Huski Apartments - Elenberg Fraser Architecture

Built on a corner site, Huski is a five level apartment hotel, open for both the winter and summer seasons at Falls Creek, in the Victorian high lands.<br />It comprises fourteen apartments (4 x studio, 2 x 1 bedroom, 2 x 2 bedroom, 4 x 3 bedroom and 2 x 4 bedroom, 2 level penthouse), and day spa and produce store/café on the ground level.<br />All apartments are self-cater, with full kitchens and laundry facilities. With the exception of the studios, each apartment has a terrace and balcony hot tub.<br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pMYCBfwdIaq_Luo5MCyT7mKJMglTRlAtbsM2ZxqCz9PttUECOz-qcuQy2yeLDH4F8BKfLo1wTleZlC4WsO2kSMw/huski-apartments-elenberg-fraser-architecture-pb028.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Huski Apartments - Elenberg Fraser Architecture, Architecture, Design, Housing" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pMYCBfwdIaq_Luo5MCyT7mKJMglTRlAtbsM2ZxqCz9PttUECOz-qcuQy2yeLDH4F8BKfLo1wTleZlC4WsO2kSMw/huski-apartments-elenberg-fraser-architecture-pb028.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />The design for Huski originated from the study of snowflake geometry. The pure yet complex patterns combined with the influence of Australian timber alpine huts and international alpine resorts provided the basis for the resulting architectural form.<br />Radial in nature, the building responds to the delicate surrounding environment while utilising the steep site to maximise views of the Kiewa valley and Mt Spion Kopje, and allowing the scenery to penetrate every apartment. The modulated planes of the north façade emphasise the dynamic quality of the building both in plan and elevation. In contrast the subtlety of the worn timber materials is calming and suggests an affinity with local building typologies. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p8_hOstfdZ9e0iVr9N_lB7z0WtLaGjauxgPqkXNwVn-wo7JUBJ_ihkkzyy7hhswkNlh51Ciiz-guSmtJMAG4Tug/huski-apartments-elenberg-fraser-architecture-pb029.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Huski Apartments - Elenberg Fraser Architecture, Architecture, Design, Housing" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p8_hOstfdZ9e0iVr9N_lB7z0WtLaGjauxgPqkXNwVn-wo7JUBJ_ihkkzyy7hhswkNlh51Ciiz-guSmtJMAG4Tug/huski-apartments-elenberg-fraser-architecture-pb029.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br /><strong>Phenomena</strong> </div><div align="left"><br />The problem of alpine architecture is the big roof – the crushing reality of snow load. Huski deals with this in a prosaic way and then presents an alternative phenomenon: one that holds the snow in (and seemingly off) the façade and not the roof – a snow building without eaves, the impossible: a snowman. It emphasises the building form as an outcrop: out of and from the landscape, not a canopy placed over it. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p3nREdsZv_FQaxUdWdYgXG9L1D2hfXw_VgIqUrpVDjxUCjLXKPkYX3r0ggi_PC6dh6wM-kAcy31lstXMNSE-PAw/huski-apartments-elenberg-fraser-architecture-pb030.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Huski Apartments - Elenberg Fraser Architecture, Architecture, Design, Housing" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p3nREdsZv_FQaxUdWdYgXG9L1D2hfXw_VgIqUrpVDjxUCjLXKPkYX3r0ggi_PC6dh6wM-kAcy31lstXMNSE-PAw/huski-apartments-elenberg-fraser-architecture-pb030.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br /><strong>Miniaturisation<br /></strong><br />Like its neo-Tyrolean neighbours, Huski is a study in miniaturisation, but of a different kind. Huski is the compression of apartment building and hotel into a new typology. The plans consider the fundamental dimensions of sociability and pleasure, the exacting spatial detail of liveability and privacy: the extraction of superfluous space. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pCNcthbrNIRWmgTWdYAJsN8Oe3--y747M7wYvuYApUbE5VlLYkOd-FJrqc-AX5eM2dXOVUCeE9nG8BouMe5rfNQ/huski-apartments-elenberg-fraser-architecture-pb031.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Huski Apartments - Elenberg Fraser Architecture, Architecture, Design, Housing" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pCNcthbrNIRWmgTWdYAJsN8Oe3--y747M7wYvuYApUbE5VlLYkOd-FJrqc-AX5eM2dXOVUCeE9nG8BouMe5rfNQ/huski-apartments-elenberg-fraser-architecture-pb031.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br /><strong>Organic</strong><br /><br />Up close, the building is an organic array of eucalyptus boxes. These private enclosures of hot tub and bedroom project idiosyncratic views through the trees and to the valley beyond. Each room draws its own horizon, setting and disturbing the rhythm of the façade: a collective identity made from individual expression. From afar, Huski addresses the scale of the mountain itself, not the module of the apartment, causing a shift in apprehension and scale as you approach. