A forest for a Moon Dazzler - Benjamin Garcia Saxe

<div>She wakes up when the moon is going down. The loud noise of the crickets reminds her that she is surrounded by the forest. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pDi12qxyLMMSL26kMdpm7v8tYvUgh-2AThXNZYcNSXbAo1MAHqiqzd_sWSqVvSHyWcWsDU003IcLy5uEnG16gjA/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Un Bosque para una Admiradora de la Luna, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pDi12qxyLMMSL26kMdpm7v8tYvUgh-2AThXNZYcNSXbAo1MAHqiqzd_sWSqVvSHyWcWsDU003IcLy5uEnG16gjA/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 550px;" /></a> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="left">The warmth of the rising sun filters through the leaves and warms the rough wood floors. She knows its time to make bread. The chirping has changes to bird singing. The stove heats the air and the smell seeps through every crack into the forest. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pLRB6p2YZm25_h0VB0LEDff0V_xmZZoCS_MCsRZ1VS7Vm0GVC2jZvXDuf4Hr8-T5YLPOwIvGF_whbjRZdHwSs_w/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-17.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Un Bosque para una Admiradora de la Luna, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pLRB6p2YZm25_h0VB0LEDff0V_xmZZoCS_MCsRZ1VS7Vm0GVC2jZvXDuf4Hr8-T5YLPOwIvGF_whbjRZdHwSs_w/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-17.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 550px;" /></a> <a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pxRlwPgwxZc1GflkOAh3r8mF4f1pFLMOv25BVYavXhIFEMTKNI3UBQmQMtM2vMKjRVaKWAMZso96ErVDwb1nOeg/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-16.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Un Bosque para una Admiradora de la Luna, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pxRlwPgwxZc1GflkOAh3r8mF4f1pFLMOv25BVYavXhIFEMTKNI3UBQmQMtM2vMKjRVaKWAMZso96ErVDwb1nOeg/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-16.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 550px;" /></a> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="left">My mom goes outside to take a shower under the water tank and suddenly a sporadic rain mingles with her drops. She runs into the house and dries up with the heat of the stove. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pOBaKmYuYuC4QHTDxF5kIPK3AnS8-Bg0QdowUI-hWDFGnZvSvtlVX9p0F1zPfJ4fZvgOgfuXk8Zhj2blD0EAmhQ/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-15.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Un Bosque para una Admiradora de la Luna, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pOBaKmYuYuC4QHTDxF5kIPK3AnS8-Bg0QdowUI-hWDFGnZvSvtlVX9p0F1zPfJ4fZvgOgfuXk8Zhj2blD0EAmhQ/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-15.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 550px;" /></a> <a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pefWOnWUuChpDt4w6S1r6yiesUSscYZ_j-VgQRNslD6Fd82FV0nUf9TVyArwDzado0idMMz1kwE5yMOZqODRB-w/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-14.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Un Bosque para una Admiradora de la Luna, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pefWOnWUuChpDt4w6S1r6yiesUSscYZ_j-VgQRNslD6Fd82FV0nUf9TVyArwDzado0idMMz1kwE5yMOZqODRB-w/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-14.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 550px;" /></a> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="left">I wake up and realize that its morning. The sun is up and there is fresh bread on the table. I can see that my mom is planting an aloe vera plant in the dirt floor of her living room. She somehow knows the perfect place for it to grow. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pGANpjQlvl7y15qiE1Zb6VadX7jm1gK9T3YWlh-6Jjcchez4KTwqlv7YYS-4JdhNqb8WqdkZIsurM6zpQ33SeUg/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-13.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Un Bosque para una Admiradora de la Luna, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pGANpjQlvl7y15qiE1Zb6VadX7jm1gK9T3YWlh-6Jjcchez4KTwqlv7YYS-4JdhNqb8WqdkZIsurM6zpQ33SeUg/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-13.