Casa em Lousado - Correia Ragazzi

Our architecture is grounded on the conviction that the identity of a work is determined by the way in which the conception process embodies the specificities of its origin.<br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pxbBex5UD1hoNwjR0kLi7DSeO_LV829KheG1jKZRhwcWV9b7MLtx0RnMjDjg6SDG85LrdL0C5HeTtJMpwUikCVw/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-021.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa em Lousado, Correia Ragazzi, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pxbBex5UD1hoNwjR0kLi7DSeO_LV829KheG1jKZRhwcWV9b7MLtx0RnMjDjg6SDG85LrdL0C5HeTtJMpwUikCVw/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-021.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pc1jlLRGY7RJ5-Xt5LefGTPfVQ0C9Hd5KupLLPs03Zh50R_Grz4riKD0JRdP3flbuWcKRpvog1PLZigoaYJNPNQ/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-017.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa em Lousado, Correia Ragazzi, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pc1jlLRGY7RJ5-Xt5LefGTPfVQ0C9Hd5KupLLPs03Zh50R_Grz4riKD0JRdP3flbuWcKRpvog1PLZigoaYJNPNQ/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-017.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />Ignoring the possibility of a process resulting on a work’s appearance, this conviction allows, within each program particularity, the investment on the same themes without compromising each one’s quality. On the contrary, through incorporation one defines its singularity and so, the features of the surroundings turn out to be fundamental. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pcp2iONVGSZiTrNorKbPrF0FA1tvOOyoel3RwOwuW8uY3GgBbk1bTi7knFc9PxFg2CUcWKQGKhwDyC1X5q1Uy0A/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-010.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa em Lousado, Correia Ragazzi, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pcp2iONVGSZiTrNorKbPrF0FA1tvOOyoel3RwOwuW8uY3GgBbk1bTi7knFc9PxFg2CUcWKQGKhwDyC1X5q1Uy0A/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-010.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pdMKslzz_qZh5elOjohmReFSu6uFQQm4jAdYPHlkFVQSTky2UfPlYLP6OFsU1xucQ9CAaQGewDrweYUq7BbDwZw/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-016.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa em Lousado, Correia Ragazzi, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pdMKslzz_qZh5elOjohmReFSu6uFQQm4jAdYPHlkFVQSTky2UfPlYLP6OFsU1xucQ9CAaQGewDrweYUq7BbDwZw/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-016.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />The backdrop of this plot is rather rural and even playful in its relation with the river.<br />The house is situated on a 3000m2 family farm where everyone relates but requests privacy. The farm features long platforms towards the river with rich walls in texture that create different areas with fruit trees. At the upper level one founds the access to the farm and most of the proximity relations with the existent construction on the north surroundings, extremely uncharacterized. For this reason, the house faces south and the river, the less built areas with the most trees. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p-a3ngALE3UkAoB60uoAjHgEN_2p5LNFiSi_fgc8lsunDGSN2-wtSb_q9eycu9ZeuP-oDDsvL7Lh1Rq3PpXAAug/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-024.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa em Lousado, Correia Ragazzi, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p-a3ngALE3UkAoB60uoAjHgEN_2p5LNFiSi_fgc8lsunDGSN2-wtSb_q9eycu9ZeuP-oDDsvL7Lh1Rq3PpXAAug/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-024.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p2EdDQYYVhK53MTnjGzVZHlWZ33qZn9e5xBoIa_J4V3TLs9jmyOeaH_TzMcTnKyDO2qOxpbp9TVNp2XfmbzD-gg/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-025.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa em Lousado, Correia Ragazzi, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p2EdDQYYVhK53MTnjGzVZHlWZ33qZn9e5xBoIa_J4V3TLs9jmyOeaH_TzMcTnKyDO2qOxpbp9TVNp2XfmbzD-gg/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-025.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p3x8s2xxQ8cwuT8d94iShF-RkcP_eRm2watC_suqlHe4WeXX5haHU5qu6thOoeG5bGRzLT9mJV0gpG7c5YCdj6A/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-028.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa em Lousado, Correia Ragazzi, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p3x8s2xxQ8cwuT8d94iShF-RkcP_eRm2watC_suqlHe4WeXX5haHU5qu6thOoeG5bGRzLT9mJV0gpG7c5YCdj6A/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-028.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pvTOYWpysJr1TCpX6Fc_czw85CZr1V7l-rQTb3QPglC5UurSj6cMy14T2q4V-SbxiL8tauh-ud4DK3M1jAfr1Lg/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-033.