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1peavVJZOPVnjeZdT4nZYJX3jj24XUYPOaQvBzKK6Es_GGDDf9guNyuvr8cuFWKpOZOoimD-kwBgDUzmMa9NIj9Q/huski-apartments-elenberg-fraser-architecture-001.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Huski Apartments - Elenberg Fraser Architecture, Architecture, Design, Housing" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1peavVJZOPVnjeZdT4nZYJX3jj24XUYPOaQvBzKK6Es_GGDDf9guNyuvr8cuFWKpOZOoimD-kwBgDUzmMa9NIj9Q/huski-apartments-elenberg-fraser-architecture-001.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br /><strong>Inhabitation</strong><br /><br />This occupied eucalyptus wall follows the eye as it traverses the building’s surface. Framed boxes tilt this way and that, alternating from room to terrace. Huski inhabitants are like the eyes of statuettes in a baroque façade – this is not a mask, but a reverberating surface both revealing and concealing the activity within: under scrutiny the surface breaks down. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1puREhF6bvpkq_djT4tUiIX-pF2VPMbB6GzfjJSEekL8IXDfpKk9nG_35GXO2ZXm34i69QewK-V9cOffjd3mAbkA/huski-apartments-elenberg-fraser-architecture-003.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Huski Apartments - Elenberg Fraser Architecture, Architecture, Design, Housing" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1puREhF6bvpkq_djT4tUiIX-pF2VPMbB6GzfjJSEekL8IXDfpKk9nG_35GXO2ZXm34i69QewK-V9cOffjd3mAbkA/huski-apartments-elenberg-fraser-architecture-003.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br /><strong>Design</strong> </div><div align="left"><br />Much is said of architecture that ignores its constituent parts, its base material and its production. For us, design is a continuous process of conception and manipulation – conceiving of the intellectual/formal framework and manipulating our base material according to code: one percent conception, 99 percent manipulation. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1ppjZHO0Ytv1wBr5aB8TnJlb9rIsSQoj9op9fLmoeUyPX0Lk44mhyjlT9byTnNhL4PZqhqGpnThGrvGH7b_aqWTg/huski-apartments-elenberg-fraser-architecture-009.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Huski Apartments - Elenberg Fraser Architecture, Architecture, Design, Housing" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1ppjZHO0Ytv1wBr5aB8TnJlb9rIsSQoj9op9fLmoeUyPX0Lk44mhyjlT9byTnNhL4PZqhqGpnThGrvGH7b_aqWTg/huski-apartments-elenberg-fraser-architecture-009.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p1ES1O5_Yyz1bHLzxzLxDfiVRE_UUB7_BDE5MAuCVAi0yxuuvGZua31jK-JtBsfJpyLO1E-IsF31qAhF9edCiew/huski-apartments-elenberg-fraser-architecture-010.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Huski Apartments - Elenberg Fraser Architecture, Architecture, Design, Housing" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p1ES1O5_Yyz1bHLzxzLxDfiVRE_UUB7_BDE5MAuCVAi0yxuuvGZua31jK-JtBsfJpyLO1E-IsF31qAhF9edCiew/huski-apartments-elenberg-fraser-architecture-010.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br /><strong>Natural Ventilation</strong><br /><br />All habitable rooms have fully operable windows or doors and indoor/outdoor spaces that encourage the use of the external environment during temperate periods.<br /><br /><strong>Sun Shading to Northern Façade<br /></strong><br />The faceting and thickness of the northern façade provides shading to glazing during the summer months. During winter the lower sun is able to penetrate the façade providing higher solar penetration.<br /></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pTc1hOk8KWKHUmTXQN9mLVlErdcegekyXh6Ar9cPPpTtmPS1FzJVP1EvS2xqyMVJ8OZcCLiVkf1XGa_1OQOQf3w/huski-apartments-elenberg-fraser-architecture-011.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Huski Apartments - Elenberg Fraser Architecture, Architecture, Design, Housing" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pTc1hOk8KWKHUmTXQN9mLVlErdcegekyXh6Ar9cPPpTtmPS1FzJVP1EvS2xqyMVJ8OZcCLiVkf1XGa_1OQOQf3w/huski-apartments-elenberg-fraser-architecture-011.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pYcSH8QZYX3vF1TtInTp60vta09jMMrDt-5lfCEHwGUV-ZElizcZFGWHgpbtkUoZVVVJgXFDGBdepQMYUK3N6DQ/huski-apartments-elenberg-fraser-architecture-012.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Huski Apartments - Elenberg Fraser Architecture, Architecture, Design, Housing" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pYcSH8QZYX3vF1TtInTp60vta09jMMrDt-5lfCEHwGUV-ZElizcZFGWHgpbtkUoZVVVJgXFDGBdepQMYUK3N6DQ/huski-apartments-elenberg-fraser-architecture-012.