Development of 11 homes in Manacor, Mallorca

Development of 11 social housing rental homes at Carrer León XIII, Manacor, Mallorca

What does it consist of?

Article 47 of the Constitution stipulates the right to decent housing. Nonetheless, this right is subject to the law of supply and demand, which sets market prices. Prices, therefore, have been seriously affected by pressure from tourism, leading to an average 22% annual increase in rents, and to the Balearic Islands region having the worst “housing accessibility index” in Spain.

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Data

LOCATION
Mallorca (Manacor)
Entity submitting the PROJECT
Govern de les Illes Balears
Awarded entity
Institut Balear de l'Habitatge (IBAVI)
Total project amount
1.886.786 €
ITS granted amount
1.886.786 €
Executed amount
1.886.786 €
Call year
2019
Planned execution
2020 - 2023
Execution status
Executed
Purpose
Social welfare
Budget execution
Executed: 100%
Last data request
05.05.2023

The project

The aim of the Public Rental housing programme is to alleviate the collateral effects of tourism, which makes it harder for residents to access housing.

The demand for housing is on the upswing. As of 9 August 2019, a total of 5,896 requests have been made to be put on the Public Register of Social Housing Applicants on the island of Mallorca, 611 in Menorca, 2,521 in Ibiza and 217 in Formentera, amounting to a total of 9,183 applications for all four islands.

Furthermore, in environmental terms the main causes of deterioration are the industrial categories of production and consumption. This also occurs in the construction industry. In the case of the Balearic Islands, buildings create more pollution than all transport by aircraft, cars, trucks and boats combined.

They pollute when we build them and when we use them. Accordingly, all housing developed by IBAVI have close to zero energy consumption (nZEB) in order to comply with the EU’s 20/20/20 energy goals, which in Spain equates to an A-class rating for residential buildings.

The building, located on a corner of calle León XIII and calle Moreras, has a basement floor with 11 parking spaces, a ground floor with entrances and a commercial premises, and three upper floors with 11 homes. Of these, eight of them have two bedrooms, and three of them are single-bedroom homes.

The proposal is aimed at achieving three priority objectives:

Integrate the building into its surroundings and provide a proper solution to the difference in maximum height between calle León XIII and calle Moreras.
Ensure the best possible natural ventilation and lighting for the homes, on a plot of land with a very limited perimeter and with north-facing frontages.
Ensure that the homes are of the highest quality in terms of space and functionality.
The building consists of two volumes of differing height, separated by a free band of space. This allows for corridors to provide access to the homes and ensure that most of them have access to cross ventilation and a place for laundry to dry in the sun. This free band or lengthways courtyard provides lighting and cross ventilation to the commercial premises on the ground floor.

In terms of how the frontages are to be designed, the proposal is for a neutral approach, linked to a certain tradition, through the use of white, the vertical proportion of the openings and the use of louvre window blinds, which as well as protecting the interior from the sun and providing the necessary privacy, help to add colour.

In terms of the accessibility of the homes, all communal spaces are adapted for this purpose. One of the homes and one of the parking spaces will be adapted in compliance with the regulations in force.