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa em Lousado, Correia Ragazzi, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pvTOYWpysJr1TCpX6Fc_czw85CZr1V7l-rQTb3QPglC5UurSj6cMy14T2q4V-SbxiL8tauh-ud4DK3M1jAfr1Lg/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-033.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />The maintenance of most of all beautiful and locally traditional walls was very important, in such a way that these participate on the spatial organization of the house, establishing a particular connection with both the glass panels and the painted concrete. Hence the house sits on one of the walls that separate two platforms resulting on a two storey house, each with a direct relation with the outside and where the wall bursts through the windows contributing to an interesting inside spatial definition given its particular texture, now on the living area and kitchen, situated on the ground floor. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1peaJqqSSHP20Qj4Xc5dY7NgoEZ2aA4geJ7oMTgihm6JBtRxkfNmPtJ3Ge7SI7w57OeUya2exGSd66oS03OUwoEA/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-043.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa em Lousado, Correia Ragazzi, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1peaJqqSSHP20Qj4Xc5dY7NgoEZ2aA4geJ7oMTgihm6JBtRxkfNmPtJ3Ge7SI7w57OeUya2exGSd66oS03OUwoEA/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-043.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pBA4PCxlmCBk-T3OavEVa_GkFwlX_9M30XuQLWM6Zo9uONijbKJPhtibu995TZ69TzdEkKosEjyn9ZMLHelj9uQ/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-059.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa em Lousado, Correia Ragazzi, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pBA4PCxlmCBk-T3OavEVa_GkFwlX_9M30XuQLWM6Zo9uONijbKJPhtibu995TZ69TzdEkKosEjyn9ZMLHelj9uQ/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-059.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p2giyoZ0pJB2Ord1b8Zzf4O-9vPGlqDmgy5YUBkXdqk2203vCbTGgziC4n7TlXNGEz5kmbgtzkSdkRkK7LZorGA/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-065.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa em Lousado, Correia Ragazzi, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p2giyoZ0pJB2Ord1b8Zzf4O-9vPGlqDmgy5YUBkXdqk2203vCbTGgziC4n7TlXNGEz5kmbgtzkSdkRkK7LZorGA/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-065.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pck2jaPA3UgGgY-Mkh_cQdgXm_B8jg4yiut6nrhOc3TQd5JKK4CQ6y1xGWl3c333Nn8JuRKAeEhb6Vki2kWLixQ/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-067.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa em Lousado, Correia Ragazzi, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pck2jaPA3UgGgY-Mkh_cQdgXm_B8jg4yiut6nrhOc3TQd5JKK4CQ6y1xGWl3c333Nn8JuRKAeEhb6Vki2kWLixQ/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-067.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />As the south view seen from the upper level is not that interesting given its industrial character, one chose to place the bedrooms on this level framed by patios that function as their extension to the outside. This solution allows an increase of outside area for diverse uses of leisure as also provides great privacy.</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pWCFGQESxZGwLKGh92pwjjKLHn9v8fUiISMNOawsAFmpnAmSE9_3mPNRqD7FOdDMrchFrylxusDtkt3esxwNh6w/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-069.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa em Lousado, Correia Ragazzi, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pWCFGQESxZGwLKGh92pwjjKLHn9v8fUiISMNOawsAFmpnAmSE9_3mPNRqD7FOdDMrchFrylxusDtkt3esxwNh6w/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-069.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1paDQUpovWCukMFv7uZaQm39sJIKIZJmoSyZgvFGf9WHKBx6ubj4kz_-d_UxcK2VycBU9JiIpIgBnTg5VH_Ana_A/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-070.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa em Lousado, Correia Ragazzi, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1paDQUpovWCukMFv7uZaQm39sJIKIZJmoSyZgvFGf9WHKBx6ubj4kz_-d_UxcK2VycBU9JiIpIgBnTg5VH_Ana_A/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-070.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pp3afDoTsVEylVYPGI5U3Ntx69bNBWs2FKLrkrtQ3gfg3a5m_BjtbY8QTlVtHf-qWHQ8zixYDkPmrwq_-n8zVxA/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-072.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa em Lousado, Correia Ragazzi, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pp3afDoTsVEylVYPGI5U3Ntx69bNBWs2FKLrkrtQ3gfg3a5m_BjtbY8QTlVtHf-qWHQ8zixYDkPmrwq_-n8zVxA/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazz-072.