Construcción de viviendas mediante contenedores de obra

La actual crisis económica ha supuesto, especialmente para España, un receso en la construcción de nuevos edificios. Después de hacer una evaluación de la evolución del concepto de vivienda, analizamos la influencia que ello ha tenido en la arquitectura (tipología de vivienda, métodos constructivos, etc.) para ofrecer alternativas arquitectónicas a la presente crisis a través de la universidad. El proyecto “Construcción de viviendas mediante contenedores de obra”, es una parte de una investigación más amplia dentro de la línea “Arquitectura Modular” desarrollada por el Grupo de Investigación “Diseño y Fabricación Industrial” de la UPM cuyo objetivo es responder a las necesidades de fabricación de viviendas a un precio asequible, ofreciendo a través de internet los planos así como los detalles técnicos necesarios para la auto-construcción. Las casas propuestas se construirían combinando los contenedores de obra ya prefabricados, subsistemas prefabricados así como otros componentes disponibles en el mercado.

Accommodating cabins as a new way of building houses

The current economic crisis has meant, particularly in Spain, the almost cessation of new buildings construction. This deep crisis will mean in future an irreversible change in the Spanish construction model, based to date almost exclusively on the brick. The project “Accommodating cabins as a new way of building houses” is part of a larger research within the line “Modular Architecture” developed by the Research Group “Design and Industrial Production”, belonging to the Technical University of Madrid, which aims to respond to the need for decent housing at an affordable price, by offering through Internet the plans, resources and other technical details required to build a house oneself. The proposed houses are built from the combination of industrially made modules (accommodation cabins, which are prefabricated modules usually used as provisional constructions in conventional building works), prefabricated subsystems and other catalogue components available on the market, all they set together by dry joints.

Houses built from accommodating cabins

The current economic crisis has meant, particularly in Spain, the almost cessation of new buildings construction. This deep crisis will mean in future an irreversible change in the Spanish construction model, based to date almost exclusively on the brick. After focusing on the Spanish property boom and examining its impact on the concept of housing (in a few years the house has moved forward from being contemplated exclusively as a primary good to be also considered a capital asset), we analyse the influence that this transformation has had on architecture (housing typology, building methods, the architectural profession and the architect training) and offers architectural alternatives –trough the university– to the present crisis. The project “Houses built from accommodating cabins” is part of a larger research within the line “Modular Architecture” developed by the Research Group “Design and Industrial Production”, belonging to the Technical University of Madrid, which aims to respond to the need for decent housing at an affordable price, by offering through Internet the plans, resources and other technical details required to build a house oneself. The proposed houses are built from the combination of industrially made modules (accommodation cabins, which are prefabricated modules usually used as provisional constructions in conventional building works), prefabricated subsystems and other catalogue components available on the market, all they set together by dry joints.