Set within the evolving infrastructures of Madrid—a city marked by the long aftermath of the 2008 housing collapse, ongoing mobility shifts, and deepening climate pressures—Easy Rider operates as a speculative housing prototype that fuses domestic life with kinetic freedom. Developed by the agencies URBANAS and LAPIEZA, the project revisits an honorable mention from the 2018 Experimental Housing Competition not as a nostalgic artifact, but as an operative lens to reimagine collective dwelling. Rooted in the concept of socioplastics, the proposal reflects a broader investigation into how architecture can act as a social fixer, engaging material forms, circulatory flows, and infrastructural systems. It responds to post-pandemic conditions that have amplified demands for spatial autonomy, shared resources, and resilient urban habitats—particularly within Southern European contexts where precarity and overexposure to climate extremes increasingly intersect.
