Algarrobos House - José María Sáez + Daniel Moreno Flores
Eight identical metal pieces, each 18 meters long and positioned along the x and z axes, define the living space while simultaneously opening it up by projecting in different directions. They are abstract beams that, by their orientation, seek a relationship with their surroundings.
This structure fulfills a necessary intermediation between the scale of the landscape and that of the person: in its long dimension they produce the large overhangs towards the ravine or the masts that mark the presence of the house, in the dimension of edge two beams are a habitable height.
Supported by the metal structure, another wooden subsystem completes the definition of the spaces, softening its enclosure-like nature through repetition and simplification. A sequence of identical profiles allows for the suspension or support of the mezzanines and ceilings.
Glass surfaces protect the wood and complete the enclosure of the spaces. The glass, often movable, establishes a reinforcing relationship with the surroundings, whether through transparency or reflection. The use of water features on metal roofs further emphasizes the strategy of reflecting the environment, partially diminishing the presence of the architecture.
The user's relationship with the site is the generating element of the project; the aim is to intensify their relationship with reality (place, material, activity) based on a basic formal and constructive system that also makes the mental origin of our decisions intelligible.
System
Environment, function, and user are the starting points that generate design directions. Form and construction are the points of arrival at a concrete solution. When formalization and materialization occur as intimately related operations, we obtain a unique solution that is both coherent and viable, abstract and real.
More than an object, we generate a system established by defining a limited number of elements and a set of rules governing their relationships. By refining the elements through simplification and systematization, and simultaneously enriching their capacity to generate relationships, we seek a universal architecture that humanizes and intensifies our connection with the initial reality.
Architects: Daniel Moreno Flores, Jose María Saez
Area: 833 m²
Year: 2011
Photographs: Raed Gindeya Muñoz
This structure fulfills a necessary intermediation between the scale of the landscape and that of the person: in its long dimension they produce the large overhangs towards the ravine or the masts that mark the presence of the house, in the dimension of edge two beams are a habitable height.
Supported by the metal structure, another wooden subsystem completes the definition of the spaces, softening its enclosure-like nature through repetition and simplification. A sequence of identical profiles allows for the suspension or support of the mezzanines and ceilings.
Glass surfaces protect the wood and complete the enclosure of the spaces. The glass, often movable, establishes a reinforcing relationship with the surroundings, whether through transparency or reflection. The use of water features on metal roofs further emphasizes the strategy of reflecting the environment, partially diminishing the presence of the architecture.
The user's relationship with the site is the generating element of the project; the aim is to intensify their relationship with reality (place, material, activity) based on a basic formal and constructive system that also makes the mental origin of our decisions intelligible.
System
Environment, function, and user are the starting points that generate design directions. Form and construction are the points of arrival at a concrete solution. When formalization and materialization occur as intimately related operations, we obtain a unique solution that is both coherent and viable, abstract and real.
More than an object, we generate a system established by defining a limited number of elements and a set of rules governing their relationships. By refining the elements through simplification and systematization, and simultaneously enriching their capacity to generate relationships, we seek a universal architecture that humanizes and intensifies our connection with the initial reality.
Architects: Daniel Moreno Flores, Jose María Saez
Area: 833 m²
Year: 2011
Photographs: Raed Gindeya Muñoz
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