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pbRLsXgdZFNShTtUlc_jLEojkXtOqre9mOY2j9O4FB7KC1PIXUDPsYsSAdtKbV9YrlkoseNiyyF-lTkC-Zvn-wA/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazzI-01.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa em Lousado, Correia Ragazzi, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pbRLsXgdZFNShTtUlc_jLEojkXtOqre9mOY2j9O4FB7KC1PIXUDPsYsSAdtKbV9YrlkoseNiyyF-lTkC-Zvn-wA/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazzI-01.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />It’s clear the harmonious relation between the volume and the surroundings at the lower level with large windows framing the better view to south, containing the north view behind the volume that correspond to the bedroom patios on the upper floor. These patios guarantee the autonomy desired between the house and the platform where it “lays” assuring excellent leisure areas to south, east and west. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pIHzb0qtpBFjGepQIJrd-0F3dvJsfZn1d-asVzY258zY-6kVL__Zy_52yPRW63jbh87zncz8m80kISpptlK2fFg/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazzi-02.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa em Lousado, Correia Ragazzi, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pIHzb0qtpBFjGepQIJrd-0F3dvJsfZn1d-asVzY258zY-6kVL__Zy_52yPRW63jbh87zncz8m80kISpptlK2fFg/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazzi-02.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pR1ax1OhgFD8baXrYICxSSB6tWpo1ZBD1Iom3zZ3nPRo9ivfLcAi3AfAmWOF20eiCf_WadpCwcU9Xs1OfSJRQcA/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazzi-03.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa em Lousado, Correia Ragazzi, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pR1ax1OhgFD8baXrYICxSSB6tWpo1ZBD1Iom3zZ3nPRo9ivfLcAi3AfAmWOF20eiCf_WadpCwcU9Xs1OfSJRQcA/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazzi-03.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />At the upper level one finds the entrance where the relation with the south landscape is immediate and with the lower platform through the distribution hall with two storeys. The elevation at the main entrance is drawn by a white volume with small pieces of coloured glass and on the inside a big wardrobe on the bedroom hall. On this floor is clear the separation between the family area of three bedrooms, wardrobes and bathrooms, with the less private area of an office and guest suit. Exactly on this side one finds the lobby and stairs connecting to the lower floor where again the different areas are clearly distinguished, the most public area with living and eating area, then the kitchen, laundry, pantry and service bathroom for the floor and the garage. The entrances for the less noble areas are dissimulated by wood panels. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pFdAuIJnR56RltjFTTRPa57WilaIG2DDtuHLcRz2OFh_5lDubdEXqj-4gWkGMq6NrJVMNFfGd-oW-AWpWGR42Rw/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazzi-005.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa em Lousado, Correia Ragazzi, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pFdAuIJnR56RltjFTTRPa57WilaIG2DDtuHLcRz2OFh_5lDubdEXqj-4gWkGMq6NrJVMNFfGd-oW-AWpWGR42Rw/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazzi-005.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />The weightless of the volume is defined by the fragmentation and the decision to separate horizontally both levels as well as due to the hanging of the projection of the patios over the inferior level and platform, which helps accentuate the transparency of the lower level.<br />The plastic possibilities of the materials chosen are determinant and were consciously introduced as aesthetic means without questioning the programmatic issues of the constructive logic. The distinctive shape of this house is no answer to constructive questions but also to aesthetic considerations associated to them. We believe that appearance and vision are determinant for the outcome silhouette. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pYk1YGA4VsI-YhRcwqrHlplptdYG4UEAfgdLtjY5QNvdD-_g72foFcXHiceC2r0ZoqgDAPo9SdwLAeINBOk7nng/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazzi-05.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa em Lousado, Correia Ragazzi, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pYk1YGA4VsI-YhRcwqrHlplptdYG4UEAfgdLtjY5QNvdD-_g72foFcXHiceC2r0ZoqgDAPo9SdwLAeINBOk7nng/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazzi-05.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1ps6J0TaO7Xf0UjPiotxXzTNonUY5AIapJMbAUtVhXOHuaa6rb6_wRX9Zi3ct6IzCYMcd0rSZ9wwbtMLllsz283Q/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazzi-06.