ZERO-TO-ZERO
Cities often displace the very systems they depend on. Located along Madrid's southeastern periphery, La Cañada Real reveals the intersection of informal settlements, waste infrastructure, ecological degradation, and urban expansion. Zero-to-Zero begins by making these overlooked conditions visible, reconnecting people, materials, labor, and ecological processes through a circular framework of production, habitation, and repair.
Urban waste is collected, processed, and transformed into construction materials and adaptable housing components. This material cycle develops into three interconnected systems: Type A combines production and housing; Type B mediates research, urban agriculture, and ecological exchange; and Type C extends phytoremediation across the surrounding territory. Housing is conceived not as a fixed product, but as an open framework that residents can assemble, expand, and modify over time.
Zero-to-Zero proposes an urban system in which waste becomes a resource, production supports habitation, and everyday activities contribute to ecological recovery. Architecture becomes an evolving common infrastructure through which these cycles can coexist.
A truss-and-crane framework allows spaces to be assembled, repaired, and relocated. Type B also connects production clusters through care, while Type C develops through phased planting. Sections and axonometric studies coordinate these relationships across building and territory.
My work focused on site research, master planning, and Type A design. The proposal leaves capacity for relocation as material flows and patterns of occupation change.
Cities often displace the very systems they depend on. Located along Madrid's southeastern periphery, La Cañada Real reveals the intersection of informal settlements, waste infrastructure, ecological degradation, and urban expansion. Zero-to-Zero begins by making these overlooked conditions visible, reconnecting people, materials, labor, and ecological processes through a circular framework of production, habitation, and repair.
Urban waste is collected, processed, and transformed into construction materials and adaptable housing components. This material cycle develops into three interconnected systems: Type A combines production and housing; Type B mediates research, urban agriculture, and ecological exchange; and Type C extends phytoremediation across the surrounding territory. Housing is conceived not as a fixed product, but as an open framework that residents can assemble, expand, and modify over time.
Zero-to-Zero proposes an urban system in which waste becomes a resource, production supports habitation, and everyday activities contribute to ecological recovery. Architecture becomes an evolving common infrastructure through which these cycles can coexist.
A truss-and-crane framework allows spaces to be assembled, repaired, and relocated. Type B also connects production clusters through care, while Type C develops through phased planting. Sections and axonometric studies coordinate these relationships across building and territory.
My work focused on site research, master planning, and Type A design. The proposal leaves capacity for relocation as material flows and patterns of occupation change.
Project overview
THE PROPOSAL IS NOT A FINAL FORM. The system begins with a material-recovery facility that converts discarded material into construction components and household products. Residential units, workshops, markets, public spaces, and ecological programs are added in both directions. When one loop reaches capacity, the construction system advances to establish the next cluster.
The proposal is not a final form. Structures and units can be assembled, disassembled, repaired, and relocated as material availability, household needs, and environmental conditions change. Three linked cycles - material production, housing adaptation, and ecological remediation-allow the framework to evolve over time.
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THE PROPOSAL IS NOT A FINAL FORM. The system begins with a material-recovery facility that converts discarded material into construction components and household products. Residential units, workshops, markets, public spaces, and ecological programs are added in both directions. When one loop reaches capacity, the construction system advances to establish the next cluster.
The proposal is not a final form. Structures and units can be assembled, disassembled, repaired, and relocated as material availability, household needs, and environmental conditions change. Three linked cycles - material production, housing adaptation, and ecological remediation-allow the framework to evolve over time.
THE PROPOSAL IS NOT A FINAL FORM. The system begins with a material-recovery facility that converts discarded material into construction components and household products. Residential units, workshops, markets, public spaces, and ecological programs are added in both directions. When one loop reaches capacity, the construction system advances to establish the next cluster.
The proposal is not a final form. Structures and units can be assembled, disassembled, repaired, and relocated as material availability, household needs, and environmental conditions change. Three linked cycles - material production, housing adaptation, and ecological remediation-allow the framework to evolve over time.
THE PROPOSAL IS NOT A FINAL FORM. The system begins with a material-recovery facility that converts discarded material into construction components and household products. Residential units, workshops, markets, public spaces, and ecological programs are added in both directions. When one loop reaches capacity, the construction system advances to establish the next cluster.
The proposal is not a final form. Structures and units can be assembled, disassembled, repaired, and relocated as material availability, household needs, and environmental conditions change. Three linked cycles - material production, housing adaptation, and ecological remediation-allow the framework to evolve over time.
THE PROPOSAL IS NOT A FINAL FORM. The system begins with a material-recovery facility that converts discarded material into construction components and household products. Residential units, workshops, markets, public spaces, and ecological programs are added in both directions. When one loop reaches capacity, the construction system advances to establish the next cluster.
The proposal is not a final form. Structures and units can be assembled, disassembled, repaired, and relocated as material availability, household needs, and environmental conditions change. Three linked cycles - material production, housing adaptation, and ecological remediation-allow the framework to evolve over time.
THE PROPOSAL IS NOT A FINAL FORM. The system begins with a material-recovery facility that converts discarded material into construction components and household products. Residential units, workshops, markets, public spaces, and ecological programs are added in both directions. When one loop reaches capacity, the construction system advances to establish the next cluster.
The proposal is not a final form. Structures and units can be assembled, disassembled, repaired, and relocated as material availability, household needs, and environmental conditions change. Three linked cycles - material production, housing adaptation, and ecological remediation-allow the framework to evolve over time.
THE PROPOSAL IS NOT A FINAL FORM. The system begins with a material-recovery facility that converts discarded material into construction components and household products. Residential units, workshops, markets, public spaces, and ecological programs are added in both directions. When one loop reaches capacity, the construction system advances to establish the next cluster.
The proposal is not a final form. Structures and units can be assembled, disassembled, repaired, and relocated as material availability, household needs, and environmental conditions change. Three linked cycles - material production, housing adaptation, and ecological remediation-allow the framework to evolve over time.
THE PROPOSAL IS NOT A FINAL FORM. The system begins with a material-recovery facility that converts discarded material into construction components and household products. Residential units, workshops, markets, public spaces, and ecological programs are added in both directions. When one loop reaches capacity, the construction system advances to establish the next cluster.
The proposal is not a final form. Structures and units can be assembled, disassembled, repaired, and relocated as material availability, household needs, and environmental conditions change. Three linked cycles - material production, housing adaptation, and ecological remediation-allow the framework to evolve over time.
