In previous times the city of Madrid had a beach – on the Manzanares’ bank just ten minutes away from the city center. Nowadays, it is the new restaurant of La Maruca which offers a marine-like spot in the heart of the capital. This alludes to the city of Santander, where the group of restaurants originated from; whilst paying homage to Santander’s rationalist architecture, taking inspiration from the “Isla de Torre” Sailing School or the Royal Maritime Club.
Located in Vidrà, in the beautiful middle of the Bisaura, the Catalan Pre-Pyrenees, halfway between the regions of Osona, Ripollès and Garrotxa, two semi-detached houses are being planned.
The property, located on the Font street, has a challenging topography with more than 4 metres of north-south slope. The road, on the south façade, has a gradient of more than 20% and surrounds the house until it ends in an open space that is significantly flatter to the north, a very pleasant place to be in summer. On the other hand, the site enjoys a very good orientation, with all-day sunshine and privileged views over the landscape, the Bisaura mountains, the village and, above all, the church and its bell tower.
More than 400 square meters of stone walls form the silhouette of the house, located in the region of l’Horta Nord, València.
The ground floor is a shared space, which opens to the garden and the swimming pool.
Casa R is a project by Ascoz Arquitectura, located in the region of l’Horta Nord, València, in which two parallel stone walls of large dimensions support and frame the access to an elegant and Mediterranean house. Borning from these walls, the rest of the elements of the house flow southbound.
The house is an exhibition of balancing sophistication and comfort. Its structure of concrete strips generates dynamism between light and shadow.
Residence 321, which Ascoz Architecture signs in La Ribera Alta (València), evokes the same sensations as a stay in a luxury hotel. With more than 625 square meters (6,500 square feet) spread over three levels, this residence is an exercise in balancing sophistication and comfort.
Ultramontane Tavertet is located in the touristic zone in the region of cingles de l’Avenc, on expansive, beautiful Spanish grounds, near Tavertet village. With 8 spacious suites, BBQ restaurant and panoramic terraces, guests will be able to enjoy the serenity that the cliff hotel provides all set in a breathtaking coastal location. In a world of global connectivity and dazed post-pandemic environment, getting away from it all can seem like the most sought-after luxury. Ultramontane resort at Tavertet will become the beacon of sustainable and peaceful solitude without asking savvy travellers to sacrifice luxury and comfort. One of the major missions of this project is to provide a comfortable opportunity of finding solitude in the pristine nature of the Pre-Pyrenees to those who cannot participate in mountain climbing or other adrenaline-filled outdoor activities. Simple laconic architectural look will attract visitors and encourage them to venture into this remote part of the world to experience its raw, natural beauty.
The biggest challenge of the project was the structural solution of the cantilever platform. The old lookout was set up on a fissured mass of rock resting on an inclined plane. For this reason, our approach was based on a counterweight buried in the solid terrain in order to relieve the less stable rock area.
Due to its length of 12.8m and the location on the precipice, the platform offers completely new perspectives for landscape and bird watch, and the view of the famous hydroelectric station of Aldeadávila is spectacular. At its furthest point there is an opening covered with a steel grating that allows a vertical view over the cliff.
The Visitor´s Center is located on the hillside of Monte Castillo, within the area of influence of the caves that bear his name and surrounded by the access road to them. The program demanded a relatively large volume, on complex ground and immersed in a landscape of great beauty.
Being surrounded by water. A stunning view of the Mediterranean Sea. The residents of this villa enjoy a maximum holiday experience in their holiday villa. In the long-term they could even transform their holiday home into a place to settle down and grow old happily ever after.
To guarantee a certain level of privacy for the owners, the street side facade looks rather aloof. After opening the door in the wall, the visitor would expect a continuation of the defensive atmosphere, but the effect of inversion is astonishing. From that moment on it surprises you everytime. After the first surprising element – the stepping stones in the water – you enter complete spatial openness. A transparent look is created by applying glass and long sight lines. The water and its reflection in different locations enhance this effect.
The destruction of l’Horta of València, one of the main cultural and environmental values of the metropolitan area of the city, has been a constant in our territory. Within the framework of a recently created urbanization that is destroying part of this heritage, Casa de les Porxades is born with the intention of recovering and giving meaning to the architecture of the past in the territory on which it is built, while taking advantage of the lessons of sustainability and landscape integration of vernacular architecture from a contemporary vision and language.
Formally, the house follows the path of the alquerías, rural houses linked to an agricultural exploitation, that we find a few meters from this urbanization surrounded by orchards; buildings composed of a main two-sided volume to which other volumes with diverse geometries are attached: with sloping roofs, flat roofs, porches, etc. This also gives off an air of organic growth characteristic of traditional architecture.
This house is located in a small village characterized by its hills rising in front of the sea from where any point has a fantastic view. Thanks to that privileged location, the house is designed with only one premise: orienting each of their principal rooms, terraces and pool, in the view’s direction to allow its enjoyment at any moment. This statement ends being the leading idea of the interior distribution and design of the principal façade.
The house has three floors: the day area is located on the ground floor with its exterior extension towards the garden and the pool; the night area, on the first floor, includes a principal suite and two more bedrooms, and the basement contains the garage and a technical room.
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