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa em Lousado, Correia Ragazzi, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1ps6J0TaO7Xf0UjPiotxXzTNonUY5AIapJMbAUtVhXOHuaa6rb6_wRX9Zi3ct6IzCYMcd0rSZ9wwbtMLllsz283Q/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazzi-06.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />Architects: <a href="http://www.correiaragazzi.com/">Graça Correia e Roberto Ragazzi</a></div><div align="left">Location: Lousado, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal</div><div align="left">Site Area: 3,013 sqm</div><div align="left">Constructed Area: 355 sqm</div><div align="left">Promotor: Joaquim Agostinho Carneiro da Costa e Sá</div><div align="left">Collaborators: Ana Neto Vieira, Susana Silva, Telmo Gomes, Katharina Wiederman, Pedro Gama</div><div align="left">Structure and foundation engineering: GOP</div><div align="left">Hydraulic Services: GOP</div><div align="left">Technical Facilities Engineering: GET</div><div align="left">Coordination and supervision: Graça Correia</div><div align="left">Contractor: Emplame</div><div align="left">Project year: 2004</div><div align="left">End of construction: 2008</div><div align="left">Photographs: <a href="http://www.albertoplacido.com/">Alberto Placido</a>, Luis Ferreira Alves </div><div align="center"><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pufJ9CRUtjfAcEMM8cii9JL7_SevlT0_fga4Iou0PvhenEeJ5uexTVFsvwwVxdHaJTLnB4kxh0qcwTzMUu0bJcA/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazzi-07.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa em Lousado, Correia Ragazzi, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pufJ9CRUtjfAcEMM8cii9JL7_SevlT0_fga4Iou0PvhenEeJ5uexTVFsvwwVxdHaJTLnB4kxh0qcwTzMUu0bJcA/casa-em-lousado-correia-ragazzi-07.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; 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Casa em Lousado - Correia Ragazzi

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Moliere 209 Building - SCAP

<span style="font-family:times new roman;">Placed in a constant traffic corner, in front of a shopping center access square and Sordo Madaleno’s San Ignacio Church. The project plays the condition of being a building that takes control of the urban life and the best views in this sector of Mexico City, at the same time, is a private building and in a neighborhood scale that conserves the Polanco Colony character. The project is constituted by 6 luxury departments, of diverse dimensions to offer each one of them different qualities.</span><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://lkkjzq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pZM8UZsAnI23amfz7uRvDufsLCZY4csB8IazxZeqX-kvsbDCReN9DSv6dJG9jpEOW20tJBSoJzyI/11.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://lkkjzq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pZM8UZsAnI23amfz7uRvDufsLCZY4csB8IazxZeqX-kvsbDCReN9DSv6dJG9jpEOW20tJBSoJzyI/11.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://lkkjzq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pZJg67er48u9Gfn5ZRaE5LyLCeo-42HN49Hz2mfRixQdEiLTv5Y2VVVZ5xfuUoLrnJU1LexcX6ig/21.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://lkkjzq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pZJg67er48u9Gfn5ZRaE5LyLCeo-42HN49Hz2mfRixQdEiLTv5Y2VVVZ5xfuUoLrnJU1LexcX6ig/21.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><br /><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Formally, we look for a proposal that made few concessions to the fashion tendencies, a non-time project compromised with the time passing, a calm volumetry and modern tectonics. The spirit is a fine silversmith box, where the materials are fundamental: exposed concrete, along with metal skins and wood conform a moderate assembly. The concrete is a discreet but very expressively element in all building work. It is the one that gives form and structure to the expressive concept.</span> </div><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://lkkjzq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p9Xrb_GMQqI2gRiKGRw9MjIoNjeCuahtTzT7oyZ6fTi-NB4jf9ZecB6MhJQfbXzCfPwoDo3mB2js/91.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://lkkjzq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p9Xrb_GMQqI2gRiKGRw9MjIoNjeCuahtTzT7oyZ6fTi-NB4jf9ZecB6MhJQfbXzCfPwoDo3mB2js/91.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://lkkjzq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pOm1TDA2S1uxej9gkGWCc57RtVMFE4aMXYWx-2_1hSdZ0sJ_GnPQSxGoxRQWY-2PpoU5rJOUHoN4/101.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://lkkjzq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pOm1TDA2S1uxej9gkGWCc57RtVMFE4aMXYWx-2_1hSdZ0sJ_GnPQSxGoxRQWY-2PpoU5rJOUHoN4/101.