Wall House
Type: Housing, urban plan Location: Chile Client: Elemental Chile Team: Bart Reuser, Marijn Schenk, Michel Schreinemachers, John van de Water Floor area / size: 10.000 sqm
Wallhouse is a flexible strategy that combines possibilities for a wide diversity of housing types with a great differentiation of urban spaces.
This competition asked for an urban housing plan for lowest income group in Chili. I ddemanded for flexibility in such a way that the inhabitants were able to extend their houses in the near future. The main element in this spatial strategy is a construction wall that contains the basic amenities necessary for a house: a bathroom, stairs, a kitchen and an entrance. Each individual house can be extended towards the back by adding rooms. At the same time the wall is a structural urban element. It creates an urban plan with two faces: a clear and formal front side towards the streets and a characteristic informal side towards the back.
