Modulus Matrix: 85 Social Housing in Cornellà by Peris + Toral Arquitectes, named winner of the RIBA International Prize 2024.
The six-storey social housing development of 85 homes, located in Cornellà, near Barcelona, Spain, was designed by Peris + Toral Arquitectes and aims to redefine residential design and construction.
The concept of Modulus Matrix takes Japanese homes and interiors as a starting point for a modular system of rooms of exactly the same size. Based on the tatami mat module of 3.6m x 3.6m – and interconnected by enfilade rather than corridor – the matrix of rooms makes up the building, which is then organised around a central communal courtyard, with four circulation cores at each corner.
Presented by the Royal Institute of British Architects this prestigious bi-annual prize recognises the world’s best architecture.