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 550px;" /></a> <a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pXfJof-Jb9OMDoc3v2TyosywrelH-pwrO_JKKcVcgxIiEovJzcVoUmE5snVdxI4UcPQmV13yDbJ3SZR8WwZgQWg/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-12.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Un Bosque para una Admiradora de la Luna, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pXfJof-Jb9OMDoc3v2TyosywrelH-pwrO_JKKcVcgxIiEovJzcVoUmE5snVdxI4UcPQmV13yDbJ3SZR8WwZgQWg/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-12.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 550px;" /></a> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="left">The sunrays begin to hit the tin roof. She opens all doors, all screens, all windows and the wind picks all of her Hindu drapes. I can also see the recently washed blankets waving on a rope that is strung from the two big trees that give shade to the house. The wind picks up the leaves and brings them into the house. My mom is always cleaning but nothing is ever clean. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p7HrUmIiFXvBhEeKgznp_LaJX_hdSWPwqPCaz_T-0hmLVutPSpPDRmKXmjYJ3ybJGby7UV3eNSNSMgP_ElITtyA/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-11.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Un Bosque para una Admiradora de la Luna, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p7HrUmIiFXvBhEeKgznp_LaJX_hdSWPwqPCaz_T-0hmLVutPSpPDRmKXmjYJ3ybJGby7UV3eNSNSMgP_ElITtyA/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-11.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 550px;" /></a> <a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pyuhpcdYFBE7ux2mvt-putUlzFkUD8K40heMcXu4sVgyQ4TWFFx-g3UQD0oBHjbjJFoDrm_VAqb3ZlRtuHrYJ8g/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-10.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Un Bosque para una Admiradora de la Luna, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pyuhpcdYFBE7ux2mvt-putUlzFkUD8K40heMcXu4sVgyQ4TWFFx-g3UQD0oBHjbjJFoDrm_VAqb3ZlRtuHrYJ8g/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-10.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 550px;" /></a> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="left">There is not much to do, but she manages to keep herself busy between Tarot cards, left hand political readings, pot, and a seldom phone call. She moves about the house trying to find a place with a better signal. She has found such a place between the front door and the tree. She has placed a rock there, where she can sit to talk for hours. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1psXd-bc7kvFG7AI7QVArJMFSPjKNLb6b2-DoUJgZhRnSe3NWDIzDa5e5arvsmd4zNHalA9kWUV0CMpne715cA_A/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-9.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Un Bosque para una Admiradora de la Luna, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1psXd-bc7kvFG7AI7QVArJMFSPjKNLb6b2-DoUJgZhRnSe3NWDIzDa5e5arvsmd4zNHalA9kWUV0CMpne715cA_A/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-9.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 550px;" /></a> <a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pCzgCC47u8IxhCi3BbyyVvDqJMM3pNDSyYWAm52py-F29MGEyYYnJJXaGpjiSiD4noGuPqpKygMPOICPYGxm0DA/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-8.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Un Bosque para una Admiradora de la Luna, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pCzgCC47u8IxhCi3BbyyVvDqJMM3pNDSyYWAm52py-F29MGEyYYnJJXaGpjiSiD4noGuPqpKygMPOICPYGxm0DA/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-8.