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Beizama Co-HousingBeizama, Spain   2022
This housing project in northern Spain reimagines domestic life for a post-pandemic world, where living and working increasingly overlap. A timber-framed, linear block runs parallel to the town’s main thoroughfare, stepping with the steep slope to integrate seamlessly into its setting. At its heart, a terraced garden ramps from street to rear passage, creating a shared landscape that links residents to their homes while cultivating community.

Each apartment incorporates a flexible accessory space with a separate entrance—adaptable as a workshop, studio, office, or additional living area. This versatility allows residents to fluidly shift between personal and professional needs, anticipating the evolving demands of contemporary life.

At street level, a robust sandstone masonry base anchors the building and houses co-working and light-industrial spaces. By layering residential, productive, and communal functions, the project blurs boundaries between work and home, fostering resilience, adaptability, and synergy between residents and the larger town.

Client: Competition Entry
Program: Housing, Mixed-use 
Area: 1207 m² / 13000 sf
Status: Late Entry 
Services: Architecture, Interior Design 

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