JD House - BAK Architects

The 20m x 30m plot of land in the coastal <strong>Mar Azul</strong> forest in Buenos Aires, Argentina is the site for BAK Architects‘ JD House, <strong>a residence designed in concrete</strong>, wood and glass and blended into the topography and vegetation on the site. The preliminary specifications for the house required two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a large, flexible social area, integrated into the kitchen, that could accommodate different activities for the guests that are expected to visit. The client also specified that generous outdoor expansions were available on the site.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1piYZcPwAX2yrR9QFAdAgCmMz0VeopkemzG7-BSfHYiDgIMeWTvr8jChJraxX57pp1VTXHSEo1AwTPQFgnwCfBQn4usokb9w2m/cjd-bak-01.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa JD - BAK Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1piYZcPwAX2yrR9QFAdAgCmMz0VeopkemzG7-BSfHYiDgIMeWTvr8jChJraxX57pp1VTXHSEo1AwTPQFgnwCfBQn4usokb9w2m/cjd-bak-01.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a></div><br />The land on which the house is situated follows a gentle slope that provided a welcome challenge for the design of the house. In relationship to the street level, the house sits very high above the ground in order to adjust to the level changes on the site. This provides a a heightened condition of privacy, as passersby are less able to see into the house from the street, and a vantage point from which the inhabitants can view out onto the landscape over neighboring houses.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p8IcBhO0AKkOhl9lKDcqLHueiN27tt2Zx-3hIJdyVMOW8iufzszp-d7m17bdVIpHCtlPlm2BwxCetHBdyJKDvx2vUMNLI1Flx/cjd-bak-02.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa JD - BAK Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p8IcBhO0AKkOhl9lKDcqLHueiN27tt2Zx-3hIJdyVMOW8iufzszp-d7m17bdVIpHCtlPlm2BwxCetHBdyJKDvx2vUMNLI1Flx/cjd-bak-02.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pnAVhdCKzWdWLPrtVhsCfCysV73T9_GmG9hqb4NO2Y-Kc8uycPpJYIIPGG1NEExCZ7OLCanIHy-fZEDIU91bMdTJ6X3IUaJnr/cjd-bak-03.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa JD - BAK Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pnAVhdCKzWdWLPrtVhsCfCysV73T9_GmG9hqb4NO2Y-Kc8uycPpJYIIPGG1NEExCZ7OLCanIHy-fZEDIU91bMdTJ6X3IUaJnr/cjd-bak-03.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a></div><br />The house was conceived as two pure prisms, located in a clearing among trees of various heights, as intersecting perpendicular forms that joined at half levels. The slope was once again used to the advantage of the proposal to hide parts of the program, thereby reducing the presence of the building on the site. The form that developed from the conjoining of the volumes resulted in programs that were substantially independent from one another, but united through large openings in the social gathering spaces as well as through outdoor terraces and wooden decks that extended the living space out into the forest.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pNELjsv_Qwd_UdYZ6riz0NafhBfVd0GUezBAvHgIcqxG2MHlafeJIY4-iDGqkOI3onDONk0CTrmOsx8rHB7CA0Te6QZ_5nnU-/cjd-bak-04.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa JD - BAK Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pNELjsv_Qwd_UdYZ6riz0NafhBfVd0GUezBAvHgIcqxG2MHlafeJIY4-iDGqkOI3onDONk0CTrmOsx8rHB7CA0Te6QZ_5nnU-/cjd-bak-04.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pNELjsv_Qwd-NR6FBuxr7iUqBISNCfah5j8MjtUyhIYH5oHDdmgsBXuWsXLyDKhN_0FsS7wptKs68OWlnF3LssSvTRfWJV6QN/cjd-bak-05.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa JD - BAK Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pNELjsv_Qwd-NR6FBuxr7iUqBISNCfah5j8MjtUyhIYH5oHDdmgsBXuWsXLyDKhN_0FsS7wptKs68OWlnF3LssSvTRfWJV6QN/cjd-bak-05.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a></div><br />The house is accessed along the longest side through a deck that is raised above the natural terrain. By stepping the deck into complete volume of the house and creating a corner as the entrance, BAK Architects simulated an interior condition in the exterior of the residence, where already the material and spatial organization is felt. The height difference perceived in the entry intentionally signify the different uses of the spaces caused by the intersections of the prisms.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pIqA03ESdpPMB27NBgAtYgC1Fk5DQOA6p4vfBGm3I6Yy7qyDOTkbeOC1n0ti-c8VDdHtlSoXGbEDRwZWl_UpSvjfRU5jKzshN/cjd-bak-06.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa JD - BAK Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pIqA03ESdpPMB27NBgAtYgC1Fk5DQOA6p4vfBGm3I6Yy7qyDOTkbeOC1n0ti-c8VDdHtlSoXGbEDRwZWl_UpSvjfRU5jKzshN/cjd-bak-06.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p225hrtXmWAKbdzkY3UevISyN661r-0HeqsHbjFM8eybT2IbN10IWXXwjulBo8E4FsTVCslmaBXQtju6QHlEiI30a9QY5h1jv/cjd-bak-07.