Veïnat · Chiva · 2026–2027 · Starting September 2026
We design how we'll live tomorrow.
Architecture + Engineering + Sustainability.
After events like Valencia's 2024 DANA flooding, thousands of people were immediately left without dignified shelter. Azalea is developing modular architecture capable of rapid deployment, built on bioclimatic and sustainability principles, conceived as a real response to a climate emergency that has already happened — not an academic exercise.
Project status
Starts: Construction start
Basic structural plan — AZALEA UPV VEÏNAT
Veïnat is composed of one rehabilitated shipping container, serving as the services core, and four habitation/coliving modules, with an accessible ramp to ease assembly and access. Per the team's basic structural plan (February 2026), the assembly occupies a footprint of approximately 15.00 × 10.45 m.
How Veïnat gets built
From the workshop to Chiva: the team's official execution plan, in three phases.
Phase I — Workshop (off-site)
May 2025 – Nov 2026
Phase II — Chiva foundations
Jan 2027 – Feb 2027
Phase III — Rapid assembly, envelope & commissioning
Feb 2027 – Mar 2027
Impact
Figures verified against official UPV sources.
Featured in
- XatakaAsí es la barraca sostenible del equipo de la UPV que se ha llevado el primer premio en el Solar Decathlon Europe 2019
- UPV NoticiasAzalea conquista Europa
- RUVIDEl equipo Azalea UPV presenta Escalà, la innovadora vivienda sostenible y modulable con la que competirá en el Solar Decathlon Europe
- EcoHabitarAzalea gana el primer premio en la categoría 'Arquitectura' en el Solar Decathlon Europe
Projects
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The project that gave rise to Azalea: a contemporary reinterpretation of the traditional Valencian "barraca," recognized at Solar Decathlon Europe 2019.
Sustainable housing for El Cabanyal that reinterprets the "escalà," a traditional architectural element of the neighborhood.
Research
Azalea generates knowledge in the technical areas that underpin each of its projects.
Bioclimatic architecture
Architectural design that responds to climate and place, reducing reliance on active climate control. The basis of Barraca and Veïnat.
Modular construction
Modular construction systems enabling fast assembly, designed for emergency response. The basis of Veïnat.
Energy efficiency
Optimizing each prototype's energy consumption, assessed by the Solar Decathlon Europe 2019 jury on Barraca.
Team
Azalea is a multidisciplinary team: architecture, engineering, climate control, energy and sustainability working on the same project.
- Architecture
- Construction & project management
- Engineering
- Climate control & heat transfer
- Electrical & photovoltaic
- Flows & sustainability
- Communications & sponsorship
Partners
We're looking for companies willing to collaborate with a multidisciplinary architecture, engineering and sustainability team on real projects.
Access to multidisciplinary talent
Architecture, engineering, climate-control, energy and sustainability students working on real projects.
Innovation and prototype collaboration
Direct participation in the development of ongoing bioclimatic, modular housing projects.
Alignment with sustainability and social impact
Projects with real social relevance, such as Veïnat's response to the housing emergency after the DANA floods.
ASPOR
In-kind sponsorship
Collaboration on personal protective equipment and workplace safety gear for the Azalea team.
Companies that have collaborated
These companies supported earlier Azalea projects, according to verified public sources. This does not imply an active sponsorship relationship today — see each collaboration's source.
In-kind sponsorship
PVC carpentry systems (PremiDoor76 sliding-lift doors and KÖMMERLING76 Xtrem profiles) for Barraca.
Past collaboration · Source: KÖMMERLING
Válvulas Arco
Financial sponsorship
Sponsorship renewed in 2022 to support young-talent development at UPV.
Past collaboration · Source: IMCB (Válvulas Arco press release)
Institutional collaboration
One of ten sponsors of the Escalà project for Solar Decathlon Europe 21/22.
Past collaboration · Source: AIDIMME Actualidad