PROJEDE TOPRAĞA SAPLANAN İKİ DİKEY
ELEMAN YÜKSELİP BİRLEŞEREK BİRİNCİ KAT
ZEMİNİNİ OLUŞTURDUKTAN SONRA, AYNI
KATIN TAVANINI OLUŞTURUYOR.
TWO VERTICAL ELEMENTS RISE FROM GROUND LEVEL
JOINING TOGETHER HORIZONTALLY TO BECOME THE
FIRST LEVEL’S FLOOR AND THEN WRAPPING AROUND TO
BECOME THE SAME LEVEL’S CEILING.
Madrid practice A-cero, consisting of the partners Joaquin Torres and Rafael
Llamazares may be evaluated in the context of the importance of a detailed
client brief in the design process. Because in this case the marble clad façade
that dominates the building’s architecture was not only specified by the
client but also further detailed as a white marble Marmol Crema Real Blanco
that should be used as the major feature. Using this as their starting point
A-cero transformed this request from the brief by implementing a dramatic
yet logical use of natural stone in the house design.
A-cero established by Joaquín Torres in Madrid in 1996 is a successful
practice whose architecture and urban design services is centered in Spain
but also have established an international clientele in far flung locations
such as North Africa, Dubai and the Dominican Republic. Buildings with
direct and clear forms where material treatment is emphasized is typical of
Spanish architecture of the last two decades and representative of A-Cero’s
architecture especially in their numerous residential projects.
Typical of their work is the Marble and Bamboo house, a project where
the client took an active role in the design process creating the basis for
the architectural strategy. The site of the house is an upper class suburban
area in northern Madrid that is the location for many similar modernist
houses including those by A-cero. The project is situated on a sloped ground
dominated by oak and pine trees set on a broad lawn with a pool and
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