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 550px;" /></a> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="left">My mom wants to take me to the beach, but I can see that she is worried about leaving the house alone. She hides some of her most valuable possessions: books, pictures, and the pot. She places a tree branch in front of the entrance, leaves the radio on, and the door wide open. She then screams “Bye, we’ll see you later” as if there was someone still in the house. To me it seems as if she is saying goodbye to her house, and the house mumbles through the forest as we walk farther and farther away from the radio. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1plzUYToEWMAIIRg3UWJ_4SZ0Z6PWgjBYHtHqPnMFpHLcMjjL9H0kTXmXVvb6ogReaFK_jPpURfBYbrWgtWRkmdA/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-7.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Un Bosque para una Admiradora de la Luna, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1plzUYToEWMAIIRg3UWJ_4SZ0Z6PWgjBYHtHqPnMFpHLcMjjL9H0kTXmXVvb6ogReaFK_jPpURfBYbrWgtWRkmdA/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-7.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 550px;" /></a> <a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pRRDufMGyyiZpCcTaJI8IQKv68rw2oCWEPwm-57E4FchBAeXGUGQ_-s0UXb51qoDO2fYkWz8BXDhXyiPh983kfg/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-6.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Un Bosque para una Admiradora de la Luna, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pRRDufMGyyiZpCcTaJI8IQKv68rw2oCWEPwm-57E4FchBAeXGUGQ_-s0UXb51qoDO2fYkWz8BXDhXyiPh983kfg/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-6.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 550px;" /></a> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="left">We walk through the forest into the dirt road that reaches the beach-break. My mom goes for a swim in the ocean and after a while sits right next to me to watch the sunset. She is dazzled with the sight even though she has seen it hundreds of times. She explains that we should head back in order to catch the last glimpse of sunrays that will lead the way back to the house. We begin to hear the radio getting louder and louder as we get closer to the house. She checks all her natural alarms that tell her if anyone has been around the house; from the tree-branch in front of the door to the hanging ceramic fishes that she has placed hanging from the surrounding trees. The sunlight is dimming and soon the forest will be illuminated by the bright moon. She is afraid that darkness will bring an intruder to disturb us. The candles provide a flickering light while she plays the guitar. She prepares a quick meal which is hard to eat because of the lack of light. The moonlight enters the house, and I know that soon she will go to sleep. She has placed her bed in a corner of the house where there is a direct view of the moon while she goes to sleep. She washes her face and wraps her body in soaking towels that lower her body temperature throughout the night. I can see that the moon-sight dazzles her every time and the sound of the crickets put her to sleep. Every once in a while she wakes up in distress by the chirping noise of her natural alarms; from the carefully placed gravel around the house, to the dry branches that surround her bed. The only thing that gives her comfort is the illuminating sight of the moon moving through the trees. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pETJZJT4JBAt5ykT0fz997IMBPMk6GjMn4EVjQvmZpI5QbIChTiC5QrXhShxx_oFxI6_OjW8Pcnm8i-MzM8kMhQ/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-2.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Un Bosque para una Admiradora de la Luna, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pETJZJT4JBAt5ykT0fz997IMBPMk6GjMn4EVjQvmZpI5QbIChTiC5QrXhShxx_oFxI6_OjW8Pcnm8i-MzM8kMhQ/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-2.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 550px;" /></a> <a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pZ7hw1rP9hdddxk25Y9CcrfOoB4Aqulptelsagu4J3WdTvU9LpJrBpvKvUdo1rA4M8SnxKX_CTkmJw915R65Ttw/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-1.