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br /><strong>Snow Retaining Roof</strong> </div><div align="left"><br />The Huski roof is designed to retain snow during the winter months. This layer of snow provides a thermal blanket dramatically reducing thermal loss.<br /><br /><strong>Organisation of spaces inside and out<br /></strong><br />The client wanted to create a new type of boutique hotel that not only provided luxury accommodation for its guests but amenity for the general public. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pRQpHpW7gE1pM_rX3IbmXRc3cVs9-CI90T14iDKwSigywo759IQP-KrqQWsp5Y5-QMXI4_ei8RyOC3_48Vf8P8A/huski-apartments-elenberg-fraser-architecture-015.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Huski Apartments - Elenberg Fraser Architecture, Architecture, Design, Housing" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pRQpHpW7gE1pM_rX3IbmXRc3cVs9-CI90T14iDKwSigywo759IQP-KrqQWsp5Y5-QMXI4_ei8RyOC3_48Vf8P8A/huski-apartments-elenberg-fraser-architecture-015.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />The project is a consolidation of the precinct of neighbouring 5 star accommodation and the relationship of the building to the street was an important consideration. The terrace area at the front of the building moderates the steep level change between the street and Huski’s ground floor commercial facilities.<br /><br />Skier access is another important consideration as Falls Creek is a ski in/ski out village. We have provided a ramped landscape element to the east of the building to provide access for Huski patrons as well as the lodges up hill from our site. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1ps7QjpAC7aOddQX9E3AEx9ZGTJa3tTBO1XRQdwyhi48UpX1JToQa9XqGTdjx5R3S7ytokAWz2FkD0hYDvNlmmug/huski-apartments-elenberg-fraser-architecture-017.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Huski Apartments - Elenberg Fraser Architecture, Architecture, Design, Housing" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1ps7QjpAC7aOddQX9E3AEx9ZGTJa3tTBO1XRQdwyhi48UpX1JToQa9XqGTdjx5R3S7ytokAWz2FkD0hYDvNlmmug/huski-apartments-elenberg-fraser-architecture-017.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><br />Architects: <a href="http://www.e-f.com.au/">Elenberg Fraser Architecture</a></div><div align="left">Location: Falls Creek, Victoria, Australia</div><div align="left">Project year: 2004</div><div align="left">Construction year: 2005</div><div align="left">Client: Zacamoco</div><div align="left">Project team: Callum Fraser, Zahava Elenberg, David Harrap, Lauren Holland, Cassian Lau, Andrew Davidson, Eugenia Lai, Karl Engstrom, Bryan Miller</div><div align="left">Structural Consultant: Felicetti</div><div align="left">Hydraulic, mechanical, electrical, fire services: Norman Disney & Young</div><div align="left">Fire Engineering: ARUPs</div><div align="left">Quantity Surveyor: Slattery Australia</div><div align="left">Building Surveyor: Gardner Group</div><div align="left">Photographs: Tony Miller </div><div align="center"><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p6r2LMXprRTWHyM1wDC9Qwzte2_N06jsjB7B95rspRxp7G-WnOaanHZA1Ayq54fs0rEhZ9s78wbbhlg4wygKmZg/general-floor-plan.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Huski Apartments - Elenberg Fraser Architecture, Architecture, Design, Housing" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p6r2LMXprRTWHyM1wDC9Qwzte2_N06jsjB7B95rspRxp7G-WnOaanHZA1Ayq54fs0rEhZ9s78wbbhlg4wygKmZg/general-floor-plan.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1peJ0gPH3gAvN5JrmZG1kUxPsDJVo1QiEw9aUVnp4JL3hkDaTIJLR9Wq1r4hl6yWGyiAwu6S3hWNPFlMxw25yy6Q/ground-floor-plan.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Huski Apartments - Elenberg Fraser Architecture, Architecture, Design, Housing" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1peJ0gPH3gAvN5JrmZG1kUxPsDJVo1QiEw9aUVnp4JL3hkDaTIJLR9Wq1r4hl6yWGyiAwu6S3hWNPFlMxw25yy6Q/ground-floor-plan.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1plnZzU1eICokG-LKHL_0rkxxQ5y3gWPwQEidP_I4PN5WEXpJvTt2ET9mV7w4C0pnoY_1CP-_JV4yGhS2j20t1kg/2-bed-apartment-plan.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Huski Apartments - Elenberg Fraser Architecture, Architecture, Design, Housing" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1plnZzU1eICokG-LKHL_0rkxxQ5y3gWPwQEidP_I4PN5WEXpJvTt2ET9mV7w4C0pnoY_1CP-_JV4yGhS2j20t1kg/2-bed-apartment-plan.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1psjy4r0xmyo9XY7Cg2nWiaU9Yrkzoa4fsZ9inNks5yQeORHaI5ed8q2wVWctAucgv3z0QDqLyW5ZG06m6bFEoIw/plan-details.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Huski Apartments - Elenberg Fraser Architecture, Architecture, Design, Housing" border="0" src="http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1psjy4r0xmyo9XY7Cg2nWiaU9Yrkzoa4fsZ9inNks5yQeORHaI5ed8q2wVWctAucgv3z0QDqLyW5ZG06m6bFEoIw/plan-details.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /></div>

