The project is based on the demolition of the house that we have placed the picture back, for the construction of a luxurious building comprising of 16 exclusive apartments.

At this level there are 2 apartments of similar dimensions. The right hand has a living room of 41m2, kitchen 8m2, 15m2 master bedroom, a child of 10 and two baths 4 and 5m2. 40m2 covered porch, all in an area of 142 m2. On the other side on the left, has a room less than the adjoining 33m2, kitchen 6m2, 15m2 master bedroom and bathroom of 4.5m2. The second bedroom consists of 10, 45m2 and a bathroom of 5.25. The covered porch is bigger, 40, 31m2.

In these plants as well as on the ground floor two apartments are distributed, the right with a large living room of 40m2, kitchen as above, 8m2, master bedroom with bathroom for a total of 20m2, secondary bedroom 10m2  and bathroom of 5m2, with a covered porch of 40m2, all with a total area of 142 m2.

In these 3-tier construction moves into the field, the last level, he located on the ground access to the plot. The interior layout is similar in all apartments, suffering slight variations metrics. Read the rest of this entry »

Beauty, strength and usefulness are the keys to the strong housing that we present you throughout the week. A construction of pharaonic dimensions (2.900m2) emerging as a large sculpture in the exclusive area of Madrid “The Lakes of La Finca.”

Continuing the sculptural architecture of A-zero, this time the work of Richard Serra has been the main reference and inspiration to design this residence located in the largest parcel of residential (13. 357m2 of surface area).

The outer walls define the overall picture of housing. The purity of form construction creates a coherent whole with a structure made only by concrete walls where the intermediate pillars disappear and fine materials such as travertine marble, are imposed.

In accordance with the wishes of customer privacy, the house has closed to the outside (the path) through a series of concentric curved walls of natural stone at the same time, generating large spaces and open to the inside of building.

The building comprises three levels: basement, ground floor and first level. The interior layout was organized looking for maximum functionality and comfort of the owners, so that the master bedroom and all rooms used by the owners are located at the level of access. Read the rest of this entry »

The architecture studio, A-cero presents you a modular semi-detached house situated in a village in the mountains of Madrid. To explain this property, you must first know what they consist of the elements of the traditional house. One of the great hallmarks of the peoples of the mountains is your home, reflecting the lifestyle of its inhabitants.

Traditional houses joined physically strong and sober spaces for agricultural and livestock purposes (barn, stable and corral), to residential use.The manner of construction of housing with local materials contributes to the integration of rural communities within the landscape in which it sits. The construction of this area has always been conditioned by the cold and adverse weather conditions that occur in the mountains. The buildings are usually very compact and support each other to protect against low temperatures. The materials used are stone, slate, wood, adobe and tile Arab curve, very easy to get to the locals, and which proliferate in the vicinity.

The traditional model of housing, called “ mountain home “, is in stone masonry walls and slate uncut, trimmed inside with mud. In the base and the angles of the house would place blocks of stone Gander and rectangular or “blocks”, which introduced more robustness. Both the floors and in the structure, use large oak beams and pine. The holes in the facade, rather few and small were often framed by large pieces of oak saw, granite or brick tiles. Read the rest of this entry »

We introduce a residential project located in the municipality of Santander de Somo. The house is located on a plot of 2.204m2 with irregular polygon and high slope that reaches up to 17m in height in just 55m of travel.

The initial idea is to integrate the building in the fantastic environment conducive to the riverbank.

The slope, which could pose a problem becomes an advantage because it allows the housing close to the north and open to views of the South to protect it from cold and open it to light. According to this gap, the project composed into three levels: basement, ground floor and first level.

The construction is a series of windows that minimize the boundaries between interior and exterior.

The project evolves linked to these conditions by a simple set of volumes, a longitudinal axis intersects two parallel volumes at different heights and they meet the volume and distribution of property. Read the rest of this entry »

We’ve talked several times in this blog about the inn or The Ariston, located on Provincial Route N º 11, Playa Serena (Mar del Plata, Argentina), another example of neglect of the Argentina architectural heritage.

This work was designed between 1946 and 1947 by architect Marcel Breuer, along with Argentine architects, Carlos Coire and Eduardo Catalano…

Images of the state were reported in March 2011. Read the rest of this entry »