40 supervised flats for the elderly in the La Cala area of Benidorm

After the ruling, we are awarded only one of the two parts that make up what we had planned as a common whole. If in other projects a horizontal continuity of the dwellings managed to intensify in a natural way, by correlation (as in the traditional street), the relationship between neighbours, in a high-rise construction other resources are imposed to achieve a greater possibility of coexistence than that implied by the mere fact of being participants in the same community of neighbours.

With this intention in mind, the various possibilities of a vertical construction are explored, using the ground floor, first floor and some upper floors for communal uses and establishing continuity between the buildings and the green area that will surround them in the immediate future. The uses are arranged in such a way that all the common floors are pleasant to use due to their suitability and the relationship with the environment they offer.

On the ground floor, up to three areas for outdoor use are added to the internal programme; on the first floor, and as an extension of the ground floor, there is a great deal of communication with the landscaped area and the slope that separates it from the street and offers shelter at the foot of the construction; on the third floor, next to the play and living areas, a large terrace - suitable for multiple activities - defines a space as a lookout balcony that turns in all orientations in search of distant views and the best sunlight at every hour of the day and in the different seasons of the year.

Everything that combines enclosure and structure is built in fair-faced concrete, and the rest of the façade is treated with metallic elements that give shape to various sun filters, which end up defining the formal identity of the group.