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Work Begins on 226 New Social Homes in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Major Housing Project Awarded for Cuevas Blancas

Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council has awarded the construction contract to build 226 homes for social rent in Cuevas Blancas, in the city’s Southwest district. The contract has been granted to the company ASCH Infraestructuras y Servicios, with a planned investment of €33,507,855 and a 30-month execution period. Work is scheduled to begin in early summer.

Inter-Administrative Collaboration Boosts Public Housing

Mayor Bermúdez highlighted that through an inter-administrative agreement between the Canary Islands Housing Institute (Instituto Canario de la Vivienda), the Tenerife Island Council (Cabildo), and the City Council, the supply of public housing is being increased with these publicly promoted protected properties. The mayor detailed that this agreement set out the collaboration guidelines and mutual commitments of the parties to enable the construction of 263 protected homes in Santa Cruz, 37 in María Jiménez, and the 226 in Cuevas Blancas. The total cost for all 526 homes is €41.7 million, excluding the price of the land and urbanisation costs, which are being covered by the council.

Project Design and Specifications

The Councillor for Housing, Belén Mesa, explained that the project plans were drawn up by the Temporary Business Union (UTE) SIC Arquitectura SLP, formed by SIC Arquitectura SLP, Miguel Herraiz, and Daniel Bergman. The development includes 226 homes and 229 parking spaces. The total built area will be 29,357.55 m², with 20,608.20 m² above ground and 8,749.35 m² below ground. The total useful area dedicated to housing will be 16,702.41 m².

Optimised Layout for Light and Views

The general layout aims to create two practically symmetrical housing blocks, allowing for greater optimisation of the development’s numbers and coefficients, as well as easier and faster execution. Councillor Mesa stated that the design also seeks to maximise the height difference between the two blocks to take advantage of sea views, maximise sunlight exposure, ensure natural ventilation, and guarantee privacy for the homes. Furthermore, the site excavation will provide the necessary parking area while recovering the natural terrain line. This allows the space between the blocks to be used to create a nearly flat interior street connecting the most similar ground levels at the ends of the plot.

Community Spaces and Apartment Mix

The project specifies that this interior street will create an urban void to ensure a proposal rich in nuance, ventilation, and low-maintenance recreational spaces, while also guaranteeing fire engine access and intervention on the interior façades. The interior space will generate a common plot courtyard for community use and enjoyment, with basic, low-maintenance landscaping using local species.

Each of the two blocks will be composed of a basic module of three homes per core: two three-bedroom homes with façades facing both the exterior and interior, and one two-bedroom home with two façades facing the interior of the plot. This arrangement allows for two blocks with a maximum of eight storeys. In total, the development will include 22 one-bedroom homes, 95 two-bedroom homes, 75 three-bedroom homes, 34 four-bedroom homes, and 1 five-bedroom home. Additionally, it will provide 8 adapted homes for people with reduced mobility, all with two bedrooms and their corresponding parking spaces.

Management by Canary Islands Housing Institute

Upon completion of the works, ownership of the resulting homes from both promotions will be transferred to the Canary Islands Housing Institute (ICV). The ICV will then incorporate them into the Autonomous Community’s public park of protected housing, assuming their comprehensive management and the allocation procedures in accordance with current regulations.

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