Rather than delicately resting into the landscape, pretending that it could be easily dismantled in the future, House X embraces its invasive, almost parasitic nature. It fully integrates into the environment, aiming, through its abstract design and materiality, to become an inseparable part of the landscape.
Architecture firm
Bojaus Arquitectura
Location
Serranía de Cuenca, Valdemorillo, Spain
Principal architect
Ignacio Senra, Elisa Sequeros
Design team
Jorge Gabaldón, Javier Luque
Collaborators
Engineering: Bernabeu Ingenieros. Building surveyor and project manager: Ignacio Buzzanca Casasús.
Built area
Built-up area 220 m²; Gross floor area 190 m²
Civil engineer
Bernabeu Ingenieros
Structural engineer
Bernabeu Ingenieros
Construction
Ignacio Buzzanca Casasús
Material
Concrete – interior and exterior walls and ceilings. Limestone – exterior flooring and bathroom finishes. Oak wood – interior flooring. Walnut wood – interior doors and cabinetry. Aluminium and wood – mixed exterior joinery
Typology
Residential › House
Two oak trees, a sheet of water and the horizon are the pre-existing elements in this plot, which influence the position and formal configuration of the house. The presence of this vegetation in the foreground, and the Pedrezuela Reservoir in the background, forces the house's floor plan to adjust its geometry to these elements.
Architecture firm
Muka Arquitectura
Location
Pedrezuela, Madrid, Spain
Principal architect
Moisés Royo, Jesús Bermejo
Design team
Muka Arquitectura
Collaborators
Crisóstomo Paez, Helena Medina
Interior design
Muka Arquitectura
Structural engineer
CYD Gabinete
Landscape
Muka Arquitectura
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
The environment in which the building is located was completely degraded (in the process of desertification, and with a very high level of erosion, due to the occasional torrents generated by rainwater. For this reason, in the first place, the project intends a complete ecological reforestation, carefully studying the most convenient location of th...
Project name
Casas Del Rio Luxury Eco-Restaurant
Architecture firm
Luis De Garrido Architects
Location
Casas del Rio (Requena, Valencia, Spain)
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Luis De Garrido
Client
Casas del Rio S.A.
Typology
Hospitality, Restarurant, semi-buried building
When Berlin-based architect, Javier Sanjurjo was searching for a land in his Spanish hometown to build a house for his family, he quickly realized that the plot with the biggest potential was overlooked by the others. The site steps down steeply away from the access road, making a conventional building unattractive.
Project name
Hórreo House
Architecture firm
Javier Sanjurjo + Ameneiros Rey
Location
Vilalba, Galicia, Spain
Photography
Héctor Santos-Díez
Design team
Javier Sanjurjo, Ismael Ameneiros, Santiago Rey, David Robles, Tamara Vila
Construction
Garvi Lugo Construcciones, Proyectos y Reformas, S.L.
Material
Stone, Brick, Concrete, Wood, Glass
Client
Ramón and María Sanjurjo
Typology
Residential › House
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