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Un Bosque para una Admiradora de la Luna, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pZ7hw1rP9hdddxk25Y9CcrfOoB4Aqulptelsagu4J3WdTvU9LpJrBpvKvUdo1rA4M8SnxKX_CTkmJw915R65Ttw/courtesy-of-benjamin-garcia-saxe-1.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 550px;" /></a> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="left">Architect: <a href="http://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl/2010/05/27/un-bosque-para-una-admiradora-de-la-luna-benjamin-garcia-saxe/benjamingarciasaxe.com/">Benjamin Garcia Saxe</a> </div>Location: Playa Avellanas, Guanacaste, Costa Rica <br /><div align="left">Type: Residential<br />Budget: 40,000 USD<br />Project Year: 2010<br />Photographs: Courtesy of Benjamin Garcia Saxe<br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pGv8FPsndwx5wxttnxKxL-w-oE7Yy1NXIAOCZ46VPTLoYbU8XXBmKmIpizVMO0JW_k5VpG0jMfV6nDrt4KJ1pKA/floor-plan.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Un Bosque para una Admiradora de la Luna, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pGv8FPsndwx5wxttnxKxL-w-oE7Yy1NXIAOCZ46VPTLoYbU8XXBmKmIpizVMO0JW_k5VpG0jMfV6nDrt4KJ1pKA/floor-plan.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 550px;" /></a> <a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pwLj-khFwO-dEjJoay-GxaTq35Q__Dw05FmzhCpArd-I-58R6ru3zs-0tdMJypju8y-iPPX3qmrIZ1B_G5z-ZJA/elevation.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Un Bosque para una Admiradora de la Luna, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pwLj-khFwO-dEjJoay-GxaTq35Q__Dw05FmzhCpArd-I-58R6ru3zs-0tdMJypju8y-iPPX3qmrIZ1B_G5z-ZJA/elevation.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 550px;" /></a> <a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pgOOJPz1-S6BOa1GPxg__h5r1WZvvGEwsp2RzdcCMn1MVeJAHvNbjzleFQJ8OLo9p4EsdXJFvJsxhefn7ZHPycg/diagrams-01.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Un Bosque para una Admiradora de la Luna, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pgOOJPz1-S6BOa1GPxg__h5r1WZvvGEwsp2RzdcCMn1MVeJAHvNbjzleFQJ8OLo9p4EsdXJFvJsxhefn7ZHPycg/diagrams-01.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 550px;" /></a> <a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p01rxWFT4w8yKIJehwBVBgaO5-Yx_AHYnQpy8B_aHSu6BucdmeDiElseDmPp_3vDf3mMsRTKER_rro3Le9yeCKg/diagrams-02.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Un Bosque para una Admiradora de la Luna, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p01rxWFT4w8yKIJehwBVBgaO5-Yx_AHYnQpy8B_aHSu6BucdmeDiElseDmPp_3vDf3mMsRTKER_rro3Le9yeCKg/diagrams-02.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 550px;" /></a> <a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pe4Iuv53bXR5XpK4BPW3epUAUso8c9xVd0zbObGN-3IWo_OolchvXL7yJDNSA9uiYYOSnU6NqVDuvIPespb8D3A/section-01.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Un Bosque para una Admiradora de la Luna, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pe4Iuv53bXR5XpK4BPW3epUAUso8c9xVd0zbObGN-3IWo_OolchvXL7yJDNSA9uiYYOSnU6NqVDuvIPespb8D3A/section-01.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 550px;" /></a> <a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pnAaDe8KTio-_K7L1WkrCK7nYB2gEViCQJCMem6GuZZQZpG6Pzvva5dhuL8rrGBwcI2pBGnVg6n3b2q2OXZnzBA/sections-02.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Un Bosque para una Admiradora de la Luna, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pnAaDe8KTio-_K7L1WkrCK7nYB2gEViCQJCMem6GuZZQZpG6Pzvva5dhuL8rrGBwcI2pBGnVg6n3b2q2OXZnzBA/sections-02.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 550px;" /></a></div><br /><div>VIA: <a href="http://tecnohaus.blogspot.com/2010/08/un-bosque-para-una-admiradora-de-la.html" target="_blank">TECNOHAUS</a></div>

A forest for a Moon Dazzler - Benjamin Garcia Saxe

She wakes up when the moon is going down. The loud noise of the crickets reminds her that she is surrounded by the forest. The warmth of th...

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Valdemorillo House Extension - Padilla Nicás Arquitectos