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa JD - BAK Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p225hrtXmWAKbdzkY3UevISyN661r-0HeqsHbjFM8eybT2IbN10IWXXwjulBo8E4FsTVCslmaBXQtju6QHlEiI30a9QY5h1jv/cjd-bak-07.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a></div><br />The architects play with the volumes, alternating between high and low ceilings and depressed floors to provide a dynamic space of a variety of functions. The level of transparency through the house is equally as important as the opacity of the gray concrete walls. The views through the house direct its users’ eyes onto the landscape beyond the house, whereas the concrete walls direct light and provide organized views within the house. While the house is visually open, the architects took great care to create private areas, such as bedrooms and bathrooms, that are nestled and buried under the general “ground level” of the house. The architects were careful to leave as many salvageable trees on the site as possible allowing them to pierce through several of the outdoor decks that are an extension of the house.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pScfOK3PJo5wrcU5dnhX532UqG0KgjaT_PRSFnuech4eZm5YiW8LMBftJ0uMV13fDHHR9KCS_cr14VzkzSSQaz3YIqEt1mfj5/cjd-bak-08.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa JD - BAK Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pScfOK3PJo5wrcU5dnhX532UqG0KgjaT_PRSFnuech4eZm5YiW8LMBftJ0uMV13fDHHR9KCS_cr14VzkzSSQaz3YIqEt1mfj5/cjd-bak-08.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p9kHRX19khJyr078SKa2MVTmEtH7RhiS2SplUhBjJJa9ex1axrO6OoCCHpEUpRwevDYYaKzwrlleAQVMgqgt6BbkpmcEUMUi8/cjd-bak-09.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa JD - BAK Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p9kHRX19khJyr078SKa2MVTmEtH7RhiS2SplUhBjJJa9ex1axrO6OoCCHpEUpRwevDYYaKzwrlleAQVMgqgt6BbkpmcEUMUi8/cjd-bak-09.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a></div><br />The three basic materials of the house are exposed concrete, glass and wood, as well as the natural decorative elements of the surrounding forest. H21 concrete was used with the addition of a plasticizer to the mix with little amounts of water used to harden, resulting in a very compact material that does not require sealing. The few hollow brick interior walls are finished in smoothing cement. The heating system, since there is no natural gas in the area, was resolved with a system that combines salamander, bottled gas stoves and electric heaters.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pGwIv298u-im8nnklZprwv7MbILxP_-4dkrq0ZX3W60lwdibFOc_WmVlGAOKv12xs9ua5KoKjgdrFPnCkVy3KkkYC6B0fPdJy/cjd-bak-10.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa JD - BAK Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pGwIv298u-im8nnklZprwv7MbILxP_-4dkrq0ZX3W60lwdibFOc_WmVlGAOKv12xs9ua5KoKjgdrFPnCkVy3KkkYC6B0fPdJy/cjd-bak-10.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pibR4hSD7jbtbJBHjvIHejH3CA9dFONKBob_u9fk60Hr8jkjS13CAvmV8NjGVBq473o-ZScdfFmVRPnfZ6lqeJLjA5XoOcMWK/cjd-bak-11.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa JD - BAK Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pibR4hSD7jbtbJBHjvIHejH3CA9dFONKBob_u9fk60Hr8jkjS13CAvmV8NjGVBq473o-ZScdfFmVRPnfZ6lqeJLjA5XoOcMWK/cjd-bak-11.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pJ9rhuBx9Zj2IrODYKO2Mh3Zn9lLLMr0rQzlmcpwGuZ9pWxfVHZO1qZJ68O3f1BrW6tCVty9KalXSVBhcYikTOX4IQqwhmpdS/cjd-bak-12.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa JD - 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BAK Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pFGj7xA4Ydalpeh90b2s9hjeQP7_sH4xzIg6REcuNpV2Nmhq1RAINCxFXYq9CYbnpM1T2uR4-Tt9Z_48gw8ZmGfLCY7hDr7Qt/cjd-bak-21.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a></div><br />Architects: <a href="http://www.bakarquitectos.com.ar/" modo="false" target="_blank">BAK Architects</a>(María Victoria Besonías, Luciano Kruk)<br />Location: Mar Azul, Villa Gesell party, Buenos Aires, Argentina<br />Land area: 600 m2<br />Floor area: 149 m2<br />Year built: 2009<br />Photos: <a href="http://www.sosapinilla.com.ar/index.html" target="_blank">Gustavo Sosa Pinilla</a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p96Q258u0R35ehySUyC7sZNJUvROorMYzNEVyqdNqBmpEMM8LMyYynIETsULYN1iI2yumncJ6sdY0kfcO4oRzrg/cjd-bak-planta.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa JD - BAK Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p96Q258u0R35ehySUyC7sZNJUvROorMYzNEVyqdNqBmpEMM8LMyYynIETsULYN1iI2yumncJ6sdY0kfcO4oRzrg/cjd-bak-planta.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pdotaVqyOjpn871NwsgFw2-54am0IEaaM7YJ6je0Co74DrYV36M6Y-hwP2Nto4Qkdz697J1WiRs-plj5btJR5GA/cjd-bak-planta-alta.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa JD - 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JD House - BAK Architects

The 20m x 30m plot of land in the coastal Mar Azul forest in Buenos Aires, Argentina is the site for BAK Architects‘ JD House, a residence ...