Huski Apartments - Elenberg Fraser Architecture

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De Rokade - Arons en Gelauff Architecten

<span style="font-family:verdana;">In 2003, Groningen municipal council launched a project “The Intense City” to keep the city compact by increasing the building density of districts around the Centre. The Rokade Residential Tower Block is situated on one of the first increased density locations, and marks the corner of the Corpus den Hoorn Laan and the Sportlaan, the avenue providing access to the Hoornse Meer district.</span><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://5pp2ng.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pRmOk-KnY4_yIYE4dPwWghIvqN9ajDBWVOXyOtcGvRCCp3VE8jvQlZWfaYzJSRGcoDD0q7RwCa9a2OueH0cqbtQ/de-rokade-15.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="De Rokade, Arons en Gelauff Architecten, Architecture, Design, Housing, Concrete" border="0" src="http://5pp2ng.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pRmOk-KnY4_yIYE4dPwWghIvqN9ajDBWVOXyOtcGvRCCp3VE8jvQlZWfaYzJSRGcoDD0q7RwCa9a2OueH0cqbtQ/de-rokade-15.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://5pp2ng.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pcg7b14moVIOqh_lIbVLeKvJ4wC6ghK6Ilu4ccSk0Sp1nn4vSVKvI7POOVOfRISdJRGtDBYvqlCEe3JIPVB-Bmw/de-rokade-17.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="De Rokade, Arons en Gelauff Architecten, Architecture, Design, Housing, Concrete" border="0" src="http://5pp2ng.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pcg7b14moVIOqh_lIbVLeKvJ4wC6ghK6Ilu4ccSk0Sp1nn4vSVKvI7POOVOfRISdJRGtDBYvqlCEe3JIPVB-Bmw/de-rokade-17.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;">De Rokade is immediately adjacent to the nursing and care home, Maartenshof, which has been extensively renovated. The apartments for purchase are intended for the “younger seniors”. The building is linked to Maartenshof in a subtle way. In this way, Maartenshof can supply diverse forms of care to the buyers, without this delicate relationship being visible to the outside world.</span> </div><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://5pp2ng.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pP0K0tI4go8iN4AE6D432m5gLxYnrzcjKCmvR-A2z5MbXIy_vdNchBIxTeq2F_kX8PIK0JJeZzLQnwyU_EF3LJQ/de-rokade-20.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="De Rokade, Arons en Gelauff Architecten, Architecture, Design, Housing, Concrete" border="0" src="http://5pp2ng.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pP0K0tI4go8iN4AE6D432m5gLxYnrzcjKCmvR-A2z5MbXIy_vdNchBIxTeq2F_kX8PIK0JJeZzLQnwyU_EF3LJQ/de-rokade-20.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://5pp2ng.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pudXkN2aBUULaXZPi7iee1uzCPdIB80oSZiZxeU-NRbiPZNKU0bwKFZAeLhrcs9dUyFnODxePe1ZfxuUPe7n__Q/de-rokade-09.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="De Rokade, Arons en Gelauff Architecten, Architecture, Design, Housing, Concrete" border="0" src="http://5pp2ng.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pudXkN2aBUULaXZPi7iee1uzCPdIB80oSZiZxeU-NRbiPZNKU0bwKFZAeLhrcs9dUyFnODxePe1ZfxuUPe7n__Q/de-rokade-09.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://5pp2ng.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pXuIjU-iG4OdiZ88_dqAYEyJYA-ldzQFDd-qi4PTpCpQGXM3cq87H1XE5CqsedG5xFvEB6dNFUl7yYAAB0osE-w/de-rokade-12.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="De Rokade, Arons en Gelauff Architecten, Architecture, Design, Housing, Concrete" border="0" src="http://5pp2ng.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pXuIjU-iG4OdiZ88_dqAYEyJYA-ldzQFDd-qi4PTpCpQGXM3cq87H1XE5CqsedG5xFvEB6dNFUl7yYAAB0osE-w/de-rokade-12.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Towers in the Netherlands often have a minimum of four dwellings per layer for budgetary reasons. This is also true of De Rokade. The building is 21 floors high and seems very slim due to the cross-shaped ground plan. The four apartments are situated in L-form around the inside angles of the tower. In this way, the dwellings combine the beautiful view with an introverted quality.</span> </div><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://5pp2ng.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pigFd4LwDkVtJzkdtiyAIFr_0Mt6Mpo38yC_3ykBuzl8uVnr4c4Pvusoy5kOwHdTfDKRCwsTUEfB9vc9OX_uJEw/de-rokade-08.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="De Rokade, Arons en Gelauff Architecten, Architecture, Design, Housing, Concrete" border="0" src="http://5pp2ng.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pigFd4LwDkVtJzkdtiyAIFr_0Mt6Mpo38yC_3ykBuzl8uVnr4c4Pvusoy5kOwHdTfDKRCwsTUEfB9vc9OX_uJEw/de-rokade-08.