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Soto del Henares

102
HOMES
Spain
COUNTRY
€10.2
MILLION

Social housing complex located in Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, comprising 102 rental homes. The development consists of two blocks with commercial premises, storage rooms, underground parking, and a swimming pool.

14,459.90 m²
Total Area
Madrid
Location
Construction
Type of Contract
Prygesa/Pryconsa
Client
Azvi

Description of the Building

The seven-storey building includes commercial premises on the ground floor.   

Two basement levels house parking spaces, storage rooms, and machine rooms. There are also communal garden areas with a private swimming pool for residents.  

Azvi

Construction Characteristics 

  • 80 cm thick reinforced concrete foundation slab .
  • Reinforced concrete retaining walls to support earth in the basement levels.
  • Reinforced concrete pillars on all floors except the penthouse
  • where metal pillars were employed.
  • 30cm reinforced concrete slabs with compression layer on the ground floor and across other standard floor layouts.
  • Exposed brick facade with water-repellent rendering.
  • Insulation of facade chambers
  • Double glazed windows with PVC profiles.
  • Reinforced entrance doors.
  • Aluminium roller blinds.
  • Porcelain tiles in wet rooms.
  • Laminate wood flooring in other areas of the dwellings.
  • Flat roof with thermal insulation and gravel finish.
  • Lifts with automatic doors and selective memory system.

Key moments during the construction phase

Azvi’s team faced a number of difficult challenges during the construction of the complex, including building in the midst of storm Filomena which paralyzed Spain’s capital city and other areas of the country in Winter 2021.  

Work during the pandemic: tensioning of anchor cables for retaining wall.

Wall milling prior to execution of slabs.

Work during Storm Filomena.

Slab pouring: the only calm moment during the works.

Concreting of the foundation slab.

Major progress on the facade.

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