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MO House
Project Featured on Feb 19, 2016
Project of the Day on Feb 19, 2016
Type
YEAR
2012
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
Systematic freedom
The MO House project belongs to a family of
projects developed in the office beginning in 2005.
These projects explore the possibilities of
generating architectural complexity out of the combination of simple elements.
Throughout this process of projects, conditioned by a large number of program
specifications settled by the clients, we have been forced to systematize every
design decision in order to simplify the process to its full capacity. The
results produced a nice surprise: the combination of a number of extremely
simple spaces offered an extremely rich spatial experience.
We had found a new tool to work with. Thus we
could transfer this system to other situations, the combinations would be
multiple. A compact figure could become many different figures in the future,
regarding new and specific project requirements. Some very simple basic rules
and a series of pieces with adequate proportions would allow an endless range
of solutions.
In 2010 we received a commission to design a
single family house in a forest in the outskirts of Madrid. The opportunity y
to implement this design system was there, again: although the programmatic
requirements were more conventional, the site would demand a complex geometry.
The powerful presence of the trees and the wish
to have a house integrated in the woods led to a disaggregated solution. The
program was transferred in a very direct and natural way to a number of simple
rectangular pieces. The different topological relations between the pieces
determined a series of useful solutions, 24 in the end. The optimal version was
selected and the plan of the MO House was this way defined.
Wood in the woods
The final arrangement of the plan opened two
technical issues that put the solution into question: the high variety of
angles in the joints between pieces and a penalized shape factor that would
result in a negative impact on the energetic performance of the house (an
elevated façade-volume ratio). In addition to that, another key issue aroused:
proximity of trees required a little aggressive foundation system.
The technical solution adopted in a first
approach –steel skeleton with concrete slabs- did not seem viable. We needed a
lighter system that could be assembled in a more accurate way. It had to be
simple –like the plan- and thermally favourable. On a visit to his studio, a
friend showed us a cross-laminated wood panel by KLH. The product met all the
requirements: a solid structural material with high insulating performance and
CNC manufactured at their Austrian factory. MO house would be solid wood. Wood
in the woods. 72 mm thick walls. Slabs from 95 to 182 mm. The total weight of
the structure would not reach one third of a conventional system. The
foundations could therefore be made of galvanized steel micropiles only 2
meters long. The panels would be manufactured by numerical control cutting,
ensuring accuracy at all angles. The structure would be insulating, continuous,
lightweight, precise and extremely thin. The floor of the house could be a
direct transposition of the work scheme. The installation process would be fast
and accurate.
The nature of the project remained intact and
its technical requirements had led us to the discovery of a new project matter.
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