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V21K07 - Pasel.Kuenzael Architects

On the territory of a former slaughterhouse in the historical heart of the Dutch university city of Leiden, emerges one of the biggest urban developments of private dwellings in the Netherlands.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pmBPrgzEnFRyDSEctQ3kvt1cjQuhLlUkPnoCR-HnyHzy-t8n-Aj49wzuM_HAF7VcUUU_SNUo9hJXEsak2sfStj_S3Q0mCTyM3/v21k07-pasel-kuenzael-architects-4668.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="1K07 - Pasel.Kuenzael Architects, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pmBPrgzEnFRyDSEctQ3kvt1cjQuhLlUkPnoCR-HnyHzy-t8n-Aj49wzuM_HAF7VcUUU_SNUo9hJXEsak2sfStj_S3Q0mCTyM3/v21k07-pasel-kuenzael-architects-4668.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p2GHeH6-TOyP6-LQNuGw2r-7BAJcSwqJXzdQTuMelofoRBezs4qJHYuNRCrlPa6rc-4vJKpB-whuRDmRqonsEp8xku2OCGjs9/v21k07-pasel-kuenzael-architects-4681.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="1K07 - Pasel.Kuenzael Architects, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p2GHeH6-TOyP6-LQNuGw2r-7BAJcSwqJXzdQTuMelofoRBezs4qJHYuNRCrlPa6rc-4vJKpB-whuRDmRqonsEp8xku2OCGjs9/v21k07-pasel-kuenzael-architects-4681.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a></div><br />In their series of eleven, Rotterdam based architects pasel.künzel architects present yet another amazing house giving a new interpretation of the classical Dutch housing typology.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pKgLSuEC-2bDYWMOIe0sZWJQbx6zk7lGf_v6KYfJ8gQjGciG6AQdqjG4tVivQYfdLkYoaT6W716ZcCsUPiy93yWLOZomlqrX3/v21k07-pasel-kuenzael-architects-4682.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="1K07 - Pasel.Kuenzael Architects, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pKgLSuEC-2bDYWMOIe0sZWJQbx6zk7lGf_v6KYfJ8gQjGciG6AQdqjG4tVivQYfdLkYoaT6W716ZcCsUPiy93yWLOZomlqrX3/v21k07-pasel-kuenzael-architects-4682.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pWvGVzZlzMrgfbi7IKscOgHr9UYhQaBJvGEk_L_NYag9cd2WgRUhXe05V0_whWc8CPi2gEou7fMrr356CDJ79dMSRxLLbMd6k/v21k07-pasel-kuenzael-architects-4699.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="1K07 - Pasel.Kuenzael Architects, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pWvGVzZlzMrgfbi7IKscOgHr9UYhQaBJvGEk_L_NYag9cd2WgRUhXe05V0_whWc8CPi2gEou7fMrr356CDJ79dMSRxLLbMd6k/v21k07-pasel-kuenzael-architects-4699.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a></div><br />V21K07 puts the functions of a classical House upside-down!<br /><br />In order to profit the most from direct sunlight and the panoramic views over the city the functions of the house were piled up in a rather unusual way.<br /><br />The living area with its generous southeast-orientated roof terrace is situated on the top floor. As there are no partition walls, the open space allows for stunning views over the historical centre of Leiden.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pBhDeZ_3kLfH-KKRVnvLYeiSdJckY5T90lTQoe4kd_kA_EyPnOold8XaSxBq817afNw4hyQfn5kNoFpm5J85iskA98ru_nEZr/v21k07-pasel-kuenzael-architects-4777.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="1K07 - Pasel.Kuenzael Architects, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pBhDeZ_3kLfH-KKRVnvLYeiSdJckY5T90lTQoe4kd_kA_EyPnOold8XaSxBq817afNw4hyQfn5kNoFpm5J85iskA98ru_nEZr/v21k07-pasel-kuenzael-architects-4777.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pSgxKuuey77tVVof_jd1nuMscr4U730y-AFVhF1a-v0U-PygUVxQ_CzFonigJjxDrvZQEvyLlylX1t3Zl5v-gFZYrkBsD1ia-/v21k07-pasel-kuenzael-architects-4793.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="1K07 - Pasel.Kuenzael Architects, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pSgxKuuey77tVVof_jd1nuMscr4U730y-AFVhF1a-v0U-PygUVxQ_CzFonigJjxDrvZQEvyLlylX1t3Zl5v-gFZYrkBsD1ia-/v21k07-pasel-kuenzael-architects-4793.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a></div><br />By contrast the ground floor holds a multipurpose room, giving the opportunity for all inhabitants to make use of it, be it for playing or working, for reading or collective activities. This exposes activities that would normally be the hidden in the attics of Dutch houses. By means of big windows inside and outside merges, making the entrance porch, which replaces the traditional front garden, the communicative heart of the building, as well as an informal meeting spot with the whole neighbourhood. The continuous wooden design of floor, wall and ceiling create a subtle transition from public to private.