The project is an extension of a single family home located next to the Valmayor reservoir with a small pavilion and terrace oriented towards the water. <br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p0R81-VSe3A_jyzUKu-Xcod9Fuewru4trA1IIEhtdpd-qyboDLHyoO3y7rD6Mg8t8mB0GOJ3_CI1g6T_grEoEXg/padilla-nicas-valdemorillo-24.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Ampliación de Casa, Padilla Nicás Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p0R81-VSe3A_jyzUKu-Xcod9Fuewru4trA1IIEhtdpd-qyboDLHyoO3y7rD6Mg8t8mB0GOJ3_CI1g6T_grEoEXg/padilla-nicas-valdemorillo-24.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pZLEbEeEaSLiKwgzVmYTgQA0hkA3GTwAVTvXr7F0ciuq_CC5lCTMDiDPkbYPU_oPaytnA9zMv0Ly837bUAs8ubg/padilla-nicas-valdemorillo-estado-inicial.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Ampliación de Casa, Padilla Nicás Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pZLEbEeEaSLiKwgzVmYTgQA0hkA3GTwAVTvXr7F0ciuq_CC5lCTMDiDPkbYPU_oPaytnA9zMv0Ly837bUAs8ubg/padilla-nicas-valdemorillo-estado-inicial.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1prPFXmE0JvdLvchfQCRh9CwAyO2h4RHa3v5Tgv3gY-zLGqwf6_PiYACAG3zKZgpAQWt_2aaxwZQCVGuH_pniyjA/padilla-nicas-valdemorillo-20.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Ampliación de Casa, Padilla Nicás Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1prPFXmE0JvdLvchfQCRh9CwAyO2h4RHa3v5Tgv3gY-zLGqwf6_PiYACAG3zKZgpAQWt_2aaxwZQCVGuH_pniyjA/padilla-nicas-valdemorillo-20.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> </div><br /><div align="left">The integration of the new building with the existing comes as a result of the sloping roofs, while the laminated wood structural frames distinguish it as different. This ‘light’ construction seeks to make a transition between the original house and the surrounding landscape.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pVgaLW9e4wRyXPT7f3ixJZZpN9G6wcjOCYIl_Ccu678k5wVfZ0Qc0A-3AsvmTySKv88qcjQrB9sZ7U_iOXhbNBQ/padilla-nicas-valdemorillo-18.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Ampliación de Casa, Padilla Nicás Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pVgaLW9e4wRyXPT7f3ixJZZpN9G6wcjOCYIl_Ccu678k5wVfZ0Qc0A-3AsvmTySKv88qcjQrB9sZ7U_iOXhbNBQ/padilla-nicas-valdemorillo-18.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pV__txTt7YPcUV8FnW9ZaQUl536UZ-qckzvnysLqac_eEnR69b_4mE8iGie7bLkZkYFXDqplnmi5bDQPAMHt3mg/padilla-nicas-valdemorillo-16.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Ampliación de Casa, Padilla Nicás Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pV__txTt7YPcUV8FnW9ZaQUl536UZ-qckzvnysLqac_eEnR69b_4mE8iGie7bLkZkYFXDqplnmi5bDQPAMHt3mg/padilla-nicas-valdemorillo-16.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p65Zu2UF8j7WWox2KezycYgacizr76uodf_eG-G-X7oPzkXjoZ3t8CDU8GIJYc290RupAw-lKADXJykCAgxABBA/padilla-nicas-valdemorillo-09.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Ampliación de Casa, Padilla Nicás Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p65Zu2UF8j7WWox2KezycYgacizr76uodf_eG-G-X7oPzkXjoZ3t8CDU8GIJYc290RupAw-lKADXJykCAgxABBA/padilla-nicas-valdemorillo-09.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pZ5DwZS2IKtL5-bnQ94py1UXjrMDQTar1lFW30HAumTshgdPosQv74rfcAT25rDCAO92BdfTCqy_H_DOOL3tz1g/padilla-nicas-valdemorillo-08.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Ampliación de Casa, Padilla Nicás Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pZ5DwZS2IKtL5-bnQ94py1UXjrMDQTar1lFW30HAumTshgdPosQv74rfcAT25rDCAO92BdfTCqy_H_DOOL3tz1g/padilla-nicas-valdemorillo-08.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> </div><br /><div align="left">The project is hardly visible from the entry walkway, except for the gables that project slightly, finally becoming apparent from the interior of the parcel. </div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pMWZ3F9DpegyZfnoIIYx-R4HILip_YJUtXac7xFSTLBGT3cu6fG85XwVr2a7mV78TsN6RymjRLYYWd-adK3A03A/padilla-nicas-valdemorillo-07.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Ampliación de Casa, Padilla Nicás Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pMWZ3F9DpegyZfnoIIYx-R4HILip_YJUtXac7xFSTLBGT3cu6fG85XwVr2a7mV78TsN6RymjRLYYWd-adK3A03A/padilla-nicas-valdemorillo-07.