Coliving Suiters
Alicante, 2022Coliving in Alicante.
Coliving en Alicante.

















Authors: Langarita-Navarro Arquitectos, Víctor Navarro, María Langarita. + Ad-Hoc, Juan Antonio Sánchez Morales. Joaquín García Vicente.
Team: Fran Abellán Estevan, Javier Estebala Alández , Antonio Antequera.
Surveyors: Manuel Olivares Esteban / Susana Salmerón Ruiz (ESMO Técnicos).
MEP: Estudios y Proyectos Fraloir SLP.
Structures: Iago González Quelle (Qube Diseño Estructural SL).
Photos: David Frutos.
‘ In the 1970s, on a corner opposite the Central Market of Alicante, an office building was built, which, in its first life, barely reached 30 years. It became an empty and enigmatic urban figure, and attention was drawn to it as a potential Coliving space in a new life, sparking an exploration of this potentiality. After several studies, the rehabilitation project materialized into a new residential proposal that combines a set of 49 housing units, meeting urban requirements to be recognized as dwellings, with various communal spaces and services, all cared for as if they were one's own. This concept is what is now known as Coliving and, for this specific case, it's been named "Suiters." Beyond developing a residential program for medium-term stays, which has already proven to be a solution for many personal situations, the intervention also aims to promote ecological education, believing that architecture can guide solutions to the multitude of crises that converge. Thus, a completely vegetated façade is proposed, serving as a temporary food source for the avian fauna that inhabits the Benacantil mountain nearby. The project, shaped and executed by many hands, has also been an experience of sharing the architectural process itself. The best evidence of its contribution to expanding the residential options that the city must offer to its residents would be the existence of a waiting list.’