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1po1JqW7ZYJ0q_EwsSq9zGejzyTGIav0xluaJbR9-5TZ1T91SCkxJ70CSC7zOaY3gNEVJnBwJDq4mdo2s0LKOKeF0uy59ekb1T/v21k07-pasel-kuenzael-architects-4805.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="1K07 - Pasel.Kuenzael Architects, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1po1JqW7ZYJ0q_EwsSq9zGejzyTGIav0xluaJbR9-5TZ1T91SCkxJ70CSC7zOaY3gNEVJnBwJDq4mdo2s0LKOKeF0uy59ekb1T/v21k07-pasel-kuenzael-architects-4805.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a></div><br />Using the full footprint of the plot, the storey in the middle accommodates the kids’ rooms and the master bedroom. Through its cantilever it allows for the entrance area of the house.<br /><br />The black coloured timber façade refers directly to the historical black wooden houses in the region. In order to minimize costs, details were reduced to a bare minimum and only one window format was used. Sliding shutters on the outside allow for privacy and overheating in the summer. The building meets all low-energy standards.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pIHsuXafwz9GuttvNi7RV5c2HUHRcR6mXv9R62j2DHapNOxb3h2XNUv9SX6UhuYebEqWx6fcFGjq1US3RrsYRDA/v21k07-pasel-kuenzael-architects-4833.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="1K07 - Pasel.Kuenzael Architects, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pIHsuXafwz9GuttvNi7RV5c2HUHRcR6mXv9R62j2DHapNOxb3h2XNUv9SX6UhuYebEqWx6fcFGjq1US3RrsYRDA/v21k07-pasel-kuenzael-architects-4833.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a></div><br />Architects: <a href="http://www.paselkuenzel.com/"> pasel.kuenzel architects</a> <br />Location: Leiden, The Netherlands<br />Project Team: R. Pasel, F. Künzel, F. Sack, S. Wolff, S. Bein, S. Pape<br />Project year: 2010<br />Photographs: <a href="http://www.primabeeld.nl/" modo="false">Marcel van der Burg</a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p66BCOKKX4Skqzk-BdBuBo5qFIN820V7HVKOTNmUEKAABAClPz-T6YKdIQx0sQ7jabBdkQ2BM9SyGgrdOFWyK8g/v21k07-perspektive3-modell.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="1K07 - Pasel.Kuenzael Architects, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p66BCOKKX4Skqzk-BdBuBo5qFIN820V7HVKOTNmUEKAABAClPz-T6YKdIQx0sQ7jabBdkQ2BM9SyGgrdOFWyK8g/v21k07-perspektive3-modell.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pOaV7iQC3hUPDMyzhqvMn7j7uOX_TE-QMeQSuvafVxCq1ADl6vAC4oA1v5DWFroFg8r0fFfQIZBirShXejPXnUw/ground-floor-plan.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="1K07 - Pasel.Kuenzael Architects, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pOaV7iQC3hUPDMyzhqvMn7j7uOX_TE-QMeQSuvafVxCq1ADl6vAC4oA1v5DWFroFg8r0fFfQIZBirShXejPXnUw/ground-floor-plan.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pTBkz2pz332Le_-zghUplcqVwLc239CNqkSuG31XfoaYhnkh3TeS0uAuEEhhxqvmfh1e5aXvS6kTRRjW4zl6CjQ/second-floor-plan.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="1K07 - Pasel.Kuenzael Architects, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pTBkz2pz332Le_-zghUplcqVwLc239CNqkSuG31XfoaYhnkh3TeS0uAuEEhhxqvmfh1e5aXvS6kTRRjW4zl6CjQ/second-floor-plan.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pTBkz2pz332LFJNY97vdNkkJ7YCr-gEIzUCwoJUe4ifIGfp6t9SV0yDR7k9L1XVgKUpk9emiC2HmJCdwKT0OK3w/third-floor-plan.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="1K07 - Pasel.Kuenzael Architects, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pTBkz2pz332LFJNY97vdNkkJ7YCr-gEIzUCwoJUe4ifIGfp6t9SV0yDR7k9L1XVgKUpk9emiC2HmJCdwKT0OK3w/third-floor-plan.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p66BCOKKX4SkNoPmvmw9U9aMid-8CIxOhqUoTGsnDj-oLLiWBc5KrWoUPybMDWyX_jL_42GovUVKpBF8OcKZcDQ/corte.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="1K07 - Pasel.Kuenzael Architects, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p66BCOKKX4SkNoPmvmw9U9aMid-8CIxOhqUoTGsnDj-oLLiWBc5KrWoUPybMDWyX_jL_42GovUVKpBF8OcKZcDQ/corte.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a></div>

V21K07 - Pasel.Kuenzael Architects

On the territory of a former slaughterhouse in the historical heart of the Dutch university city of Leiden, emerges one of the biggest urban...