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><br /><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">In the back part of the plot are 4 departments, one in per level formed in two volumes; the first one contains the public and service area, while the second the private areas. At the front of the building, 2 departments are interlace in 4 levels communicated by internal stairs. In the lower level has a exposed concrete living room, open to a English yard who allows to enjoy the outdoors safely and with privacy. The views toward the street are focus on catching the urban life generated in the shopping center access square.</span> </div><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://lkkjzq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pMYn3dMIuwxNVLoDQJxKdLxYvGSMqOXx82YsTudJXTv_-doG93vpvSBBUiqEKsy_LDlDlqZ10SOE/71.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://lkkjzq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pMYn3dMIuwxNVLoDQJxKdLxYvGSMqOXx82YsTudJXTv_-doG93vpvSBBUiqEKsy_LDlDlqZ10SOE/71.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://lkkjzq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1phU8ONbU5OyMzDUG1jE5ZzpxQXOnnbtziqDXGMoQxxflk79czaS916gAhSxI6fLLaFdorVfoeYMs/81.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://lkkjzq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1phU8ONbU5OyMzDUG1jE5ZzpxQXOnnbtziqDXGMoQxxflk79czaS916gAhSxI6fLLaFdorVfoeYMs/81.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><br /><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Finally, the top of the building is constituted by plentiful terrace of more than 100 sqm completely open to Polanco skyline, enjoying one of the zone’s best panoramic.</span></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://lkkjzq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pIDNdHLZbRhQwmKsp1IetsYz_U3bGsGClWujtdWmf6lOENhOgHJ3DqRWlV88bUyvz1DvDk0B3-I8/151.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://lkkjzq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pIDNdHLZbRhQwmKsp1IetsYz_U3bGsGClWujtdWmf6lOENhOgHJ3DqRWlV88bUyvz1DvDk0B3-I8/151.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://lkkjzq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pyAyfkumqz7tuiL391IK3YDb-I_g2BURf9EjCPYZYITBjO4-WIycyuKh69bzFZLCLuJU81I1yqDE/31.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://lkkjzq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pyAyfkumqz7tuiL391IK3YDb-I_g2BURf9EjCPYZYITBjO4-WIycyuKh69bzFZLCLuJU81I1yqDE/31.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://lkkjzq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p3nV6JDxaawUeuMgryZNurwkk1q0EcAsjClLMz8HUN5gWvN-F19QohyshhmqSa_2SExHjJqcMIzg/41.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://lkkjzq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p3nV6JDxaawUeuMgryZNurwkk1q0EcAsjClLMz8HUN5gWvN-F19QohyshhmqSa_2SExHjJqcMIzg/41.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><br /><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The building was laboriously worked in all details in the design studio, the carrying out of all executive planes, to the development of all building work details, an interdisciplinary teamwork that included bio-climatic and illumination architects, engineers and building contractor; the result is a whole set that offers subtle signs, with sophisticated design elements. Despite these subtleties, the space qualities are convincing and appreciable to any user, in a building that is at the same level of the framework that inspired it and which greatest achievement is the satisfaction of a well planning and executed work.</span> </div><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://lkkjzq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pGuMXGgLeCcCs-lTuAhfIBkRF0xUBZaTEdpmP2JXfMPD3RS2CV0z1BusYTpPAi-mLcT_bG13U2eE/61.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://lkkjzq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pGuMXGgLeCcCs-lTuAhfIBkRF0xUBZaTEdpmP2JXfMPD3RS2CV0z1BusYTpPAi-mLcT_bG13U2eE/61.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://lkkjzq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pvxOxc7mkgzr9AYle5ZiE0Ye4M9m9iyGrwzc0ailT2cmsRdK-2wfV-6mcbUw4e9Og59IrszmxNcg/161.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://lkkjzq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pvxOxc7mkgzr9AYle5ZiE0Ye4M9m9iyGrwzc0ailT2cmsRdK-2wfV-6mcbUw4e9Og59IrszmxNcg/161.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; 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Moliere 209 Building - SCAP

Placed in a constant traffic corner, in front of a shopping center access square and Sordo Madaleno’s San Ignacio Church. The project plays ...

