the competition:

Elemental was a competition organized by the Chilean Ministry of Housing, the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Harvard Design School and Harvard University Rockefeller Centre for Latin American Studies.

the objective was to address the growing  housing deficit in Latin America (250 million people) and in Chile (2.5 million people ) though design  and technological innovation for the creation of low cost housing.

 

the Challenge: to fit 150 families in 1 hectare, at a cost of  US $ 7500 each(or less) and make the expandable to at least twice its original size

 

the Jury: Jorge Silvetti (United States), Jacque Herzog (Suitzerland), Paulo Mendes da Rocha (Brasil), Rafael Moreno (Spain), Jaime Ravinet (Chilean Minister of Housing and Urbanism), Fernando Echeverría (President of Chilean Chamber of Construction) and José Ramón Ugarte, (President of Chilean Association of Architects)

 

OUR SOLUTION

 

the formula

 

 

X=150 families x 30m² x US$ 7500

1Há

 

 

150 (house)+Open Spaces+ Parking < 1Há

 

 

the unit

 

House = bU+ E     (base Unit)  bU > 25 m² < 30 m²

F

(base Unit+ Extension)  bU+ E = 75 m²

(Floor number) F >1< 3 ( For easy accessibility)

(Parking) 75 x (12.5m² + C)

 

Analysis & variations

 

#1

bU=25

F=1

E=50

 

150 (75)+ Os+P < 10.000 m²

11.250 +Os+P> 10.000 m²

 

#2

bU=25

F=2

E=50

 

150 (37.5)+ Os+P < 10.000 m²

5.625 +Os+2000 < 10.000 m²  H>2F

 

 

Conclusions:

1bU= wash+kit+St+2spaces =25 m²   Minimum spaces Non-functional

1bU= wash+kit+St+2spaces=30 m²    Minimum spaces functional

 

=> 1bU=30 m²  &  >2F