Caracterización tipológica del espacio edificado de las casas de corredor. El caso de las ciudadelas del casco histórico de La Habana y las corralas madrileñas

Abstract

In this article, some of the results obtained from an investigation aiming to characterize the different models that in Spain and Spanish America developed from original “corridor houses” are presented. This research aims to design valid solutions allowing the adaptation of these houses to habitability current criteria. Specifically, results obtained from the characterization resulting from: date of building, dimensions and shape, and type of the yard and its relationship with corridors in 286 “corridor houses” in Embajadores neighborhood, in Madrid, and 213 so called “ciudadelas” inside the Historic Centre in Havana, are presented. As a conclusion, great coincidences have been found in both of the models. So that, it can be said that this is about a typological model, characteristic of ancient and popular neighborhoods, with such a high presence that it turns out impossible to explain the urban weave without considering their fundamental role in “filling” blocks.