The open areas allow for adaptable programming and use of the shared spaces.

Urban situations colonize the area, acting as objects and keeping the area alive at any time of the day.

A multi-disciplinary team developed The Commons in a participatory process, involving different experts and stakeholders.

Pedestrian friendly environment: distances are measured in minutes, important facilities are reachable within a 3 minute walk.

Global finalist entry 2015 - The Commons: Participatory urban neighborhood

Urban metabolism: Free spaces include a water drainage system, allowing water collection for urban gardens and orchards.

Liquid city: Instead of a predesigned urban tissue, a controlled growth process is proposed. The initial grid of gardens is the support of the urban, which will develop in time through small-scale gradual appropriations. The result will be a liquid city that works as a complete urban configuration in all stages of consolidation, satisfying the current societal needs, but is also able to adapt itself to any contextual change or future necessities.

Porosity, not only in the urban fabric, but also in the low ecological footprint.

Flexibility, which guarantees social and economic balance, where everyone can find what they need.

Allmende: collective, reprogrammable, low-maintenance open space for the community.