This proposal for a low-cost housing project in the region of Zakrit, is deeply informed by the constraints of the site; a longitudinal, narrow plot of land which imposed the subdivision of the built-up area into three separate buildings. One block takes its exposure from the access road at the edge, while the other two are laid out around a central courtyard. Architecturally, the scheme is articulated around a set of vertical stone screens of various textures framing the slabs in a composition of alternating backgrounds and foregrounds. The detached folding planes of the penthouses clad in black terracotta tiles crown the volumetry. In an effort to keep the product accessible to a widespread clientele without compromising the family configuration (2 to 3 bedroom typologies), apartments size vary from 100 to 150sqm with a maximal exposure that is enhanced by the thinness of the site. The superposition of floors with terrace garden apartments on the lower basement and duplex variations under the pitched roof optimize an otherwise conservative legal Read More