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pTVY6JKXmu9sKJvSl-SawwaCPUy2PmZvyGJghg8iW9aayTLTCMK2J3uTubUG5XD5uU5uiySoALOLZ7q-eiOmC9Q/padilla-nicas-valdemorillo-01.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Ampliación de Casa, Padilla Nicás Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pTVY6JKXmu9sKJvSl-SawwaCPUy2PmZvyGJghg8iW9aayTLTCMK2J3uTubUG5XD5uU5uiySoALOLZ7q-eiOmC9Q/padilla-nicas-valdemorillo-01.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> </div><br /><div align="left">The structure consists of prefabricated laminate wood frames. They were assembled on site and painted white to blend with the exisiting house. The assembly at each joint employs a steel plate sandwiching the web of each frame and bolted from the exterior. </div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pi_6rYqYVYVmThLY3fT9LQwvoSSMqnqQ-no7_IAqsEyjb_3b8ClyiHNUwW3PywCUmjxYaffOSxqQlTKYTXEFsWw/padilla-nicas-valdemorillo-27.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Ampliación de Casa, Padilla Nicás Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pi_6rYqYVYVmThLY3fT9LQwvoSSMqnqQ-no7_IAqsEyjb_3b8ClyiHNUwW3PywCUmjxYaffOSxqQlTKYTXEFsWw/padilla-nicas-valdemorillo-27.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1phUX9M3kZxGY4SxLYW7DHSjbqUQTpNxeXwJwcI78uL_0cBd5Xhczz6d5O2-cYq7PpdSvgeGFv2jtNkj22pDq7HQ/padilla-nicas-valdemorillo-29.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Ampliación de Casa, Padilla Nicás Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1phUX9M3kZxGY4SxLYW7DHSjbqUQTpNxeXwJwcI78uL_0cBd5Xhczz6d5O2-cYq7PpdSvgeGFv2jtNkj22pDq7HQ/padilla-nicas-valdemorillo-29.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; 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CURSOR: hand" /></a> </div><br /><div align="left">Location: Urbanización El Paraíso, Valdemorillo, Madrid, España</div><br /><div align="left">Architects: Padilla Nicás Arquitectos</div><br /><div align="left">Design Year: 2004-2005</div><br /><div align="left">Construction Year: 2006-2008</div><br /><div align="left">Project Area: 180 m2</div><br /><div align="left">Collaborator: Isabel Colino</div><br /><div align="left">Structure: Alejandro Bernabéu y Jorge Bernabéu</div><br /><div align="left">Photographs: Padilla Nicás Arquitectos </div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p-ZkNVoykgYQd2bs72RJrtDfw4okFRJPicqr7RAbMmFrLhsMpdqRxsjXRZT__OHfc575SthuxbWeb547ok0Ze8Q/valdemorillo-nivel-0.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Ampliación de Casa, Padilla Nicás Arquitectos, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p-ZkNVoykgYQd2bs72RJrtDfw4okFRJPicqr7RAbMmFrLhsMpdqRxsjXRZT__OHfc575SthuxbWeb547ok0Ze8Q/valdemorillo-nivel-0.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; 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Valdemorillo House Extension - Padilla Nicás Arquitectos

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Pier House - Gabriel Grinspum + Mariana Simas

The “pier house” was built to house a sailboat during the week and its owners during the weekends. The alternate usage was suggested by the clients, a young couple from São Paulo. <br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p1slWJ5xjd9PAXBbcGGWY-gft1HA4jqgW5FqX-2PN_Oc004J1Ok1YMQYo5h_6jiOoJliZJbDhF7B9MpTA5bm7_A/p--er-house-1.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Muelle, Gabriel Grinspum + Mariana Simas, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p1slWJ5xjd9PAXBbcGGWY-gft1HA4jqgW5FqX-2PN_Oc004J1Ok1YMQYo5h_6jiOoJliZJbDhF7B9MpTA5bm7_A/p--er-house-1.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pdeZsqUXgnJTfCKEjpsBfkNsEkowj6BObFyN9OcWKsvX_Pec5e9y0JiYihNhOFfnMuMORZo9xJirdPo6Cn0SN7g/p--er-house-2.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Muelle, Gabriel Grinspum + Mariana Simas, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pdeZsqUXgnJTfCKEjpsBfkNsEkowj6BObFyN9OcWKsvX_Pec5e9y0JiYihNhOFfnMuMORZo9xJirdPo6Cn0SN7g/p--er-house-2.