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Pitch House - Iñaqui Carnicero

The house is located in a small neighbourhood on the west boundaries of Madrid in a place called “los Peñascales”, that mean something as well as great stones. The plot is characterized to have a great slope oriented to the south and have two great granite rocks partially covered by moss. The structure of the house at a functional level as formal is explained perfectly in section. The underground level is used to solve the encounter with the slope of the land.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1ppvy2xg66mTs9cWdsNiG8wt3ES2MKJJtyIExzr8ZdZqNRDy94eXrxSe80tLv_YKsoJ1vdVNyYYio3AOsmYwrqXrj1cDT8CLs-/casa-penascales-2.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Pitch - Iñaqui Carnicero, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1ppvy2xg66mTs9cWdsNiG8wt3ES2MKJJtyIExzr8ZdZqNRDy94eXrxSe80tLv_YKsoJ1vdVNyYYio3AOsmYwrqXrj1cDT8CLs-/casa-penascales-2.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a> </div><br />It incorporates two granite rocks, one of them structurally and other as an articulation that makes the main access to the house. The ceiling of the underground level generates the white floor made of calcareus stone that constitutes the noble plane where the daily life is developed. A single space opened to the south only close by glass that disappears to incorporate the water plane of the swimming pool in a first plane and the mount named “el pardo” in a second.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pfD4DgeMlMQ9Nxkci1WsTUyrBtcvQ9zD7sRLU9nRPypq3NbmsWPRY7CcZqt8nuS6N-xzOBwiZmQd5r9ctk2Q-s8029tasTqu5/casa-penascales-noche.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Pitch - Iñaqui Carnicero, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pfD4DgeMlMQ9Nxkci1WsTUyrBtcvQ9zD7sRLU9nRPypq3NbmsWPRY7CcZqt8nuS6N-xzOBwiZmQd5r9ctk2Q-s8029tasTqu5/casa-penascales-noche.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a> <br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pL0N3w2p3FQ6LnnpeqD92_0UIz9rQ-NYuuBD7CxPzoTuR4OBagqQLKnwhUre0to2J-tHRA-Y9xs5c6GUrCLQDIx5i42CsDxmw/pe--ascales11.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Pitch - Iñaqui Carnicero, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pL0N3w2p3FQ6LnnpeqD92_0UIz9rQ-NYuuBD7CxPzoTuR4OBagqQLKnwhUre0to2J-tHRA-Y9xs5c6GUrCLQDIx5i42CsDxmw/pe--ascales11.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a> <br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1plwTI8e4sJ0mZ8NzZ-AYqrDwgnFskkj2rkJ0t-mXBxmbBoO5-3kgRx_ZRGpuC77VSm9zDIFtWZcthTxLN4wOPwtQya8Q7R0rS/pe--ascales13.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Pitch - Iñaqui Carnicero, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1plwTI8e4sJ0mZ8NzZ-AYqrDwgnFskkj2rkJ0t-mXBxmbBoO5-3kgRx_ZRGpuC77VSm9zDIFtWZcthTxLN4wOPwtQya8Q7R0rS/pe--ascales13.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a></div><br />This closure does not fit with the perimeter of the first floor but moves inside to generated two porches at the ends and a marquee on the front that allows the entrance of rays of the sun in winter and is protected of its impact during the warm months of summer. The first floor is been thought like a closed box made of concrete that floats over the glass of the ground floor. Here is where the rest of the rooms are organized as well as the zones destined to the study.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pyfyPO088wtuZdDgokD5D_d969W1CHy4DjGCDJbf7MshOzqG4txEVYUPVcCe6u1Of_ENddK7vKbv2llMoeNF57w3OUVXot3wu/casa-penascales-1.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Pitch - Iñaqui Carnicero, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pyfyPO088wtuZdDgokD5D_d969W1CHy4DjGCDJbf7MshOzqG4txEVYUPVcCe6u1Of_ENddK7vKbv2llMoeNF57w3OUVXot3wu/casa-penascales-1.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a> <br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pC2TypSw41xnaiPSr8if5iZQ7oJbQAry5SuUySGYvUfdEZcajvz3m-7B-YuvC8kivarxEY20RfQZphkzPupJRjQPz5KH7SXPu/casa-penascales-3.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Pitch - Iñaqui Carnicero, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pC2TypSw41xnaiPSr8if5iZQ7oJbQAry5SuUySGYvUfdEZcajvz3m-7B-YuvC8kivarxEY20RfQZphkzPupJRjQPz5KH7SXPu/casa-penascales-3.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a> <br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pY72YVQQeEKx7tUNpM14um3xPWCvDKWAXJJhnXKoFtc1oAzq4nCA3cNFNMWPfPp3eaCvNhBW5xRA6w_Nc1QMiaykRxqJFHXk_/casa-penascales-4.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Pitch - Iñaqui Carnicero, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pY72YVQQeEKx7tUNpM14um3xPWCvDKWAXJJhnXKoFtc1oAzq4nCA3cNFNMWPfPp3eaCvNhBW5xRA6w_Nc1QMiaykRxqJFHXk_/casa-penascales-4.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a> <br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pJN4e4G3C41bi96zXd9iuOv4oCwItrO_XhrtMUDyfvk-ACDS2kqp11dqmKNZfXEdadJ_QBvOZ-tnGUOcDagXaBZ8YByis8_Pl/pe--ascales2.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Pitch - Iñaqui Carnicero, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pJN4e4G3C41bi96zXd9iuOv4oCwItrO_XhrtMUDyfvk-ACDS2kqp11dqmKNZfXEdadJ_QBvOZ-tnGUOcDagXaBZ8YByis8_Pl/pe--ascales2.