'M House' (1977)
This project by Actar Arquitectura is presented like a "menu" of interchangeable modules. These modules, which form a 0.90 x 4.50 meters grid on the ground, with a height of 2.80 meters, result from a fixed structural section, carefully studied so as to permit their lateral and vertical assembly, and the subsequent incorporation of floor, façade and partition units made of different materials, and with diverse textures and colours. They can be combined by juxtaposition and superposition, and offer a limitless number of configurations based on the variation of a limited number of standard spaces and flexible technical elements (accumulators, fitted walls, vertical circulation systems...). The shape of this "à la carte" building is not based solely on the choice of colour and the outside silkscreening but also on the particular and custom-built design of the standard. The theme of the "catalogue house" is based here on a relationship between industry and design, designed to encourage cheap, quick and simple systems, and technical solutions that are precise and open alike. This construction, which can always be reversed, draws up an implicitly time-related "contract" with the landscape.
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