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://5pp2ng.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pllslHUhYI6ARgKlA7tyH0Azd30eNHbBEyyOVZ9ROTX9r6ZSYrLMB6AtkfTGRlw7laE6YDeHKFAXpUeuLtpR6Mg/de-rokade-16.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="De Rokade, Arons en Gelauff Architecten, Architecture, Design, Housing, Concrete" border="0" src="http://5pp2ng.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pllslHUhYI6ARgKlA7tyH0Azd30eNHbBEyyOVZ9ROTX9r6ZSYrLMB6AtkfTGRlw7laE6YDeHKFAXpUeuLtpR6Mg/de-rokade-16.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="left">The apartments’ façades, load bearing construction and installations have been made ready for three different layout possibilities. The present and future inhabitants will be able to determine their own ground plan in this way. The building is extra sustainable according to Groninger Residential Quality directives.</div><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://5pp2ng.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p2bK8SM-opWJ7gqzJJcEJ0pFYeCg7vJs0M5Sb6WpVmsVe77bW7YS7mZbuX5Kab9b-W6vBusWH_-w_FwT3ugzlNA/de-rokade-18.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="De Rokade, Arons en Gelauff Architecten, Architecture, Design, Housing, Concrete" border="0" src="http://5pp2ng.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p2bK8SM-opWJ7gqzJJcEJ0pFYeCg7vJs0M5Sb6WpVmsVe77bW7YS7mZbuX5Kab9b-W6vBusWH_-w_FwT3ugzlNA/de-rokade-18.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://5pp2ng.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pJK7VdnmOnRNJZqzRm7AuqRohxngeU7ytCXJUA70ZJD7__0gX5pZNB2WIznvN1arNl5hR0VTpAW2OafZG2Mji-Q/de-rokade-19.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="De Rokade, Arons en Gelauff Architecten, Architecture, Design, Housing, Concrete" border="0" src="http://5pp2ng.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pJK7VdnmOnRNJZqzRm7AuqRohxngeU7ytCXJUA70ZJD7__0gX5pZNB2WIznvN1arNl5hR0VTpAW2OafZG2Mji-Q/de-rokade-19.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="left">Instead of an expensive and dark underground parking garage, we have elevated parking to the two floors above the physiotherapists’ practice accommodation. The inhabitants reach their parking place on the first or second floor with a car lift. </div><br /><div align="left">The garage is naturally ventilated, has daylight and a view and, with construction costs of €15.000 per parking place, is cheaper than the traditional underground box.</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left">Architects: <a href="http://www.aronsengelauff.nl/">Arons en Gelauff Architecten</a></div><br /><div align="left">Location: Groningen, Netherlands</div><br /><div align="left">Design Period: 2003-2007</div><br /><div align="left">Construction period: 2005-2007</div><br /><div align="left">Programme: Apartments, Parking</div><br /><div align="left">Client: Woonstichting (housing association) De Huismeesters, Groningen</div><br /><div align="left">Architectural Team: Joost van Bergen, Jan Bart Bouwhuis, Rianne Kreijne, Adrie Laan, Floria Schrage, Aldrik Stegenga, Mahir Dündar, Claudia Temperilli, Mariska Koster-Berbé</div><br /><div align="left">Landscape Architect: Kraaivanger Urbis</div><br /><div align="left">Contractor: Schutte Bouw, Zwolle</div><br /><div align="left">Budget: 9.600.000 EURO (US $14.9 millions)</div><br /><div align="left">Constructed Area: 15.400 sqm</div><br /><div align="left">Photographs: Allard van der Hoek, Peter de Kan</div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><a href="http://5pp2ng.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pvOFB8yPLpmkzyBGxBN5b2kS8MehY8QuW54cd_GTetJLyfo9C7Ku17FNrhf4QRMZKdqsED7-9IBfgDaHsQV0WJA/de-rokade-07.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="De Rokade, Arons en Gelauff Architecten, Architecture, Design, Housing, Concrete" border="0" src="http://5pp2ng.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pvOFB8yPLpmkzyBGxBN5b2kS8MehY8QuW54cd_GTetJLyfo9C7Ku17FNrhf4QRMZKdqsED7-9IBfgDaHsQV0WJA/de-rokade-07.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; 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CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://5pp2ng.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pIx2N74NGHgewTcBCuDEqnq0mUdbJ7vWTALfJ2465QlEO363sXdreftCCEcXgK78KDptZAzjbKxSX1esGJvKqsg/de-rokade-13.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="De Rokade, Arons en Gelauff Architecten, Architecture, Design, Housing, Concrete" border="0" src="http://5pp2ng.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pIx2N74NGHgewTcBCuDEqnq0mUdbJ7vWTALfJ2465QlEO363sXdreftCCEcXgK78KDptZAzjbKxSX1esGJvKqsg/de-rokade-13.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><br /><br />VIA: <a href="http://blogyarq.blogspot.com/2009/08/de-rokade-arons-en-gelauff-architecten.html" target="_blank">Blog y Arquitectura</a>

