Identification	18 protected housing units
Situation	Barreduela de Santiago 6-7. Carmona. Sevilla
Project day	2009
Work to date	2013
Architects	GARCÍA TORRENTE ARCHITECTS + A. Hidalgo + F. Folliason
Partners	Isabel Mota Pernías
Quantity Surveyors	Miguel Portilla
Others Partners	Photography: FERNANDO ALDA
Promoter	EPSA
Companies	Sanrocon, SL
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Urban Context La Plazuela de Santiago is located in the historic center of the city of Carmona on a promontory at 248 m above sea level, overlooking the river valley Corbones (tributary of the Guadalquivir), ending the edge of the old wall that ran from the Current Puerta de Sevilla (AL-Burg al-Agamm), Puerta de Morón (Bad Yami), The Córdoba door and disappeared from Samarmala. Although archaeological remains confirm the existence of people from the third millennium BC Carmona is in the s. AD, during the occupation of the Roman Empire, when the single flowering of the city, due in large part to the importance of agricultural production, trade and basically for being one of the towns through which runs the Via Augusta, hence the municipality have an important and large Roman archaeological heritage. . Description of the site Access to the site is mainly from the current Plazuela de Santiago. The site of 1354 m2, it forms an irregular polygon of 24 sides mediators, of which only one, of 10.90 m. in length, belonging to the building's exterior facade. Topographically the site is quite hilly, presenting longitudinally from east to west, a difference of +4.66 m. In the different cross sections, the elevation difference is more homogeneous terrain. At home, on the site there were a number of buildings (three in total), for use with collective housing, with proper building type popular housing on Mudejar style, communicated with the exterior through a historic walkway allowing access to the heart of the apple. After archaeological excavation project, involving the study of subsurface structures and vertical walls that still remained standing, the Municipal Archaeological Service report issued by communicating the importance of conserved structures of XV-XVI Century, corresponding to the reign of the Catholic Kings, hence the relevant importance. Due to the time between this report and the start of archaeological works, the state of deterioration of preexisting was widespread, as a first step of forcing its shoring urgency. Next, we proceeded to the demolition of previous work related parts that lacked equity (dressing, pieces of walls and partitions), the Underpinning of foundations that had given way, the chopped and cleaned of coatings with to detect cracks and crevices of the various stone and brick factories and repair them, leaving the rest for when the building was under coatings, the finish of the same, using traditional means such as employment lime mortar and gear (damaged areas) equal to the existing typology. Project Idea: Given the rapid consumption of ground that has occurred in the last century and in which we have participated largely architects, more than ever recycle and reuse existing structures is the only solution and the more honest and sustainable, especially when these structures are carriers of assets that are necessary to preserve, protect and pass for future generations. In this sense, the project posed, as a basic premise, the conservation and restoration of existing structures so that they acquire, in the general context of the building, places of relevance for public use and collective enjoyment. With this intention the preexisting occupy major spaces, in one case forming the very front of the building, another part of the local social structuring and another, forming three sides of a courtyard main (central) that form the building. From a complicated and tortuous geometry of the site, where there are a number of pre-existing conditions, the project idea raises the rationalization of space by arranging three volumes in a U shape, facing south, west and north , respectively, which form the three main exterior public spaces, from which you access the respective housing and organizing collective life of the neighborhood. The set consists in a clubhouse for the neighborhood and 18 apartments, 4 of two bedroom, 13 of three bedroom and four bedrooms. Ranging in size from 50 to 77 sq meters. This is subsidized housing, land has been donated by the city council and the work funded by the Junta de Andalucía (the government of the autonomous region). The homes are owned by the Junta de Andalucía and maximum rent of € 200-300, families with low income. The materials are noble but very basic.