Torilla Flats
Tortilla Flats is situated in the hinterland between disciplines, beyond the frontier of good taste, in the sleepy village of Austin.
The simple layout of buildings on the site belies a generosity of space. The wide courtyard creates a community space, while the narrow alley ensures a shaded passageway.
The project proposes a space for living that eschews the standards of market-driven residential development in two ways: through alternative apartment typologies and hybrid construction logic.
"This is the story of Danny and of Danny's friends and of Danny's house. It is a story of how these three become one thing... when you speak of Danny's house you are to understand to mean a unit of which the parts are men, from which comes sweetness and joy, philanthropy and, in the end, a mystic sorrow."
Tortilla Flat . John Steinbeck . 1935
