A sculpture in marble travertine house red is the star today in this blog. Twinned prisms and layers overlying skin bend defined as the residence based on the works of Chillida.

It is a building of 1437.49 m2 situated on the outskirts of Madrid on a large plot with an average slope that has been used to organize the construction in three levels and integrating the best in the environment.

ELEVATION
Looking for this integration of the construction with the natural landscape surrounding it, raises a roof garden with trees.

In lower level is located housing the garage, a lobby-dealer, game room, indoor pool, the pool locker room, cellar, storage room, the gardener, toilet facilities and three quarters.

BASEMENT
On the ground floor rooms are distributed as follows: entrance porch, hall, bathroom, dressing room, dining room, kitchen, four bedrooms with their respective bathrooms, provider of the bedrooms, garage and motorcycle exhibition laundry-utility room. Read the rest of this entry »

Today we are going to show you the French Riviera for renovation and expansion project carried out an old detached house with a sixteenth-century fortress and its own pier on the shore of the Mediterranean.

This is a residence of approximately 4.960 m2 built on a large plot of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, a small French village of 1,895 inhabitants situated on the Riviera between Nice and Monaco.

Although the plot consists of several buildings (housing for the service, guest house and pier), the involvement of A-zero is limited to the main residence and the rehabilitation of some areas of the garden.

PLANT PLOT

The building sits on land with a steep slope that is used for the development of five levels above sea level, three below ground, under the first and second floor. Read the rest of this entry »

South of town Tefia Fuerteventura is a small farming village called La Alcogida straight out of time. This is an open-air museum village restored as it constitutes a unique example of how life was for our ancestors in Fuerteventura.

I have had the opportunity to visit a few days ago and we decided to comment on, considering it an outstanding example of architectural restoration and a very well planned cultural activity to understand the architecture of the island.

The Alcogida is formed by a group of rural houses two grain mills and a chapel restored in accordance with the traditional architecture of the island and with the same materials that were originally built as stone, clay, lime or sand. The houses differ from each other in order to show visitors how were the residences of the wealthier families against those humble. They all can appreciate a great work of restoration, as performed in drywall or in the corners and window and door openings with ashlar masonry resolved volcanic rocks in the area. Read the rest of this entry »

Today we continue with the project yesterday to show you the interior of the residence located in the municipality Sanxenso Galicia (Pontevedra).

The house has three floors consisting of the axis of the stairs, which functions as an inevitable reference that allows the visual connection between the basement and ground floor. Access to housing is taking place on the ground floor where the public areas of the house: entrance hall, cloakroom, living room, dining room and summer kitchen.

Additionally, this level is reserved an area for the guest bedroom and bathroom. This facility is open to the views from the living room through a pane of glass nine-meter motor hidden in the basement. Thus, this space becomes a large summer porch with no railing, wall or other architectural design elements that may hinder the contemplation of the environment.

Emphasizes the visual game that provides the stairs and open space on the double-height living room. At a lower level rooms are located facilities, garage and a bedroom for the service you receive direct sunlight and ventilation from the outside through a courtyard.

The highest level of housing is reserved for the master bedroom located in a box of glass and granite that is ahead of the rest of the building in search of light and views of the estuary. The rest of the plant is occupied by two children’s bedrooms. Read the rest of this entry »

Today we travel to Andalusia to show you the class of 25 homes designed to “zero in the municipality of San Enrique de Cadiz Guadiaro, a small town next to the exclusive development of Sotogrande.

This is a set of 16 townhouses and 9 detached houses, characterized by vertical set of cubic volumes that make up their structures. A design with clean lines and dynamic forms according to the style of A-zero.

The townhouses consist of distributed 300m2 basement level of access, first floor and roof. The verticality of the building structure can be accessed from outside by two levels: the garage (semi-covered with a pergola), which leads to the service area, the laundry and pantry storage, and the ground floor through to the external stairs.

In the access level is located the living room with access to the porch, toilet, kitchen and two bedrooms with bathrooms. The upper floor includes three bedrooms plus en suite and a porch. Finally, the cabinet has been installed a semi-covered terrace and a solarium. Read the rest of this entry »