5150

PREVI, Lima

Lene Westeng

The project was for the design and construction of a sustainable neighborhood, of 450 low-cost houses, earthquake resistant, complete with community facilities, based upon the concept of high-density, low-rise development with courtyard houses, which can grow and adjust over time to accommodate the changing needs of families. Objectives of the project are improved designs, rationalized building methods and materials, dimensional standardization, and increased productivity with the use of new building equipment and plant. An international competition was organized for twenty six architects with engineers, thirteen from Peru and thirteen from other countries to obtain proposals for designs and building methods for twenty six clusters of houses. The architect Peter Land conceived and carried out the project as UN Project Director in cooperation with the Government of Peru. Here we will look an one of the row housing typologies, by the Swiss firm Atelier 5. The information in brackets show the values for the buildings after extensions, and an example of the extensions is shown in grey in the model.

5352 DATA

Depth: 20 (27)mHeight: 6 (10)m

FAR: 35,7 % (63,5 % after full extension)Footprint: 85 m2 (117,15 m2)Number of floors: 2 (3)Total floor area: 155 m2 (276 m2) x 23 houses = 3565 m2 (6348 m2)

Location: Lima, PeruUrban designer: Peter Land as UN Project directorArchitect(s): Varous architects. Here: Atelier 5, SwittzerlandBuilding year: 1967

Peter Land, 1976.

Site plan taken from the book Time Builds.

5554Top: 1978. Bottom: 2003. From Time Builds.

Axonometric of how it looked when it was built, from Time Builds.

Axonometric with the different stages through time, from Time Builds.

Left: Original plans. Right: How the plans are today, from Time Builds.