[COL] | MOME . ESTUDIO

COL is a coliving project in Madrid that uses an 832m2 single-family house converted into an office to accommodate another type of growing domesticity: temporary housing for people who live in the city for less than a year. The rotation generated by this type of dwelling requires a social artifact that promotes collective life in common spaces while ensuring adequate personal space in different housing units.

Since the pre-existing building was markedly irregular, the equivalent program in the 19 units was achieved by a module that allowed efficient construction while adapting to each room's morphology.

Through standardized components, this module incorporates the program inherent to this housing typology: kitchen, closet, and bathroom are molded into carpentry and polycarbonate elements of fixed dimensions but variable layouts.

Module materiality plays with light through two strategies: reflectance and permeability. Through the polycarbonate elements, light permeates the volume to transform it into a light box that manifests in different ways in each room. When the program requires greater privacy, stainless steel-finished solids are used. This multiplying effect is transferred inside the module by means of a mirrored arch. 

As part of the project, the building's exterior was also recovered and incorporated, allowing for both shared and private spaces. To this end, the brickwork of the original structure was recovered and used as a key element to articulate the uses and routes. A variety of patterns are created by varying the brickwork's position, emphasizing pathway, transition, and resting platforms.

Architecture project: mome.estudio || photography: Javier Bravo