DESIGNED AS A PLATFORM FOR CHANGE

PREVIHOUSING

“PROYECTO EXPERMENTAL DE VIVIENDA’’DESCRIPTION : THE EXPERIMENTAL HOUSINGPROJECT : OPEN URBAN DESIGNCONSTRUCTION PERIOD : 1969-1973

LIMA, PERU

CITY DENSITY : DESERTED

PREVI : A DENSE URBAN COLLAGE

8KM NORTH OF LIMA’S DOWNTOWN

SITE AREA : 40 HECTARES

1500 HOUSES

8-10 PEOPLE PER UNIT

ROW HOUSES UPTO G+2

FOR LOW-INCOME GROUP

5% LOW THAN AVE. HOUSE PRICES

PREVI : TO REGULATE UNSTOPPABLE FLOW OF PEOPLE TO URBAN AREA

1ST PHASE : 500 HOUSES 2ND PHASE :

1000 HOUSES (NEVER

HAPPENED)

SOLUTION TO THE CITY’S HOUSING

PLAN

PEOPLE BUILDING INFORMAL

SETTLEMENTS

INADEQUATE GOVERNMENT

HOUSING SCHEMES

SITE LAYOUT

PREVI : 24 DIFFERENT DESIGNS AND CONSTRUCTION METHODS

CHARLES CORREA DESIGN

PROPOSAL BY AR. CHARLES CORREA

PREVI : RELEASE FROM CONFINEMENT BETWEEN PARALLELWALLS

• EACH UNIT CONNECTED WITH COMMUNITY SPINE • CENTRAL DOUBLE HEIGHT SPACE• HOUSES PLACED NNW-SSE• ZIG-ZAG STRUCTURAL WALLS USED TO LOCATE SERVICE ELEMENTS • STRUCTURAL FLEXIBILITY DUE TO SHORT SPAN • CONDUCIVE TO NATURAL VENTILATION

DETAILED PLANS

•EACH UNIT : TERMS OF ITS OWN GROWTH

•THE SHORT SPAN HOUSING OFFERED CONSIDERABLE STRUCTURAL FLEXIBILITY WHICH COULD BE EXPLOITED BY THE OCCUPANTS.

•THE FUTURE STAGES COULD ADD FIRST FLOOR BEDROOMS AND BATHROOM.

•UNITS CAN BE PLACED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT SEQUENCES. •VARYING PROFILE ALONG PEDESTRIAN STREET TAKES ADVANTAGE OF PREVALENT BREEZE.•LOVERED AIR SCOOPS OVER THE DOUBLE HEIGHT FOR CROSS VENTILATION.

PREVI : INFORMAL GROWTH + TOPDOWN PLANNING

PEOPLE DIDN'T MOVE OUT AS THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATIONS IMPROVED. RESIDENTS STAYED, AND TURNED A HOUSING ESTATE INTO WHAT FEELS LIKE A MIDDLE-CLASS COMMUNITY.

DURING THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP (IN WHICH PERU RARELY FEATURES) THEY WILL SUPPORT THE COUNTRY WHOSE HOUSE THEY LIVE IN.

• SEPARATE DOORS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICULAR ENTRY.• FRONT PORCH OF EACH UNIT CONNECTS THE COMMUNITY SPINE.• PORCHES AND BACKYARDS ACTS AS TRANSTION AREAS BETWEEN PEDESTRIAN AND CAR AREA.

THE HOUSES WERE NOT THE END BUT THE BEGINNING

FLOATING SLAB (REINFORCED CONCRETE PLANK)

COMPOSITE BAMBOO BEAMS AND PLANK

MORTARLESS CAVITY WALL

MATERIALS

IN THE END, PREVI BECAME AN ANOMALY:

A HOUSING LABORATORY

CONTAINING SO MANY DESIGN IDEAS, THAT

WAS SO DIVERSE AND ADAPTABLE THAT IT

CAN PROBABLY NEVER BE REPEATED.

PREVI TODAY !

“SUCCESS OF EACH TYPOLOGY IS BASED ON HOW EXTENSIVELY THEY HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED”

BIBILOGRAPHY

“WITHOUT MALLEABILITY YOU CAN NOT HAVE CULTURAL EXPRESSION-

ALL YOU CAN GET IS A TOP-DOWN NOTION OF HOW PEOPLE SHOULD LIVE”

- CHARLES CORREA

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PRESENTED BY-AKANKSHA BALPANDE 1205GEETA GUJARATHI 1220SHREYA MAHAJAN 1235POONAM WADEKAR 1267MRUNALINI WALANJ 1268