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Vila Romana Residence - MMBB Arquitetos

<span style="font-family:times new roman;">The design of the Espirito Santo Residence is derived from the twin imperatives of topography and usage.</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">It is situated on a corner plot with views of the town’s principal valley, with a drop of 10 meters from one side of the plot to the other. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pQUqdSCT78YpnKAMyWJySfILQY2MKfjaXH4LFTENcDt1aYfQ0vnnYewvJzEnhyX8CASqdSaCeGihLh06zJR2F_A/casa_vila_romana-mmbb.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="MMBB-Arquitectos, casas, arquitectura, interiores" border="0" src="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pQUqdSCT78YpnKAMyWJySfILQY2MKfjaXH4LFTENcDt1aYfQ0vnnYewvJzEnhyX8CASqdSaCeGihLh06zJR2F_A/casa_vila_romana-mmbb.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="left"><br />The first question to be tackled was that of creating an artificial terrain that would allow for easy transit around the external areas and their use for day-to-day activities. The landscaping was determined by the creation of these areas.</span></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pEG1y9lFBZJ5Oy1ZZDOhSUWVdHuZ548zJmco-zvhqh77uaRJzCi-2wcj3A1WXNtZZfeIo2ithefmqSOHpa-xO1A/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="MMBB-Arquitectos, casas, arquitectura, interiores" border="0" src="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pEG1y9lFBZJ5Oy1ZZDOhSUWVdHuZ548zJmco-zvhqh77uaRJzCi-2wcj3A1WXNtZZfeIo2ithefmqSOHpa-xO1A/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-1.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1peqd7wbENoYXBI6te-OCWIsD9rJ1_jYcUKRUwpwkWpf7eyQAagjMCmcrQ4h821eY1SI1SG7bQAAl6qQ_KlMojuQ/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="MMBB-Arquitectos, casas, arquitectura, interiores" border="0" src="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1peqd7wbENoYXBI6te-OCWIsD9rJ1_jYcUKRUwpwkWpf7eyQAagjMCmcrQ4h821eY1SI1SG7bQAAl6qQ_KlMojuQ/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-2.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The second question was that of the residence’s dual usage. The building houses not only the residence but also the working studio of the artist owner.</span> </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pc_4e6tMG3V9x3IDWW97QMor6izUuBEbANlQdcLqqo10MQowkzxav6DnlBmQs9wqhcFj2wL-nyASUlJtc9PzSnQ/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-4.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="MMBB-Arquitectos, casas, arquitectura, interiores" border="0" src="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pc_4e6tMG3V9x3IDWW97QMor6izUuBEbANlQdcLqqo10MQowkzxav6DnlBmQs9wqhcFj2wL-nyASUlJtc9PzSnQ/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-4.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1prFaFgScgKW_UG4kkYuLTOADNJAHg0CB40gMWUL-xKUoVdp9JUBvqfLNmXudLTNuM0c2UxkForrp1bP-l6u5Hig/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-8.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="MMBB-Arquitectos, casas, arquitectura, interiores" border="0" src="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1prFaFgScgKW_UG4kkYuLTOADNJAHg0CB40gMWUL-xKUoVdp9JUBvqfLNmXudLTNuM0c2UxkForrp1bP-l6u5Hig/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-8.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pNc1bezYZdBLHzhCJSIm0F4u8TBavHM4Z3P1vkWUtxNfUgnpYXlW8knVziT5KUrUELHm76b2tqi-HbhuBmSTUQQ/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-9.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="MMBB-Arquitectos, casas, arquitectura, interiores" border="0" src="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pNc1bezYZdBLHzhCJSIm0F4u8TBavHM4Z3P1vkWUtxNfUgnpYXlW8knVziT5KUrUELHm76b2tqi-HbhuBmSTUQQ/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-9.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><img border="0" src="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p1-7IUhZk-BNHtn2bta17SnG54sY1vkc7zZ42TmWbrX_11qNYQM4ybGx2xQkv6sA6xrk0uHVsT_WjdiiSDw6bBQ/ft3.jpg" style="WIDTH: 350px; src: " /></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The strategy adopted was to divide the building into two autonomous blocks. In contact with the terrain is the studio block, partly embedded in the hill and illuminated only by an overhead opening. Its interior is divided by a series of walls which serve as supports for the works to be created there. </span></div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pAp_MbVqLZvap2bBgnHKc231lcRjlVOx9HFcXJEd_YRvZbyed2R5uz5SD6LPbqsnYJLMC9biixoadw3rl1_xdQA/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-3.