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By: Mark Ellery

Mark Ellery — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:24:16 +0000

this looks like the commercial aspect of the social housing in madrid! very nice

http://www.archdaily.com/8237/sarugaku-akihisa-hirata/

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By: Mark Ellery

Mark Ellery — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:59:27 +0000

Yea I totally agree.

But you should not be critical of all social housing schemes.

There are some great examples in London from the 70s, just most people dont know where they are or realise their full potential

By: killion

killion — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:02:28 +0000

I agree it looks good on paper. I am a big skeptic on almost all social housing designs where ever they are. There is always that part which money gets cut and I wonder where this was in the Madrid scheme…

By: Mark Ellery

Mark Ellery — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:32:37 +0000

I am very impressed with the social housing in madrid, having just written a 10,000 word dissertation on 70’s housing blocks in london this is a refreshing glimpse at what housing COULD be! Nice!

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