In an urban context where adjoining houses are necessarily attached to each other at the side walls to form a linear succession of juxtaposed volumes, materials and heights, this project seeks to vindicate a different way of engaging with urban planning and approaching the potential forms of a single-family dwelling, as well as its relationship wit...
Project name
Casa NAU / Nau House
Architecture firm
MUKA Arquitectura
Location
Calle Villahermosa, Ciudad Real, Spain
Photography
Javier Callejas
Principal architect
Moisés Royo Márquez, Jesús Bermejo López
Design team
MUKA Arquitectura
Collaborators
Ignacio Campos Alcaraz, Loreto Carmenado Vaquero, Alba Martín de Vidales Mateos, Antonio González Rodríguez, Crisóstomo Páez Ferrer
Interior design
MUKA Arquitectura
Completion year
October 2022
Landscape
MUKA Arquitectura
Supervision
José Manuel Fernández Marcos
Visualization
AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
Magazzino Italian Art is a private initiative conceived by Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu to house their collection of postwar Italian Art. The commission consisted in a full renovation of an existing 11,000 square-foot building and an additional 14,000 square feet of new construction.
Project name
Magazzino Italian Art Museum
Architecture firm
MQ Architecture
Location
Cold Spring, New York, USA
Photography
Javier Callejas, Montse Zamorano
Principal architect
Miguel Quismondo
Design team
Miguel Quismondo, Jesús Aparicio Alfaro
Collaborators
Rocío Calzado López and Miguel Bello Escribano. Graphic Design : Waterhouse Cifuentes Design. Cost Estimating Consultant : Stuart-Lynn Company, Inc.
Interior design
Miguel Quismondo/MQ Architecture
Civil engineer
Badey & Watson Surveying & Engineering, P.C.
Structural engineer
Michael P. Carr, PE
Environmental & MEP
CES-Consulting Engineering Services
Landscape
Garden of Ideas
Lighting
MAP Design Studio
Supervision
Miguel Quismondo
Visualization
MQ Architecture
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, Handmade models
Material
Concrete, glass steel
Client
Magazzino Italian Art
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Museum, Research Center
Apart from being our refuge, a house must relate to the city and generate new encounters with the urban context in which it finds itself. Yet, at the same time, it must express a certain enigmatic notion of what goes on behind its walls and enclosures. This project offers a new perspective on the extent to which the activity in the house should be...
Project name
Lantern House
Architecture firm
MUKA Arquitectura
Location
Griñón, Madrid, Spain
Photography
Javier Callejas
Principal architect
Moisés Royo, Jesús Bermejo
Design team
Moisés Royo, Jesús Bermejo
Collaborators
Ignacio Campos Alcaraz, Loreto Carmenado Vaquero, Alba Martín de Vidales Mateos, Antonio González Rodríguez, Helena Medina
Interior design
MUKA Arquitectura
Civil engineer
MUKA Arquitectura
Structural engineer
Gonzalo S. Buenache
Environmental & MEP
MUKA Arquitectura
Landscape
MUKA Arquitectura
Lighting
MUKA Arquitectura
Supervision
Gonzalo S. Buenache
Tools used
AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Typology
Residential › House