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="MMBB-Arquitectos, casas, arquitectura, interiores" border="0" src="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pAp_MbVqLZvap2bBgnHKc231lcRjlVOx9HFcXJEd_YRvZbyed2R5uz5SD6LPbqsnYJLMC9biixoadw3rl1_xdQA/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-3.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pDU5P9bYjBRsSzby5kFMGsGOOpQZhZtfPw9dP1yhDxRybVRZY3LYv4lk73x_ABEcAc8wAtJiObHkoKdw1XWQ-Ag/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-5.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="MMBB-Arquitectos, casas, arquitectura, interiores" border="0" src="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pDU5P9bYjBRsSzby5kFMGsGOOpQZhZtfPw9dP1yhDxRybVRZY3LYv4lk73x_ABEcAc8wAtJiObHkoKdw1XWQ-Ag/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-5.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pdN-Mpim90Eb5lG40uNff7RiVJQD2Gjq1OAw1JOT2nT5j_ViuHZug4KlNCy51n3u085Rqw2eQdSjNEp2j4KmeEQ/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-6.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="MMBB-Arquitectos, casas, arquitectura, interiores" border="0" src="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pdN-Mpim90Eb5lG40uNff7RiVJQD2Gjq1OAw1JOT2nT5j_ViuHZug4KlNCy51n3u085Rqw2eQdSjNEp2j4KmeEQ/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-6.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1prFaFgScgKW9bbEzDip_5uPXZYmyRjhTdi70wVFJS3HL6ovF5NVAFSbNrzjvUIzfuiFEvZSW4FIQ8jEyGlYhAuw/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-7.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="MMBB-Arquitectos, casas, arquitectura, interiores" border="0" src="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1prFaFgScgKW9bbEzDip_5uPXZYmyRjhTdi70wVFJS3HL6ovF5NVAFSbNrzjvUIzfuiFEvZSW4FIQ8jEyGlYhAuw/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-7.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Suspended above the terrain is the block containing the residency itself, open to the views that surround it. Its internal layout is designed to facilitate integration and fluidity between separate sectors for living, sleeping, cooking and the service area. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pNc1bezYZdBINjazpWNTObQWG3OI6-GvGRHnmiD82Tfaz8EDJYI2MONsb8pxwEc_Dbl9HIjgoIbt7ehGuZX-_aw/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-10.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="MMBB-Arquitectos, casas, arquitectura, interiores" border="0" src="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pNc1bezYZdBINjazpWNTObQWG3OI6-GvGRHnmiD82Tfaz8EDJYI2MONsb8pxwEc_Dbl9HIjgoIbt7ehGuZX-_aw/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-10.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pJ55QNoQ_iq69WKdJcw84J6hUpKbu8qaCnEdosQR2ZUEaBIoa6trv5TBKMMxK6-MVnAz8D9vRFq-UQbSjTU2Rmg/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-11.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="MMBB-Arquitectos, casas, arquitectura, interiores" border="0" src="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pJ55QNoQ_iq69WKdJcw84J6hUpKbu8qaCnEdosQR2ZUEaBIoa6trv5TBKMMxK6-MVnAz8D9vRFq-UQbSjTU2Rmg/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-11.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Between the two blocks, on the slab that forms the roof of the studio, a large veranda has been created, partly in shadow. Another space, uncovered, occupies the slab over the residential block, increasing the total external ground area. </div><div align="center"><br /><img border="0" src="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1poV6hCAvkypDELPpWoZIPvRQWCZRdYbR8dP54CmWaRmRkLFMPgXkC_YpqqsdzpcEWTcRYVVFqMdQTIt3egXOJzg/ft5.jpg" style="WIDTH: 350px; src: " /><br /><br /><a href="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pNc1bezYZdBINjazpWNTObQWG3OI6-GvGRHnmiD82Tfaz8EDJYI2MONsb8pxwEc_Dbl9HIjgoIbt7ehGuZX-_aw/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-10.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="MMBB-Arquitectos, casas, arquitectura, interiores" border="0" src="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pNc1bezYZdBINjazpWNTObQWG3OI6-GvGRHnmiD82Tfaz8EDJYI2MONsb8pxwEc_Dbl9HIjgoIbt7ehGuZX-_aw/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-10.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pJ55QNoQ_iq69WKdJcw84J6hUpKbu8qaCnEdosQR2ZUEaBIoa6trv5TBKMMxK6-MVnAz8D9vRFq-UQbSjTU2Rmg/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-11.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="MMBB-Arquitectos, casas, arquitectura, interiores" border="0" src="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pJ55QNoQ_iq69WKdJcw84J6hUpKbu8qaCnEdosQR2ZUEaBIoa6trv5TBKMMxK6-MVnAz8D9vRFq-UQbSjTU2Rmg/casa_vila_romana-mmbb-11.