open spaces that runs through a comb-like layout, following the alignment of the existing streets so that every home enjoys views and sunlight.
The scheme has since been built and remains true to the principles of sustainable urban planning with which it was designed.