The first semester of muHAB aims to test architectural strategies for a possible urban future under climatic stress in the Mediterranean arc. As a phase of analysis prior to the project work, we revisit some of the paradigmatic examples of a developmental Spain that, with passive strategies and very low resources, already faced the need to inhabit a hot and dry climate in the southern part of its Mediterranean coast. We adopt a post-occupational perspective and a speculative method: how are the spaces that were designed and built in the 60s and 70s inhabited today? And how would they function in a future scenario of thermal stress?
This exhibition, curated by the student body, shows the results of our analysis, prior to the project exercise.
LIST OF CASES ANALYZED
Madrid Apartments, 1961-1962, Salou, Tarragona
Santa Águeda Apartments, 1966-1967, Benicassim
Hotel de Mar, 1962, Calvià, Mallorca
White City, 1961-1963, Alcudia, Mallorca
La Malvarrosa Residence Group, 1973, Valencia, Spain
Las Terrazas Apartments, 1964-1965, Almuñecar, Granada