New residential building on a corner lot, in dialogue with a listed building
What the track asks
Practical-exam Track no. 3 (Section A). A hinge corner lot in a semi-central area, facing a crossroads where an early-1900s building listed by the heritage authority, a late-19th-century block and a late-20th-century residential building coexist. The lot is now occupied by an interwar rationalist building, bombed and rebuilt in 1946, abandoned for decades. Candidates must design — with total demolition of the existing — a new residential building that relates to the surrounding built context and pays special attention to environmental sustainability. Programme: basement with private garages and plant rooms; ground floor with shared resident spaces, circulation and neighbourhood retail (max 5% of the project's gross floor area); apartments on the upper floors (above 4.30 m from street level). Parameters: plot area 1,040 sqm, floor-area index 2, maximum coverage 2/3 of the plot, minimum 50% green of the free area (at least 20% of it on natural ground), street-front heights tied to street width (Hf = 14.5 + L/3), buildings either abutting or more than 10 m apart; the lot itself carries no heritage or planning constraints. The linked written test asks for a report on compositional criteria, structural principles, the regulatory framework (accessibility, gathering spaces, flows and sustainability) and technical/plant choices.
Required drawings
General site plan 1:500 or 1:200; ground-floor plan 1:200; typical-floor plan 1:200; at least one elevation 1:200; at least one significant section 1:200; one apartment plan 1:100 or 1:50 with minimum room areas and accessibility criteria for the disabled; one constructional detail at a suitable scale; design sketches. Written test: a concise report on compositional criteria, structural principles, the regulatory framework and technical/plant choices.
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