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The suspended block is supported on only four points, with prominent overhangs. The two solid slabs that support it are constructed from exposed prestressed concrete. A further layer of concrete conceals the steel reinforcing elements. This concrete and the window system form the façade of the building.</span> </div><div align="center"><br /><img border="0" src="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pFJcxOrbOXhuXB2A0Ke3C4Iw4ogmE6wWXVdaeOXhlfmK6icIY69AP13pOdhXaBvj4V8JgkGxOA5GTFgIEl__40A/ft9.jpg" style="WIDTH: 350px; src: " /><br /><br /><img border="0" src="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pnQZ4L8ASYiB7ypYIfmW1xHm969mXa7JK-heabsLj9kk8tgnqBk70x0kVJskrdCw7sIsiTxgnDjwhAiXCdoOxzw/ft11.jpg" style="WIDTH: 350px; src: " /> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">The concrete slabs, once polished, form the floor of the interior environment, with no need for additional surfacing. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pFJcxOrbOXht6npbFfrZPibNPXmD2ptlkANfc1fxBthwgc6EIHkQODUgHoHdcfwC1-VTN-NgYqukbPZPsmaVgBg/ft8.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pFJcxOrbOXht6npbFfrZPibNPXmD2ptlkANfc1fxBthwgc6EIHkQODUgHoHdcfwC1-VTN-NgYqukbPZPsmaVgBg/ft8.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Conical niches in the concrete allow for the direct installation of lighting, with no need for additional fixtures.</div><div align="left">It is this succession of constructional features that defines the project as a whole.</div><div align="center"><br /><br /><img border="0" src="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1poYKcL_dtMjsOQPTcpMuhpm_khpsOxJgqKHYh_u2O23TUXluUNo2Pxk780rsSvoebGKYz4fuKguc6qTAfDhzdOw/ft12.jpg" style="WIDTH: 350px; src: " /><br /><br /><img border="0" src="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pAtR_1kcoj66TzJP3gHtm6Cqnfm45XMy6-aMpFCWe6HVioZ3GDdbnmbirFm341p0H-I76soN3-xQDTDMYA52SlA/ft14.jpg" style="WIDTH: 350px; src: " /><br /><br /><a href="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p4wDPqSYU6ttyOEPW5aNyUe8DSd7NStWqN-NWatO7byVwN_47Yi6UNTuEE_x4CpP08jIDLZZDEfYP6bs1QqSz5Q/ft15.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CLIC PARA AGRANDAR" border="0" src="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p4wDPqSYU6ttyOEPW5aNyUe8DSd7NStWqN-NWatO7byVwN_47Yi6UNTuEE_x4CpP08jIDLZZDEfYP6bs1QqSz5Q/ft15.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Architects: <a href="http://www.mmbb.com.br/">MMBB Arquitetos</a></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Architects in charge: Fernando de Mello Franco, Marta Moreira, Milton Braga</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Project team: Marina Sabino, Márcia Terazaki, Marina Acayaba, Rodrigo Brancher, Thiago Rolemberg</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Client: Iran do Espirito Santo</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Project year: 2004-2005</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Construction year: 2005-2006</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Site Area: 500 sqm</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Constructued Area: 435 sqm</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Budget: US $425,000<a href="http://www.nelsonkon.com.br/"></a></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Structural Engineer: Kurkdjian e Fruchtengarten Engenheiros Associados</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Mechanical Engineer: Procion Engenharia</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Interior Design: MMBB e Iran do Espírito Santo</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Landscape: Iran do Espírito Santo & Ana Cintra</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Fundaciones: Cepollina Engenheiros Consultores</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Contractor: Bremenkamp Engenharia e Construção</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Photographs: <a href="http://www.nelsonkon.com.br/">Nelson Kon</a></span> </div><div align="center"></span></div><br /><a href="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pJNvC9xsfhGhMe7MqUihVBJD6ZS856zmNMhlfdC__xRrMIxghWtQWVh3B-hZuVkXSbm8lYbSmJtHdEhP5e8M-SA/ubicacion.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="MMBB-Arquitectos, casas, arquitectura, interiores" border="0" src="http://nl5azg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pJNvC9xsfhGhMe7MqUihVBJD6ZS856zmNMhlfdC__xRrMIxghWtQWVh3B-hZuVkXSbm8lYbSmJtHdEhP5e8M-SA/ubicacion.jpg" style="WIDTH: 550px; 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