So when I'm talking about shared spaces, starting from a local design, a good example to describe this kind of approach could be this project of apartments in Madrid by the studio ACM Arquitectos. The building consists of 82 apartments, each with a different colour to the next one and with, more or less, the sme size, since they are all like containers. These containers are located in this quadrangular form with a big courtyard in the middle. The all building looks really porous due to the fact that every apartment has a gap spage between it self and the next to it. The same is for the ground flloor where there isn't a unique closed belt but this rule continues to exist. Only along the shorter edges of the rectangle there aren't apartemnts and the space is designed for services like staircases, lifts and entrance gates. This gates give a direct access to the big courtyard in the middle that has been designed as well.
Miguel de Guzmán
Totally there are 10 lift+staircases towers to make it possible to reach every apartment easily. This big number of lifts is due to the fact that there aren't corridors, neither inside nor outside the structure of the complex. In this way each lift is of service for two apartments of each floor, so eight apartments in total.
But coming back to the porous characteristic of the building, the question is: what is the purpose of this open and shared space? This space is not only like a shared landing serving two apartments it is also a way by which it is possible to create communication and relationships starting from a small link. In this space kids of each familiy can play and stay together and people can meet as well and use this space also like a storage space or like a terrace. The fact that this space is open has not to be understimated: in fact people meeting in this space can, at the same time, look to other people meeting in these kinds of space so that this situation is not merely individual but involve others. Furthermore on the top level this space has no ceiling so that the shared landig becomes a terrace for the summer.
In addition the fact that each apartment has a different colour creates a differentiation and individuality that help to have a serene atmosphere and to not loose people personalities. As it is possible to see from the plan there isn't a big variations in the plans of the apartments. But the light material helps also to see everything lighter and inside each spaced is studied very well. But this communication between flats and people doesn't need to be necessarily so closed, it can be more open.
David Frutos
Miguel de Guzmán
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