OPEN BUILDING IN VALENCIA1946 - 1988

unitarian cases from thesis of Javier Perez Igualada

GENERAL LOCATION GROUPS IN VALENCIA

The new neighborhoods were built on the periphery of the Valencia city between 1946 and 1988. The following examples

are included in the Javier Pérez Igualada thesis: "The open building city. Valencia, 1946-1988"

ANTONIO RUEDA GROUP (1965 - 1972)

ANTONIO RUEDA GROUP LOCATION

The Antonio Rueda group was designed in 1965 by architects Vicente Valls, Joaquin García and Luis Feliu Mares. It is a complex

public promotion built between 1969 and 1972.

Located surrounded by the Vírgen de los Desamparados group on north side and on south side by Tres Forques street. It occupies about 10 hectares and

consists of 1002 homes.

Antonio Rueda group. Aerial Photo. 1973

According to Pérez Igualada: 

"The group is a late example of the model of mixed residential development theorized by Van der Broek and Bakema CIAM in Aix en Provence, 1953 [...] consist

in the reformulation of the apple from the open building, combining buildings of different volume and shape where they are arranged around a central open space,

to create a repeatable modular unit "

The project is based on three fundamental premises according to the authors:

 - Differentiation of pedestrian and vehicular circulation.

- Maximum occupancy of land to try to eliminate the wastes typical of green areas.

- Create public spaces proportionate to assist the coexistence of neighbors, in which were relapsing businesses everyday.

Antonio Rueda group. Old views. 1973

Antonio Rueda group. General Plan

The group combines several types of buildings composing a modular building unit opened. It consists of two parallel blocks of eight floors north-south orientation, a block of four floors design with orientation East - West and a group of row houses. These buildings are bordering a central square

connected to the next street over a pergola. To this was added two towers twelve floors for irregular parcels.

Antonio Rueda group. Model

Antonio Rueda group. Linear blocks plans

Antonio Rueda group. Tower and row houses plansIt should be noted single family homes as they are the only example Open low-rise building in Valencia. They are compact groups of rows of houses developed around a private courtyard. They are separated by pedestrian streets to access. This allows a greater occupation of land, which in this

case can prevent residual green areas.

Antonio Rueda group. Current views.

Antonio Rueda group. Current views.

The various uses of housing and commerce in the complex are totally separate, the result of extreme functionalism. So the ground floors of the

blocks are empty and this created a problem that the authors viewed later.

Antonio Rueda group. Old view. 1973