the housing boom generated a surplus of housing. in catalonia there are 450,000 empty homes, 11.6% of the total stock, which have lost their habitable quality and depreciated very considerably in investment value.
at the same time, given that the real estate business has prioritized quantity over quality, we have houses which are not suited to the changing realities of the the way we live. the transformations in people's lifestyles have not been studied by the developers, and conventional housing prevents the users from consuming space in proportion to their temporal needs.

dwelling goes beyond the idea of housing, and quality of life is not only about the 'home'. people need to be able to carry out 'extra' activities over and above the basic necessities – sleeping, cooking, washing – catered for by most of the housing available today.

the surplus space resulting from the recession is an opportunity.
we propose reusing the vacant space in existing buildings (empty housing, offices and shops, underused stock), converting it to provide spaces to complement our homes.

a model for a new way of living that is open to occasional activities, recreational, social and occupational, for which there is no place in the conventional house. a model that allows us more space and lets us adapt it to the rhythms of life today: housing+.

fragmented housing, with the more permanent use grouped together and '+' spaces distributed according to the conditions of the program and the availability of spaces.

these annex spaces, exterior or interior, are part of the house but can be shared by other people and function as occasional collective spaces, effectively expanding the domestic sphere as a system for the generation of urbanity and opportunity.

the housing boom generated a surplus of housing. in catalonia there are 450,000 empty homes, 11.6% of the total stock, which have lost their habitable quality and depreciated very considerably in investment value.

at the same time, given that the real estate business has prioritized quantity over quality, we have houses which are not suited to the changing realities of the the way we live. the transformations in people's lifestyles have not been studied by the developers, and conventional housing prevents the users from consuming space in proportion to their temporal needs.

dwelling goes beyond the idea of housing, and quality of life is not only about the 'home'. people need to be able to carry out 'extra' activities over and above the basic necessities – sleeping, cooking, washing – catered for by most of the housing available today.

the surplus space resulting from the recession is an opportunity.

we propose reusing the vacant space in existing buildings (empty housing, offices and shops, underused stock), converting it to provide spaces to complement our homes.

a model for a new way of living that is open to occasional activities, recreational, social and occupational, for which there is no place in the conventional house. a model that allows us more space and lets us adapt it to the rhythms of life today: housing+.

fragmented housing, with the more permanent use grouped together and '+' spaces distributed according to the conditions of the program and the availability of spaces.

these annex spaces, exterior or interior, are part of the house but can be shared by other people and function as occasional collective spaces, effectively expanding the domestic sphere as a system for the generation of urbanity and opportunity.