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a></div><br />A unique bay window located at 1,40 meter of height allows to trim the skyline of the landscape and uniformly illuminates the concrete ceiling. The independence of levels is only interrupted by two double heights that put in relation both spaces described previously. The economic restrictions have caused that the house is solved with the minimal possible gestures that nevertheless generates a great diversity of spaces and attractive situations.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pxd3CfJ3GxuoLxPjHVN-lvQkObJfRYVvhv46FtkkY5TLqVtq0cFvcVLN2Qsgi4nkT3t1HqmGelMSxUJyqOdDMxIlwPONnSaOB/pe--ascales3.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Pitch - Iñaqui Carnicero, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pxd3CfJ3GxuoLxPjHVN-lvQkObJfRYVvhv46FtkkY5TLqVtq0cFvcVLN2Qsgi4nkT3t1HqmGelMSxUJyqOdDMxIlwPONnSaOB/pe--ascales3.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a> <br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pneRtUXHM-GAztDYIFSgrFmFhVmSWZikWw4cz7i6hda_msyTxXXcUP0AyJ5xEgeRmmlbgDkGis7FPE1GNnvJdRSEA0QQaq4Y5/pe--ascales7.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Pitch - Iñaqui Carnicero, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pneRtUXHM-GAztDYIFSgrFmFhVmSWZikWw4cz7i6hda_msyTxXXcUP0AyJ5xEgeRmmlbgDkGis7FPE1GNnvJdRSEA0QQaq4Y5/pe--ascales7.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a> <br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pg6awTvQfvN4wesI-Vojzg_D1yrewVJNeDr3EG-QLGuRF6JhsmHeCbeKISmrAgzheNGJp_x29nVAW3S8CIJGcr3JQaOhSVbWH/penascales6.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Pitch - Iñaqui Carnicero, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pg6awTvQfvN4wesI-Vojzg_D1yrewVJNeDr3EG-QLGuRF6JhsmHeCbeKISmrAgzheNGJp_x29nVAW3S8CIJGcr3JQaOhSVbWH/penascales6.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a></div><br />Architect: <a href="http://www.inaquicarnicero.com/">Iñaqui Carnicero</a><br />Location: Los Peñascales, Madrid, Spain<br />Technical Architect: Manuel Iglesias<br />Contractor: Antón Iakobiny Pitch S.L.<br />Client: Guirao-Carnicero<br />Project Year: 2005-2009<br />Photographs: <a href="http://www.rolandhalbe.com/">Roland Hable</a>, Iñaqui Carnicero<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p-z4xAC9XMmsqdvwYDF2O0HCeb5eMY9Tol_UxUh6hljoJ6xeji41PEPsdce9Ad3xO9tWBXSB9dMEldsjMHH0V5A/plans.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Pitch - Iñaqui Carnicero, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p-z4xAC9XMmsqdvwYDF2O0HCeb5eMY9Tol_UxUh6hljoJ6xeji41PEPsdce9Ad3xO9tWBXSB9dMEldsjMHH0V5A/plans.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a> <br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pehjuO6sdyOR07CxyzIvw_Ed5rhOlCuhboLp2IFofSAEQBuvv7zR5cNlUDRxGwB6oL107a2eZfOq0g3Eq15xIsQ/penascales4.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Pitch - Iñaqui Carnicero, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pehjuO6sdyOR07CxyzIvw_Ed5rhOlCuhboLp2IFofSAEQBuvv7zR5cNlUDRxGwB6oL107a2eZfOq0g3Eq15xIsQ/penascales4.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a> <br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pXs8Dl1kVPm3Dzhjp0SmxjrKU9jmKXUj1HP9dWIlZ604H9QBJxcQ6LNKF085ZoX05qaBrivSrpq5pQQvvodAf1A/section1.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Pitch - Iñaqui Carnicero, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pXs8Dl1kVPm3Dzhjp0SmxjrKU9jmKXUj1HP9dWIlZ604H9QBJxcQ6LNKF085ZoX05qaBrivSrpq5pQQvvodAf1A/section1.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a> <br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1piqCe67UMbbqCF__SF5-wwwwwAYru7yrIiCOCJVEDHsstKG5-Fhe0Hk9MUfyLaHuFE10dBpUi3buvveRcT-swgA/section2.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Pitch - Iñaqui Carnicero, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1piqCe67UMbbqCF__SF5-wwwwwAYru7yrIiCOCJVEDHsstKG5-Fhe0Hk9MUfyLaHuFE10dBpUi3buvveRcT-swgA/section2.jpg?psid=1" style="width: 600px;" /></a> </div>

Pitch House - Iñaqui Carnicero

The house is located in a small neighbourhood on the west boundaries of Madrid in a place called “los Peñascales”, that mean something as we...

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Double House - Langarita Navarro Arquitectos

Moving their home to the outer limits of a small town in the province of Zaragoza is the wish of a newly married couple about to retire. Embodied in their decision lies the conviction that it is possible to both undergo a radical change and still enjoy the comforts of their previous life. To explore this dual situation a project has been designed which attempts to evade its usual position as a solution at the end of a process and to take positions as starting point or state previous to the development.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pO_nISr3u6TyRrROz4R_78fTAjFy1ulGk8Pt1s2uGXi-G9yl7WwSUs5byipvUvL2J4-KTWmzrUSoooFkPMHzPPaQ4mCqBEmc7/lna-casa-doble-11.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Doble - Langarita Navarro Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pO_nISr3u6TyRrROz4R_78fTAjFy1ulGk8Pt1s2uGXi-G9yl7WwSUs5byipvUvL2J4-KTWmzrUSoooFkPMHzPPaQ4mCqBEmc7/lna-casa-doble-11.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pm857kwuURsGFfTqT9-BN8RAOCZqWeVFsHxhAC-obtH-7SHtG7flD2upIdy9q_VS3rVcNw-sF9uMnFRSb_zn6Kbt5ATvhPkYu/casa-doble-langarita-navarro-1.png?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Doble - Langarita Navarro Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pm857kwuURsGFfTqT9-BN8RAOCZqWeVFsHxhAC-obtH-7SHtG7flD2upIdy9q_VS3rVcNw-sF9uMnFRSb_zn6Kbt5ATvhPkYu/casa-doble-langarita-navarro-1.png?