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M house - Architecture W

<span style="font-family:verdana;">Located in one of Nagoya’s more attractive residential neighborhoods, but with only 2.5 meters of dead end street access and set on a difficult site that steps down from this access level a total of 7 meters, M-House is designed to both address the site conditions that rendered the site “unbuildable” by the local real estate community and provide for a simple, modern lifestyle for the American owner/architect and his family.</span><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pci0F4KRzql9CtN8KxDRtzuPlK1ZAL_2Mts9DmNezeHnkzH2b5sP7le-UrCdVyUFV_J_3m2UbzseoWfyWeXRHbg/home-01.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="M house - Architecture W, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pci0F4KRzql9CtN8KxDRtzuPlK1ZAL_2Mts9DmNezeHnkzH2b5sP7le-UrCdVyUFV_J_3m2UbzseoWfyWeXRHbg/home-01.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">In addition to the challenge provided by the site itself, the house also addresses the conceptual challenges of planning for a multi generational/multi national family, as well the even bigger challenge of securing precious views, sunlight, and breezes in the context of a cramped traditional Japanese neighborhood. Despite the difficulty in accessing and actually building on the site, it was the property’s one redeeming feature – its location at the edge of a cliff that hovers over the northern part of Nagoya – that inspired the design of the house.</span></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1psjKPWCVYleOIg5Br_x9C7oAx6C_lVBw8kBxMUke0CpTRu4dW7ju8XU1uQ3F8MnMhQGkwkc2gczbWFMBbprHn4Q/garden.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="M house - Architecture W, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1psjKPWCVYleOIg5Br_x9C7oAx6C_lVBw8kBxMUke0CpTRu4dW7ju8XU1uQ3F8MnMhQGkwkc2gczbWFMBbprHn4Q/garden.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A hybrid structural system made up of simple reinforced concrete, concrete incased steel, and a pair of 3 meter tall steel trusses – all running inside the east and west walls of the house – allow the design to accommodate a variety of site and program conditions while also allowing for the north and south elevations to be composed entirely of sliding glass walls that capture the views, sunlight, and breezes(essential to surviving the smog & humidity present during Nagoya’s summer months) that make this building site so special.<br />At the lowest level, this structure is tied into additional retaining walls to carve out an independent apartment that is a modern take on the Japanese notion of looking after one’s parents as they get old.</span></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p68Iazq_EcnJgllRsHeOu1zpqkgsA1RUcloBudQPNqYyMfgX51JnXpvAEnKqQrGleyt7E05j3uqBlPGTqdrSp1Q/guest.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="M house - Architecture W, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p68Iazq_EcnJgllRsHeOu1zpqkgsA1RUcloBudQPNqYyMfgX51JnXpvAEnKqQrGleyt7E05j3uqBlPGTqdrSp1Q/guest.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">At the entry level, column free space is provided for both parking and turning the owner’s automobiles, as well as for the house’s entry, bedrooms and main bathing area. A small pool is situated underneath the cantilevered top level to reflect sunlight into the bathing area where a single glass wall is all that separates this center of Japanese family life – complete with its wooden soaking bath -from the entry area.</span></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p3CrtiksS-8NH_wfXa0cRv4QF-Lgky685nkHGWyVF5hPtWArsqCcIE0nXrc1okd4jRJ6gM4Oqv6eszNojNW3-8g/home-03.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="M house - Architecture W, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p3CrtiksS-8NH_wfXa0cRv4QF-Lgky685nkHGWyVF5hPtWArsqCcIE0nXrc1okd4jRJ6gM4Oqv6eszNojNW3-8g/home-03.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The top level of the house is virtually a single open space that serves as the house’s main living space. The steel trusses that allow for the 5+ meter cantilever are buried behind 2 walls of storage and kitchen cabinetry so that the remaining 2 sides of the steel box – the north and south elevations – can be composed entirely of sliding glass walls. These 2 walls slide into pockets and allow the entire room to become an “outdoor” family room from which spectacular views and pleasant breezes can be enjoyed. </span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p6fX-n-iXQbbq-Sd9TPejO552WpYH7P38Hqkcsy1tl1MM1kmYwr9C5m_ZGGglsB_WyS-hJdbh3wWMMPFlRfaZ9g/home-06.