Published: Thursday, August 16, 2007
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Cars and people enter by the same place: a low platform with wooden floor, which serves as parking at night and as playground during the day.
"The units are organized in a way that they all have cross ventilation. The transit area, stairs and patio are in the middle of the units, which are divided into two sets of four apartments. All public circulations are outdoors, stressing the character of "little houses" of the apartments. Cars and people enter by the same place: a low platform with wooden floor, which serves as parking at night and as playground during the day."

Interior frosted glass divisions allow the light to pass from one room to the other and generate a reflections-and-shadows play.
"The interior frosted glass divisions allow the light to pass from one room to the other and generate a reflections-and-shadows play that's usually more frequent in commercial shops. These are also in concert with the solar shadings and the exterior and patio glass facades, which all constitute a series of veils that allow different types of light during the day."

Interiors of an apartment.
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