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a></div><br /><div align="left">It is generally accepted that the difference between the rural and the urban worlds has to do with the proximity to certain centres and to the specific ways of life derived from them. Descriptions linked to constructions (in their broadest sense) which display spaces, rhythms and rituals between people and their surroundings.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1phz43YlDckkp2DNW551OseS90FKuiivAJS2fyTVLoLIrsk-ovSMHHog_ZdcUoJPZ1ua6HchUGxjJVsRHBStAKTKltNS_OYzOH/casa-doble-langarita-navarro-2.png?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Doble - Langarita Navarro Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1phz43YlDckkp2DNW551OseS90FKuiivAJS2fyTVLoLIrsk-ovSMHHog_ZdcUoJPZ1ua6HchUGxjJVsRHBStAKTKltNS_OYzOH/casa-doble-langarita-navarro-2.png?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pKPDHmDgaeZrxDrtQ_ob-X52B8WTpxG0juadN4XxcYYtUYQrGjGjsu25t_f6SgHDdo8bbYuksWeiAlu7j4nVmwaQB_5oI2gaP/casa-doble-langarita-navarro-3.png?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Doble - Langarita Navarro Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pKPDHmDgaeZrxDrtQ_ob-X52B8WTpxG0juadN4XxcYYtUYQrGjGjsu25t_f6SgHDdo8bbYuksWeiAlu7j4nVmwaQB_5oI2gaP/casa-doble-langarita-navarro-3.png?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a></div><br /><div align="left">With this project, our aim was to evaluate, starting with the home, which housing conditions and expectations of life could mobilise each of these forms by contrasting them with the experiences and wishes of the clients. The conversations led to a duality of interests: on the one hand those regarding manageability, ways of use, organisation and representation associated to those of a conventional urban flat; and on the other hand, the search for an uninhibited, light-hearted and active life, linked to the outdoors and a move to a softened “wild life”.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pxw-_dPLHnYuVsCC8LjB7BiQOcK6GFrNmsmS448WoAjfF64uguy5cUmB0Gzr2F1xR2JJv9q720wVCQDDhSEkb3RbTD-SKepdT/Ina-casa-doble-0.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Doble - Langarita Navarro Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pxw-_dPLHnYuVsCC8LjB7BiQOcK6GFrNmsmS448WoAjfF64uguy5cUmB0Gzr2F1xR2JJv9q720wVCQDDhSEkb3RbTD-SKepdT/Ina-casa-doble-0.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pXpmG4jeCbsNmWIdMJKvVOOMTpCoRYJd75H_W59s-AoKKFMw9tDA13w6Qmbw1Yjonssg98GpadTIJWMZekHGJiD7aKYp8OV_E/lna-casa-doble-1.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Doble - Langarita Navarro Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pXpmG4jeCbsNmWIdMJKvVOOMTpCoRYJd75H_W59s-AoKKFMw9tDA13w6Qmbw1Yjonssg98GpadTIJWMZekHGJiD7aKYp8OV_E/lna-casa-doble-1.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a></div><br /><div align="left">The plot, with a gentle, northward slope overlooking a wide, cultivated valley, is within the boundaries of the mountain town of Algairén, devoted mainly to the production of wine and oil. The land is part of an olive grove, annexed to the perimeter of the village. The house is positioned on the north side along the length of the developable limit in order to gain a small garden and a vegetable patch to the south and have privacy from the street. The project has been developed using two parallel houses, elevated a storey above ground level to enjoy views of the valley and the olive trees.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pDEDB4KrVWqTb4dK5I0YySzYcK5cNqAMGzk1ASLMII4cn9zOKRdNAKH1evzzAVuLVDcuguu69RRHOmBPO4y57WB1w_9dN3h5J/lna-casa-doble-2.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Doble - Langarita Navarro Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pDEDB4KrVWqTb4dK5I0YySzYcK5cNqAMGzk1ASLMII4cn9zOKRdNAKH1evzzAVuLVDcuguu69RRHOmBPO4y57WB1w_9dN3h5J/lna-casa-doble-2.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pBIXlPj2dVlGcbSRZgUlwcjmpSoed-ew3TfFwlf1u07AGFlRuPOfbdNUdAFF_W5da3V-VioxHApXPcYXsTyqZUPlfRoiaetv_/lna-casa-doble-3.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Doble - Langarita Navarro Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pBIXlPj2dVlGcbSRZgUlwcjmpSoed-ew3TfFwlf1u07AGFlRuPOfbdNUdAFF_W5da3V-VioxHApXPcYXsTyqZUPlfRoiaetv_/lna-casa-doble-3.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a></div><br /><div align="left">The first is a rectangular structure, conventional in construction with a narrow section, inheritor of the ideas of the modern movement where the nuclei of kitchen and bathroom areas separated the various living spaces thus always ensuring independence, dual orientation and cross ventilation.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1piJ2ou38LLnJa2-gS2YXmVBHoAWlrvQc87H9zXDuR-lGV-OaG4ubNAHUJM2g2wlz4COrubE_UK2ps5U07gavFllpV1lCTDokK/lna-casa-doble-4.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Doble - Langarita Navarro Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1piJ2ou38LLnJa2-gS2YXmVBHoAWlrvQc87H9zXDuR-lGV-OaG4ubNAHUJM2g2wlz4COrubE_UK2ps5U07gavFllpV1lCTDokK/lna-casa-doble-4.