Alquería House is a modern village cabin located in L’Horta Nord in Valencia region, built attempting to re-interpret traditional rules of a known native typology (patio, pool and house), giving them a more suitable meaning for this century.
The building has an “L” shape, with two different floors and heights that surrounds the central piece of the complex: the patio. This main area, heart of the house, organizes and develops the day and night zones around it, providing them with light and privacy.
The space for the FFWD Arquitectes new office is located in a singular building at Barcelona’s Eixample. It is an industrial building that was originally intended for workshops, and where we currently find a wide range of spaces and uses such as studios, workshops and showrooms. The building has a regular structure of columns and the separation of the different departments fits the structural grid.
The space available is in a structural bay, going from the vertical communications hall to the rear facade of the building. As a result, we had an elongated space with an entrance of natural light in the opposite wall to the studio entrance.
This semi-basement and ground floor house is located in A Coruña. It is implanted on the site considering the previous situation of the plot of land, and solving the different orientations of the volumes.
The landscape and siting of the different volumes with the slopes of the plot of land, becomes a key factor in this project.
According to this, several masonry stone platforms arise. Over them, the volumes sit with a zinc coating.
Article source: Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos / Naiara Montero
The new court of “A Parda”, promoted by the board of the Galician Government, is conceived with the intention of regrouping all the courts in the city of Pontevedra, while creating the space needed in the next years. The new building is communicated with the old one through a walkway, forming both a single functional unit. The exterior image of the building is given by two clear conditions, such as the urban area and the adjacent architecture, especially the existing court. This is why the new building façade is based on curve wedges and serial windows.
Collaborators: Architects: Pablo Mera Montecelos, Daniel Orosa Pico, Alejandro Rodríguez Tarrío, Diego Díaz Mosqueira, Manuel Pérez Labrandero, María Mera Estévez
The project designed by Nada comes from the need to refurbish a living space of 70m2 (754 ft), located in a multi-family building constructed in the 70s next to Passeig Picasso in Barcelona. The apartment overlooks the Parc de la Ciutadella, the greatest green space in the city centre.
The original state of this space was highly compartmentalized with unused spaces, and a complex circulation between disconnected spaces.
The project consists in the refurbishment of a penthouse located in the Costa Blanca of the Mediterranean Sea.
The main floor, articulated in a single room, seeks continuity between the kitchen, the living room, the terrace and the landscape. On the upper floor, where the night area is located, the master bedroom opens out to the sea through a terrace and has a large dressing room that meets each one of the clients’ preferences.
In order to delimit the spaces different elements are used. On the one hand, the staircase, made of white stone, conceived as a sculptural element that, together with the kitchen as furniture, allow the use of spaces. On the other hand, a black stone element includes the humid areas and serves to configure the space of the master bedroom.
Boosting the views of the Bay of Altea becomes the last and most important element of this proposal.
Principal in Charge: Fran Silvestre, Ricardo Candela
Collaborator: María Masià, Estefanía Soriano, Pablo Camarasa, Sandra Insa, Sevak Asatrián, Ricardo Candela David Sastre, Vicente Picó, Rubén March, Jose Manuel Arnao, Rosa Juanes, Gemma Aparicio Paz Garcia-España, Ángel Pérez, Juan Fernandez, Javi Hinojosa, Pau Ricós, Andrea Baldo, Blanca Larraz, Juan Sanchis, Jorge Puig, Carlos Lucas, Miguel Massa, Paloma Feng, Alicia Simón
The idea of this reform was, on the one hand, to relocate the living room and turn it into the heart of the house along with the kitchen and dining room, generating a single large common space that would open completely to the garden and, on the other hand, generate a vestibular space of arrival and circulation that will work in a very fluid way. Both ideas are formalized with a set of curved walls that in the case of the large common space zoning their various functionalities and, in the case of the lobby, gently and dynamically direct towards the bedrooms located at the ends or towards that main space of the house in the center. Finally, the master bedroom has also been conceived as a unique space whose protagonist is a central piece of curved glass shower.
On the slopes of mount Sant Llorenç del Munt – an area of stunning landscapes – we find the Can Solà restaurant: a refurbished, contemporary and fresh space in an eleventh century traditional farmhouse (masía). The natural light, colour and fantastic natural surroundings offer diners a true experience.
With a menu based on local produce and slow cooking over charcoal, the ovens take central stage as an antechamber to the dining area; placed in an open space where the history of the restaurant is cooked.
The main objective of this housing project is the privacy and its integration in the environment. The horizontal volume is oriented by the views and sun path.
The project aims to develop the maximum facade length by occupying the whole plot from north to south that gives the house a sensation of great horizontal size.
Housing implanted on a plot of 112m2, with a single front facing the street of 5.77m wide.
The house is articulated by superimposing linear stairs located parallel to the left mediator, which give access to each of the floors.
The house is developed on three levels. On the ground floor is the entrance hall and a large area initially intended for parking. On the first floor are the day stays and service areas (kitchen, toilet, laundry room), while the second floor houses the bedrooms.
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