Barriadas Huerta de Mena y La Esperanza

Barriadas Huerta de Mena y La Esperanza

Architecten: Alejandro Herrero Ayllón, Francisco Riestra Limeses, Francisco Sedano Arce, José María Morales Lupiáñez, Juan Miguel Rodríguez Cordero, Ricardo Anadón Frutos 1948 - 1958

The urban implementation scheme of the neighborhood consists of three orthogonal plots that accommodate the turn of Federico Mayo and Federico Molina streets thanks to the insertion of two triangular wedges between them. The different housing blocks are based on this plot, which respond to very diverse typologies, although the closed blocks and the series of H-shaped blocks attached to each other clearly stand out.

As a consequence, the predominant urban form is that of the corridor street is combined with other arrangements that recall the diffuse urban structures generated by isolated blocks. In general, these spaces, widely landscaped and often for pedestrian use, are characterized by their great environmental quality. Regarding the architecture, despite the different architects who worked on it, a certain unified image prevails in the complex: The blocks four stories high predominate.

The ground floor is highlighted as the base of the buildings. The windows and balconies follow one another, homogeneously piercing the volume. The walls are rendered and painted in white and there are a profusion of flights and balconies on the top floors, which try to stand out as the finishing touch of the complex.

@Ángel López Macías, Ana María Mojarro Bayo and Marta Santofimia Albiñan