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a></div><br /><div align="left">Leaving the windows behind on the southern façade (as would an adolescent Gerald Durrel in search of adventure), the second home can be reached: an irregular geometric platform covered by a structural wooden shutter which folds to create different, unplanned areas connected directly to the bathrooms and kitchen self-contained functionality.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pZT5CCbe9798bfs_V5NPoP9kcDg6aAGsKxUE3ddf2008Lfx6m7GijqFFITHtD8o53qKe1DFVII2_IPyEMcNZ8vR7Y4k0MbyWy/lna-casa-doble-6.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Doble - Langarita Navarro Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pZT5CCbe9798bfs_V5NPoP9kcDg6aAGsKxUE3ddf2008Lfx6m7GijqFFITHtD8o53qKe1DFVII2_IPyEMcNZ8vR7Y4k0MbyWy/lna-casa-doble-6.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a></div><br /><div align="left">The two structures achieve specific characteristics and are geared to use and optimise the house’s resources. The inside of the house is extended on the ground floor to resolve the programme’s requirements. The central nucleus which gives access to the upper floors separates two areas, of non-referential character, serves as a garage and party area. The exterior of the house is covered by a wooden frame with deciduous climbing plants that ensure intimacy from the street while at the same time stopping the house getting hot in the summer and guarantees, along with the planted roof, one of the foundations of the project: the avoidance of mechanical HVAC systems and savings in energy resources.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pHhTEfU2ib24rP-acz-tP9ZWmjbtHMU_d3tKp-wgWaRH-Irkuh0Y6bmJZ-2kwO_ozTLVjs00QO-o6Bc387LObmGSCIR8YrjR8/lna-casa-doble-5.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Doble - Langarita Navarro Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pHhTEfU2ib24rP-acz-tP9ZWmjbtHMU_d3tKp-wgWaRH-Irkuh0Y6bmJZ-2kwO_ozTLVjs00QO-o6Bc387LObmGSCIR8YrjR8/lna-casa-doble-5.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a></div><br /><div align="left">The double house avoids blurring the limits between both desired ways of life or finding a single equal space. On the contrary, the project, with its duality, offers a coexistence of two differentiated house designs encouraging a state of permanent transition. </div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p1OcC_0sTNX7ynkW1Gp1s1Mf9uwVBVZ4CfzSvA4eZBIkMxblJQBh_slBz1yXlkdcgU3yhj8ClLPa5gZDfURllynsFWPsjXnSQ/lna-casa-doble-8.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Doble - Langarita Navarro Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p1OcC_0sTNX7ynkW1Gp1s1Mf9uwVBVZ4CfzSvA4eZBIkMxblJQBh_slBz1yXlkdcgU3yhj8ClLPa5gZDfURllynsFWPsjXnSQ/lna-casa-doble-8.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a></div><br /><div align="left">Architects: Langarita Navarro Arquitectos – María Langarita y Víctor Navarro<br />Location: Almonacid de la Sierra, Zaragoza, Spain<br />Collaborators: Marta Colón, Roberto González, Juan Palencia<br />Engineers: Mecanismo S.l.<br />Construction Year: 2009<br />Client: Private<br />Photos: Luis Diaz Diaz </div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pipVXYIQl6MyQ5TxYS5KzIHVXASVo1vFsu2Eqa7wgB0moJxZPzrlawjCE1WSOsk3-x6maFQUgW2DI6at82P9BDfaYmiKdJ1uV/planta-parcela--color.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Doble - Langarita Navarro Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pipVXYIQl6MyQ5TxYS5KzIHVXASVo1vFsu2Eqa7wgB0moJxZPzrlawjCE1WSOsk3-x6maFQUgW2DI6at82P9BDfaYmiKdJ1uV/planta-parcela--color.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pS7gAT74DPGzJZ38ody2Ikyb8_kJM1s9F-BUh3NxyEGreUuH_5UmsitzuChpuz77jCihAOq1y0u9dIdAGdI0jhsZp3hwcKwXO/planta-color.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Doble - Langarita Navarro Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pS7gAT74DPGzJZ38ody2Ikyb8_kJM1s9F-BUh3NxyEGreUuH_5UmsitzuChpuz77jCihAOq1y0u9dIdAGdI0jhsZp3hwcKwXO/planta-color.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p7b-CanFEpkyUDrzyydf8P1ipDOuOcMzl5HeWltQT_gyJDB0RVUP4KzNSGBzl7om9QPeK8rCpWWkv2nHUGdD8AhN6R97kuPVC/alzado-color.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Doble - Langarita Navarro Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p7b-CanFEpkyUDrzyydf8P1ipDOuOcMzl5HeWltQT_gyJDB0RVUP4KzNSGBzl7om9QPeK8rCpWWkv2nHUGdD8AhN6R97kuPVC/alzado-color.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1phz43YlDckkpv8dh3nhnAb-MAvaJTdfjQZ1c-xyVv4pNm55KzXuVik3SaWFA19YVw4qUoZ2UAaibrTAHbN0WR4qbxhyRU_moX/casa-doble-langarita-navarro-4.png?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Doble - Langarita Navarro Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1phz43YlDckkpv8dh3nhnAb-MAvaJTdfjQZ1c-xyVv4pNm55KzXuVik3SaWFA19YVw4qUoZ2UAaibrTAHbN0WR4qbxhyRU_moX/casa-doble-langarita-navarro-4.png?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p2tyd8nMHuP7WEYEJwBnrGap0FF_4fUj1CVFpAtOBDwfon-US50MdYKrM5xS2Oh4EGtpAe-89GnKBUeVptux-LOFtU1Q__qNO/secci--n-color.jpg?psid=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Casa Doble - Langarita Navarro Arquitectos, Arquitectura, diseño, casas" border="0" src="http://uq48sw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p2tyd8nMHuP7WEYEJwBnrGap0FF_4fUj1CVFpAtOBDwfon-US50MdYKrM5xS2Oh4EGtpAe-89GnKBUeVptux-LOFtU1Q__qNO/secci--n-color.jpg?psid=1" style="cursor: hand; width: 600px;" /></a></div>

Double House - Langarita Navarro Arquitectos

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