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> </div><br /><div align="left">The proposal was to divide the house in two volumes. The first one is a solid box covered with whitewash, and its “muxarabi” windows filter the light and allow permanent ventilation. It is the result of the region’s typical construction method, a legacy from colonial times. </div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pKqmIo4_5-1zpC6oVXf7fFhDN6Oq5Q5ZZk1372iJHXW9MbXgHRPWdkpUeZ3gY8M105XJuj5a6P7QWlbNWEfnktg/p--er-house-3.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Muelle, Gabriel Grinspum + Mariana Simas, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pKqmIo4_5-1zpC6oVXf7fFhDN6Oq5Q5ZZk1372iJHXW9MbXgHRPWdkpUeZ3gY8M105XJuj5a6P7QWlbNWEfnktg/p--er-house-3.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1plvjq-zYjMzsWwD41agdh58zBg2hrHq3O4xYVHCEM-ehqgcb3nR6W7eWg9UkNS2VWQ8vtvaac6j9TcNXuXxTSCA/p--er-house-4.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Muelle, Gabriel Grinspum + Mariana Simas, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1plvjq-zYjMzsWwD41agdh58zBg2hrHq3O4xYVHCEM-ehqgcb3nR6W7eWg9UkNS2VWQ8vtvaac6j9TcNXuXxTSCA/p--er-house-4.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> </div><br /><div align="left">The second one was constructed with metal tile and pre-fabricated wood structure. This building has profited from the construction’s industrialization in order to dispense the building site and thus avoid the environmental impact. </div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pOsQr5E8Hufazv1Ps7FZwPS3nlgoXqHZ8G3RymDc3VgJRGNl2JxKXEb6vigBHZT-Mj3Ih4m3X3yjjk3oh3DL19A/p--er-house-5.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Muelle, Gabriel Grinspum + Mariana Simas, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pOsQr5E8Hufazv1Ps7FZwPS3nlgoXqHZ8G3RymDc3VgJRGNl2JxKXEb6vigBHZT-Mj3Ih4m3X3yjjk3oh3DL19A/p--er-house-5.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pr0EP7JooXHK_tkneYHxMO3hY5jhzrbwl4Zz8JYmDb4ptW9xV6iThSUu8ipIYm4j3Fq676k5DXD2V0IxQxg9OXQ/p--er-house-6.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Muelle, Gabriel Grinspum + Mariana Simas, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pr0EP7JooXHK_tkneYHxMO3hY5jhzrbwl4Zz8JYmDb4ptW9xV6iThSUu8ipIYm4j3Fq676k5DXD2V0IxQxg9OXQ/p--er-house-6.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> </div><br /><div align="left">The house situation in the site has been defined by two premises: the need for proximity to water in order to the boat to enter and preserve the dense vegetation of rainforest. The site is in the Saco do Mamanguá, RJ, a tropical fjord accessible only by boat without power, the very archetype of lost paradise. In this context, the house is pier together the idea of the “noble savage” with modern “eulogy of the machine”.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pzk8q2TZjxFvcGhB4uXEPAij0y3ZazH8hUMelS82Gbe46gAsPHxjo9KuevhHde2zzVDUNHndALvZhJuY8HhrZ1A/p--er-house-7.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Muelle, Gabriel Grinspum + Mariana Simas, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pzk8q2TZjxFvcGhB4uXEPAij0y3ZazH8hUMelS82Gbe46gAsPHxjo9KuevhHde2zzVDUNHndALvZhJuY8HhrZ1A/p--er-house-7.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pmPUflGzZwVNJMv1v9xcNDsG80dSVyL1HUWhhvPExK8fsXRj7iamUlJKe6tx5R8ptYXUxq1PuijAxPyPUcF60wQ/p--er-house-8.jpg?psid=1"><img alt="Casa Muelle, Gabriel Grinspum + Mariana Simas, diseño, casas, arquitectura" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pmPUflGzZwVNJMv1v9xcNDsG80dSVyL1HUWhhvPExK8fsXRj7iamUlJKe6tx5R8ptYXUxq1PuijAxPyPUcF60wQ/p--er-house-8.jpg?psid=1" style="WIDTH: 550px; 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CURSOR: hand" /></a></div>VIA: <a href="http://tecnohaus.blogspot.com/2010/08/casa-muelle-gabriel-grinspum-mariana.html" target="_blank">TECNOHAUS</a>

Pier House - Gabriel Grinspum + Mariana Simas

The “pier house” was built to house a sailboat during the week and its owners during the weekends. The alternate usage was suggested by the ...

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