Slope city, a Mountain of Dwellings

Slope city by Architectures David Tajchman

The island of Tenerife is a land in the middle of the ocean. The project covers a piece of land already encircled by big developments. Politics and developers want to expand the old city of San Cristobal de La Laguna (world heritage) with a new layer of streets, car parking, office buildings, etc. However the solution needs a project that thinks of the Tenerife nature and mostly its specific landscape.

Slope city takes that outlook of urbanism. By layering public spaces, housings and public/ private gardens, the whole site is worked as a single inhabited piece of land.

Houses own their private gardens as well as sharing a public park. The space under is dedicated to cars and covered public spaces. Slope city is a mountain of dwellings. The existing ground has been turned into a immense staircase.

Place: San cristobal de la laguna, tenerife island
Programme: Extend a city to a natural limit
Client: Europan spain
Architect: David Tajchman
Area: 63204 m2