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Pedrezuela, Spain
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House of Would
Pedrezuela, Spain
Project Featured on Aug 16, 2019
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2012
SIZE
10,000 sqft - 25,000 sqft
Prefab structure house. Pedrezuela, Madrid.
ABSTRACT
This house is located in a 1,316 m2 sloping
plot of land in the district of Pedrezuela, 45 km north of Madrid. There is
little to no vegetation in the section closest to the street, which
nevertheless provides a good viewpoint on the surrounding lush natural
landscape.
The building is made up of seven wooden-structure
modules symmetrically identical surrounding a central court. Each module is
dedicated to a different domestic situation, according to its functional needs.
The modular structure, as well as the scale of the rooms allows the alteration
of this functional logic, serving as a support for possible future layouts.
The house adapts to the plot of land in a layered
fashion depending on the different degrees of privacy needed: private rooms are
hidden from the street and adapt to the terrain giving a feeling of being in
direct contact with the plot. The more public spaces are closer to the street
and gain height gradually, until they tower over the landscape and look towards
the horizon over the rest of the rooms. A series of small bridges serve as
transition elements between the different areas and accommodate the different
levels of privacy.
The ensemble is closed by a wooden envelope,
generating a ventilated façade and roof. The central courtyard takes over part
of the house’s garden. It includes a light roof that gives light to the façade,
a sort of Chinese lantern that envelops the courtyard and allows the members of
the household to enjoy this outside room.
The wooden roofs are arranged according to a spatial
variation law which, as well as conforming to local regulations, collects rain
water and directs it to the courtyard to water the garden.
PROJECT
1. Industrialising
fictions. Somebody turns up
at an architectural firm and states her case: “many of my happiest memories are
associated to different spaces, such as a container in the middle of a forest,
an “alpine type” wooden house, or living surrounded by horses and other animals”.
Some of these experiences, backed with images, took place in the past and in
other countries. The team of architects was entrusted with the task of editing
these spatial memories and transferring them to a new space in the outskirts of
Madrid.
The house is a post-production space for memories,
desires and experiences.
2. A house in 21,600
minutes. The industrialised building
system and the assembly of the dry-mount structural wooden panels shorten the
execution periods.
There is an empty plot of land today, but, in less
than two weeks, a house will have appeared.
3. The kit. The Project is executed based on the rules set by the
building system, which is based on the assembly of a parts-kit. The
industrialised system transfers part of the construction effort to the
workshop.
The program is organised around detail. Construction
becomes production.
4. Flexible
organisation. The modular system
of the house entails a functional, flexible organization that makes the
alteration of the distribution of the rooms possible.
Architecture as a game field: To live is to make a
move.
5. Look or Touch. Different ways of interacting with the plot are
presented. From the private rooms, which are in direct contact with the
environment, to the public areas, the areas of social representation which look
out into the landscape and profit from the views.
Like the song says, “No tocarte y pasar todo el día
junto a ti”(To not touch you and spend the day by your side)
6. Russian dolls. The organisation of the house allows the house to be
fragmented into a smaller one without using the whole of the building.
A house within a house.
7. The “extras”. The Project includes the construction of a support
made of elementary finishes made up of few elements. The end user will finish
the house at a later date.
The house itself is the hardware. Daily practices are
its software.
ABSTRACT
This house is located in a 1,316 m2 sloping
plot of land in the district of Pedrezuela, 45 km north of Madrid. There is
little to no vegetation in the section closest to the street, which
nevertheless provides a good viewpoint on the surrounding lush natural
landscape.
The building is made up of seven wooden-structure
modules symmetrically identical surrounding a central court. Each module is
dedicated to a different domestic situation, according to its functional needs.
The modular structure, as well as the scale of the rooms allows the alteration
of this functional logic, serving as a support for possible future layouts.
The house adapts to the plot of land in a layered
fashion depending on the different degrees of privacy needed: private rooms are
hidden from the street and adapt to the terrain giving a feeling of being in
direct contact with the plot. The more public spaces are closer to the street
and gain height gradually, until they tower over the landscape and look towards
the horizon over the rest of the rooms. A series of small bridges serve as
transition elements between the different areas and accommodate the different
levels of privacy.
The ensemble is closed by a wooden envelope,
generating a ventilated façade and roof. The central courtyard takes over part
of the house’s garden. It includes a light roof that gives light to the façade,
a sort of Chinese lantern that envelops the courtyard and allows the members of
the household to enjoy this outside room.
The wooden roofs are arranged according to a spatial
variation law which, as well as conforming to local regulations, collects rain
water and directs it to the courtyard to water the garden.
PROJECT
1. Industrialising
fictions. Somebody turns up
at an architectural firm and states her case: “many of my happiest memories are
associated to different spaces, such as a container in the middle of a forest,
an “alpine type” wooden house, or living surrounded by horses and other animals”.
Some of these experiences, backed with images, took place in the past and in
other countries. The team of architects was entrusted with the task of editing
these spatial memories and transferring them to a new space in the outskirts of
Madrid.
The house is a post-production space for memories,
desires and experiences.
2. A house in 21,600
minutes. The industrialised building
system and the assembly of the dry-mount structural wooden panels shorten the
execution periods.
There is an empty plot of land today, but, in less
than two weeks, a house will have appeared.
3. The kit. The Project is executed based on the rules set by the
building system, which is based on the assembly of a parts-kit. The
industrialised system transfers part of the construction effort to the
workshop.
The program is organised around detail. Construction
becomes production.
4. Flexible
organisation. The modular system
of the house entails a functional, flexible organization that makes the
alteration of the distribution of the rooms possible.
Architecture as a game field: To live is to make a
move.
5. Look or Touch. Different ways of interacting with the plot are
presented. From the private rooms, which are in direct contact with the
environment, to the public areas, the areas of social representation which look
out into the landscape and profit from the views.
Like the song says, “No tocarte y pasar todo el día
junto a ti”(To not touch you and spend the day by your side)
6. Russian dolls. The organisation of the house allows the house to be
fragmented into a smaller one without using the whole of the building.
A house within a house.
7. The “extras”. The Project includes the construction of a support
made of elementary finishes made up of few elements. The end user will finish
the house at a later date.
The house itself is the hardware. Daily practices are
its software.
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