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.
In the heart of Los Jerónimos neighborhood, declared a World Heritage Site, a few meters away from the Prado Museum and the Retiro Park, you will find this 180sqm penthouse.
The building, built in 1905, has been segregated over the years into smaller apartments than the original ones, except for the top floor, which maintains the original housing scheme. The different patios that pierce the volume, mold and bathe the perimeter of the apartment with an intense light.
Article source: Bueso-Inchausti & Rein Arquitectos
This residential complex includes two twin buildings, realized in different phases. The construction of the first building, Madroños 27, in the Parque Conde de Orgaz area, required the previous processing of a planning figure, a detailed study, as well as the formal and functional adaptation of the building to its surroundings.
The convergence of orientation and views at noon on the front access of the plot, the existence to the north of a degraded urban environment and the adjoining buildings of a certain entity in both side boundaries, led us to positioning the façades rotated 45º with respect to the orthogonal limits of the plot.
Construction Company: Zimenta, Obras y Proyectos S.L.
Collaborating Architects: Fabricio Cordido, Gonzalo Nieto, Ana Rodríguez, Vanesa Poncio, María Zuazo, Antonio García (architects) and Carmen Jorge (draftsman).
Architects: Alejandro Bueso-Inchausti, Pablo Rein and Edgar Bueso-Inchausti
Structures Engineering: Buin Ingenieros
Quantity surveyor: Antonio Gil Melero and Natalia Rodríguez
In Out Studio, headed by Nayra Iglesias and in collaboration with the students of the Master’s Degree in Commercial Spaces at ESD Madrid, designs the first space for Ascale, TAU Cerámica’s large format porcelain tile brand, in Madrid.
The location chosen for this unique and disruptive concept is Espacio Única, a meeting point for a great number of prescription professionals and their clients in the heart of the Chamberí area.
The main characteristic of the new Goodman offices in the Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid is to respond to the new demands of the workspaces in these days and age.
The space is divided into two work areas, one for exclusively private use and a work area (meeting rooms) where visitors are received. These two spaces are joined by the Open Space which is a large open, and flexible space where all kinds of activities are combined. This space serves as a reception, a leisure room, a dining room, for spontaneous meeting rooms.
There are no fixed workstations, there is no paper, and the need to combine teleworking results in multifunctional spaces that are configured and used according to different needs.
The project, ‘FICUS OFFICE’, inherits the name of the central tree that frames the design; heart of the studio and space. A place where the tranquility of nature wins the battle against the frenetic energy of the city.
The design of the office is focused on improving the health, creativity and efficiency of workers, following the global trend of the ‘third space’; an environment that combines the comfort of home with the functionality of work spaces.
The project was shortlisted for the 2021 Dezeen Awards, in the ‘workspaces’ category.
An authentic gastronomic space full of the history of the purest American dinner style opens its doors in the heart of the Madrid capital in Fuencarral.
The architect Héctor Ruiz-Velázquez undertakes the challenge of integrating the local spirit of one culture into another and shapes the new space of the Johnny Rockets brand from its most original essence with a new vision of the future.
Designing anonymous dwellings, without a specific final user, offers the opportunity (and the challenge) to investigate and put into practice concepts such as flexibility, perfectibility and versatility of occupation and the ability to adapt domestic space and time.
This is the case of Flat White, an apartment for rent for long periods of time, a commission that consists of designing, in the client’s own words, “a neutral house” -as if this were possible- susceptible to be occupied by any inhabitant with any way of living; a rehabilitation of a 45m2 space located in Madrid’s city center, near the recently renovated Plaza de España.
Banc Sabadell Space is housed in a 19th-century building, opposite the National Museum of Archaeology. The green area in front of the museum dialogues directly with the garden situated at the other end of the branch office.
From the outside, the window, raised above the level of the street, directly shows off the workplace, in an abstract, professional but sober environment. The large logo applied to the glass, designed by Mario Eskenazi, introduces a filter between inside and outside.
Other participants: Tasvalor (Installations), BAC (Structure), Graó (Furnishing), Mario Eskenazi (Graphic design), Ivana Rossell acústica (Acoustics), La Invisible (Lighting), Aumedes (Bill of quantities)
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