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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. M House in Granada, Spain by ariasrecalde taller de arquitecturaApril 16th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: ariasrecalde taller de arquitectura We took on this project in the understanding that there was a need to “manipulate” the building code applicable to “our” lot. This code established the construction of either a townhouse or a row house, with a back yard and a three meter set back from the street in order to create a unitary facade along the block. The existing homes adapt to these rules, the result being the repetitive planning of the same type of house.  Image Courtesy © Javier Callejas Sevilla
 Image Courtesy © Javier Callejas Sevilla Our clients, A&N, had other needs: they wanted a home that was well oriented, that offered certain spatial complexity and that had lots of light. They wanted to be able to use the open spaces produced by the set backs that resulted from applying the code, and they also wanted these spaces to have spatial value. They also wanted the advantages of cross ventilating every room. The proposal is based on a relational, central, vertical axis that generates a foyer—a kind of inner courtyard within the house itself. Following that axis, the house is divided in two, with two bays on either side. These bays create set backs in order to capture the light that comes in from the west. Most of the floor area ratio is used up by grouping the construction against the party wall. This frees up the rest of the lot, generates good access space to the garage and enables a generous amount of light to penetrate into each of the rooms.  Image Courtesy © Javier Callejas Sevilla  Image Courtesy © Javier Callejas Sevilla Each of the rooms is associated with an independent volume or “cube”. These are either set back or pulled outwards depending on their needs regarding natural light, shade or privacy. The materiality of the project takes on special importance, resolving the whole project with a single material, made of brick walss built with a Flemish or “Dutch” bond, which allows the movement, displacement or absence of the header brick, the wall becomes a rough plinth for the building or perforated lattice that allows the passage of light and reminds the vernacular constructions of dryers in the fertile plain of Granada. All the exterior paving, ramps and stairs are resolved with the same material, contributing to a monolithic image of the project.  Image Courtesy © Javier Callejas Sevilla  Image Courtesy © Javier Callejas Sevilla  Image Courtesy © Javier Callejas Sevilla  Image Courtesy © Javier Callejas Sevilla  Image Courtesy © Javier Callejas Sevilla  Image Courtesy © Javier Callejas Sevilla  Image Courtesy © Javier Callejas Sevilla  Image Courtesy © Javier Callejas Sevilla  Image Courtesy © Javier Callejas Sevilla  Image Courtesy © Javier Callejas Sevilla  Image Courtesy © ariasrecalde taller de arquitectura  Image Courtesy © ariasrecalde taller de arquitectura  Image Courtesy © ariasrecalde taller de arquitectura  Image Courtesy © ariasrecalde taller de arquitectura
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