Hortaleza U.V.A. District
Type: |
Housing Development |
Status: |
Proposal |
Tasks: |
Revival scheme and architectural design |
Location: |
Hortaleza (Madrid) |
Partner in charge: |
Vito Burdi |
U.V.A. is a residential area built in 1970 outside of Madrid, it is characterized by a heavy social, economic, and urban decline. At the beginning the number of dwellings was 1128, 424 of them demolished. “Never demolish, subtract or replace things, but always add, transform and re-utilize them’. The goal and the strategies required were to use a minimum budget, recovery and to upgrade existing spaces.