This double issue covers, in 390 pages, more than a decade of work by the Barcelona studio Peris + Toral, through a selection of projects that place collective housing at the center of the contemporary architectural debate.
The works presented in this issue originate from public competitions, a field in which Peris + Toral have developed a particularly consistent track record. The publication brings together their most significant works in the field of social housing and collective space, showing how regulations, far from being a limitation, become a design tool, and how technique can precede form to give rise to open, flexible and durable architecture. Intermediate spaces, bioclimatic atriums, honest construction systems and a materiality understood in terms of its performance define a body of work that is committed to long-term social, environmental and cultural sustainability.
