Peris+Toral Arquitectes | Modulus Matrix

The MODULUS MATRIX project is a social housing initiative in Cornellà that addresses current housing challenges through innovative strategies. These strategies include the concepts of “indifferentiation” and “dehier archization,” achieved by designing equal rooms connected through enfilades that promote spatial porosity.

The architecture firm PERIS+TORAL ARQUITECTES, based in Barcelona and founded by Marta Peris and José Toral, is dedicated to researching new ways of living associated with innovative construction methods. Their focus is on addressing the challenges of the climate emergency and housing.

This lecture is part of the lecture series "Affordable Housing: Six Exemplary Projects".

For the Fall Lecture Series, the School of Architecture at the EPFL has gathered six housing projects that address affordable housing in an exemplary way. Each guest will present one project and explain in detail what it means to produce good and affordable housing from commission to inhabitation. The aim of these lectures is to not stare too romantically at affordable housing, but rather to show how building affordable housing is both difficult and possible.