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="M house - Architecture W, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p6fX-n-iXQbbq-Sd9TPejO552WpYH7P38Hqkcsy1tl1MM1kmYwr9C5m_ZGGglsB_WyS-hJdbh3wWMMPFlRfaZ9g/home-06.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A roof deck caps off the house and accommodates another large outdoor gathering space for entertaining. The main stair well, with its yellow wall slices through the residence to visually tie the different levels together and to allow sunlight down into the main entry level of the house.</span> </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pmQBnrmX0LBY-RIqC7v3_rc1HDuKfEQI9eRZLXCCsM1PFL3TjaF2FPBD6URzU4PNhDdvUzlrhOB1Pf9bTC3WxHw/home-45.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="M house - Architecture W, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pmQBnrmX0LBY-RIqC7v3_rc1HDuKfEQI9eRZLXCCsM1PFL3TjaF2FPBD6URzU4PNhDdvUzlrhOB1Pf9bTC3WxHw/home-45.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The project’s simple architecture – exposed concrete walls & floors, galvanized metal siding, plasterboard infill walls and white laminate cabinetry – provide a neutrality that is animated as much by the Japanese and Western influences of the the client’s family as it is animated by the site’s vistas, breezes, and passing sunlight.</span> </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pzV0hkIPwBgevoA-Oo7k1-mth6TE9u5xheke8ZrnPYzw6KorXUwf0nloy_K2iA0krkQtq_PaVQqkCj-aoMoG_Bw/home-51.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="M house - Architecture W, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pzV0hkIPwBgevoA-Oo7k1-mth6TE9u5xheke8ZrnPYzw6KorXUwf0nloy_K2iA0krkQtq_PaVQqkCj-aoMoG_Bw/home-51.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pkCcP3Pv9MPxquRqKySFyNxWNtavP_GEhmUKV_bAPwbsGg7dAJLGKzawuZLTeuZp9YLqajiWdSGwoP807xIr70A/living2.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="M house - Architecture W, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pkCcP3Pv9MPxquRqKySFyNxWNtavP_GEhmUKV_bAPwbsGg7dAJLGKzawuZLTeuZp9YLqajiWdSGwoP807xIr70A/living2.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Architects: </span><a href="http://www.architecturew.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Architecture W</span></a></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Location: Nagoya, Japan</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Project Team: Michel Weenick, Yukiko Iwanaga, Brian White</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Client: Michel Weenick</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Project Year: 2005</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Constructed Area: 320 sqm</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Structural Engineer: Structure NANA</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Photographer: </span><a href="http://www.andyboone.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Andy Boone</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div align="center"></span><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pinlVcW5I_lZbgslzXQrodIcizTI-Yezh9rFpSE4XBcxZQJ65o6s6XXXs_1Zfi_CNoIpL_rXLSmr44NAX9pP1JA/lowerfloor.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="M house - Architecture W, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pinlVcW5I_lZbgslzXQrodIcizTI-Yezh9rFpSE4XBcxZQJ65o6s6XXXs_1Zfi_CNoIpL_rXLSmr44NAX9pP1JA/lowerfloor.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pVzMUyrBSc1Of4a58m252TE2x182Ak6ic64_zZVvcABF5blZwNzrBGbmTpfIUe_emfAMwacW0111FrWHrSFJJTg/mainfloor.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="M house - Architecture W, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pVzMUyrBSc1Of4a58m252TE2x182Ak6ic64_zZVvcABF5blZwNzrBGbmTpfIUe_emfAMwacW0111FrWHrSFJJTg/mainfloor.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pDKBPtP-E7KBmDJH_jM0C5o0mw7aYN3Fp4x23NZPA_B02yFCfpzPI-cxZXL3mvVZomuRF4fTOBhB_f-zsxRD_gg/upperfloor.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="M house - Architecture W, Architecture" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pDKBPtP-E7KBmDJH_jM0C5o0mw7aYN3Fp4x23NZPA_B02yFCfpzPI-cxZXL3mvVZomuRF4fTOBhB_f-zsxRD_gg/upperfloor.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div>

M house - Architecture W

Located in one of Nagoya’s more attractive residential neighborhoods, but with only 2.5 meters of dead end street access and set on a diffic...

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