Alboraya (Valencia) 2017 Sup. 665 m²
This house is located in Alboraya,a village near Valencia the border area between the urban grid and a great extension of a vegetable and tiger nut garden. It has a wide variety of vegetables and also a tiger nut garden, which are used to make a unique Valencian drink, similar to a milkshake.
The divisions of the facades and the combination of materials and textures create a feature that is reminiscent of a typical vegetable garden which has been divided up.
Between medians
It is a house between medians located on the corner of a residential block and therefore benefits benefitsthe convenience of urban housing and at the same time, it has its broad broad views over the orchard that fades into the horizon.
Reinterpretation of the garden division
The facade is the result of the combination of a few large white cloths of krion, some splayed arched of IROKO wood, and the slats, which, according to their position, texture and materiality varies. All these elements are arranged within a sealing system that binds the whole.
Perforations in the surrounding
A hipped roof to reinforce the surrounding abstract of the house prolongs the nature of the facade. To the cover of the assembly is subtracted two volumes that make up the terrace and the patio.
Sculpting the volume
To sum up this project it is set in geometric surroundings white and abstract to which, will be applied some perforations that generate the openings of the house. These subtractions reveal a wooden interior of great warmth that contrasts with the purity of the rest of the facade.
The splatters of wood marked the accesses, both the pedestrians and to the vehicles, the balconies of the kitchen and the living room and large terrace- vantage point that mark the housing. The rest of the gaps are closed with motorized planks of white krion on its outer face which when opened, expose the wood on the inside.
The vantage point of the orchad
It proposes a house closely linked to the landscape thanks to the creation of spaces intended for contemplation.
From the large window of the living room and from the terrace you get a panoramic view over the orchard that fades into the horizon.
Natural tones
The light areas are materialized with white krion in the facade, a pavement of large format in a tone of sand and walls and ceilings painted in white. The dark areas are covered with panels of IROKO wood in walls, ceilings and cabinets and a dark brown stone on the pavement. The furniture is always coordinated with the tone of the space it occupies.
Vegetal connection
In the center of the house is located a patio where a vegetal wall articulates vertically around the setting.
In addition to shedding light on the center of the house, it oxygenates and refreshes the environment thanks to the green texture generated at each plant.
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Architect
Ramón Esteve
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Collaborating Architects
Estefanía Pérez
Anna Boscà
Víctor Ruiz
María Martí
María Parra -
Technical Architect
Emilio Pérez
Carolina Tarazona -
Collaborators
Tudi Soriano
Isabel Meyer -
Photography
Mariela Apollonio
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Audiovisual
Alfonso Calza
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Music
Henry Holzwarth
Papu Sebastián
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Sustainable beauty
Since its foundation, this home has been designed with sustainability criteria and has been awarded the energy A certification.
The housing is supplied by a system of wells of geothermal energy. In one of the slopes of the deck is placed a plate of a vacuum tube that provides supply to the elevator for low consumption, that connects the housing vertically.
The air conditioning is resolved through underfloor heating combined with air conditioning. It has been taken into account that each room has natural cross- ventilation. In addition, there is a ventilation system that controls the humidity from the air and it is constantly renewed from taking outside air. Some filters are placed in the entry to avoid dust and possible odors.
The façade openings are protected by a system of motorized and steerable planks. In the he large glazed surfaces, a double glass has been arranged with thermal and acoustic insulation with solar control. In addition, the housing has a surrounding of ten centimeters of rock wool, which ensures a high thermal insulation.
All the lighting is dimmable led integrated in the architecture, so that the power consumption is very low.
The whole house is controlled by a management system of home automation, from the air-conditioning and under floor heating to the degree of intensity of the illumination of the housing. -
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