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COMPLETED PROJECTS · First Prize
BF HOME, single-family home in Castellón
A plot measuring 3,000 square metres with a height difference of 25 metres. Stone terraces and leafy tree cover. Our approach was to respect the setting to the maximum. The construction had to respect the terrain and a decision was made to take maximum advantage of prefabricated construction systems. This meant that the building was lowered into place with virtually no previous alterations to the terrain, without cutting down any trees and making use of the existing terraces, whose damaged sections were restored using the same stone and the same technique. Part of the house (the garage and annexes) is underground, with the natural terrain above it subsequently reconstructed using local plant species.
A metallic structure assembled in a workshop was chosen, which was transported to the site in large sections that were assembled over 3 double V-shaped metal pillars. In the large front section, which contains the kitchen, dining room and living room and the main bedroom, the construction system is clearly visible, with the pillars and roof structure formed by metal brackets supporting corrugated panels over which the main structure is based. The whole structure is painted white and illuminated by integrated LEDs, designed to provide the same sensation as natural lighting.
The central patio provides access to the house from below, at the same time as distributing all of the rooms towards the sun and views. The whole house revolves around the patio. It is a house with a patio, but with other connotations. It is the centre of the house, providing different views; it connects all of the different spaces, making a large house feel closely connected, but is not accessible or located on the same level as the house; it does not enclose the house, as it runs beneath it.
All of the sanitary ware, baths, shower trays, taps, tiles and stone coverings were supplied by Porcelanosa. The kitchen was designed by one of the authors in collaboration with technicians from Porcelanosa, who built it.
COMPLETED PROJECTS · Special Mention
Restaurante Filandón, El Pardo. Madrid
The ensemble consists of three buildings. Access is through a granite patio that connects the first two buildings.
The first building is built of granite and wood, over which is a structure using trusses that support the roof, inspired by the typical thatched stone huts found along the Cantabrian coast that were used for storing foodstuffs.
The second building is mainly built of granite, used to construct the main wall and serving as the foundations for the clay buttresses that divide the space into different areas that can be kept as independent spaces or combined into a single large space. The roof is made of zinc.
The final building connects the other two, and in it we have combined the clay, iron and leftover wood that we have recycled for this purpose.
The palette of colours used, which blends in with the whole, ranges from earth, stone, wood, iron and clay. The lighting in this interior space is designed to give it a warm, welcoming feel.
FUTURE PROJECTS · PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY · First prize
DUNE
SETTING: The DUNE house is located on the coast, in a sculptural setting formed by sand dunes. These require an artificial, modular element to contain them.
REQUIREMENT: The house will be set within the dunes acting as a barrier and forming a natural unit.
COMPOSITION: The lounge leads directly onto the beach, with extraordinary panoramic views over the sea from the kitchen, dining room and bathroom.
PASSIVE ARCHITECTURE: The home is partly submerged in the dunes, and is divided by a central patio.
FINISHES: The outer “skin” of the elements used for the DUNE house also take into account the need to blend in with the surroundings, and to provide warmth and resistance, with the texture provided by ONA from L ‘ANTIC COLONIAL.
FURNISHINGS & LIGHTING: Large windows and central glass patio enhance the luminescence of the interior design, in line with the finishes.
FUTURE PROJECTS · PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY · Special Mention
KRION HOME, Alaior, Menorca
A relaxing home built in Alaior, Menorca, for a couple who are both paediatric surgeons, measuring 200 square metres distributed over a ground and first floor.
The swimming pool on the ground floor is reached from the first floor, with a side wall in tempered sea-green glass that reveals the design of the tiles on the facing wall, forming a decorative ensemble looking towards the living room-dining room and the kitchen, in front of the main entrance to the house.
The first floor features a bathroom that forms a side perimeter on two of the walls in the main bedroom, which can be reached from two of its corners. The sweeping exterior views are its main attraction. The bathroom units (white Oval model) are from GAMADECOR. From the bedroom there is another view over the swimming pool area.
The staircase leading to the first floor is the core of the windows in the main façade and left hand side of the building, the natural lighting source for the whole building. It is made of free-standing KRION® sections on the first few steps, held in place by bars connecting to the floor slab on the following steps. Krion is the main material used in the building: the façade, interior wall, staircase and fixtures: kitchen, bench and table module and the bathroom…. The pleasure of the curve.
FUTURE PROJECTS · STUDENT CATEGORY · First prize
Integration is the term that best defines this project; a home set in the landscape as if it had always formed an integral part of it, blending with it both in texture and form, so that spending a night within these walls makes you feel as if you were sleeping beneath the stars, but with every imaginable comfort.
In creating the structure we based it on rock, using it for support and taking advantage of the different levels, altering as little as possible. As a result, each of the levels in the home are adapted to the sloping terrain.
I look for similarities between the materials chosen and the textures in the surroundings; natural stone, represented in unpolished tiles; the reflection of the sea in the high-gloss finish of the floor tiles.
All of these concepts are brought together in a building that also offers a surprise element: walking along the edge of a cliff next to the sea.
FUTURE PROJECTS · STUDENT CATEGORY · Special Mention
A Ritmo de Luz
If we look at a light wave, we soon realise that it is rhythmic and systematic, while still continuing to be undulating and sinuous.
The way in which light enters the home is the guiding principle behind this project: it is rhythmic and coincides with the increasing volume and space, separating areas of transit or areas only occupied for a short period of time from those that are used for more lengthy periods. As a result, each time we reach a new “volume,” the sensation will be similar to entering a new, brightly lit atmosphere. The rhythmic shapes used contrast with the subtle, irregular curves that appear, providing a sinuous sensation, in the same way as the darker areas are contrasted with brighter areas, or the narrower zones with the wider zones, emphasising the sensation of discovering new spaces while moving through the building.
Light enters the building through three “eyes,” as well as through large windows equipped with mobile slats made of translucent onyx to soften the direct sunlight and provide an interplay of colours as the light is projected onto the different materials.
With the aim of experimenting with new ways of dividing and to continue contrasting straight and curved sections, two elements have been created in Krion® that serve as a table and as a vertical divider, blending into each other. This central feature in the home has also been created with light waves in mind.
The home is designed to be built close to the Mediterranean because of its skies, the purity of its light and the colour of the sea.
