In a tourist village nestled in the mountains, a new hotel and a complex for exhibitions, conferences, and art galleries are unified by a gossamer canopy woven with natural fibers. Sustained by slender metal profiles, the pergola emerges like the ea
Taking as reference the Sevillian system of pergolas, a cloud of solar canopies held by a forest of slender columns will protect the research building, the garden, and the plaza, creating a variety of public spaces underneath it...
Farming tasks are interwoven with educational initiatives and research projects in a facility that focuses on the challenges that agriculture has to confront in the face of climate change. The different programs are arranged in a linear scheme along
This hub is located on a small vacant corner plot. The bloody demonstrations that brought democracy to Korea in 1980 had been forged in a now non-existent bookshop on the same corner, and this fact inspired the idea of building a simple manifesto of
Confronted with the problem of the progressive depopulation of Spain’s countryside, the renovation and enlargement of an early-20th-century casa de roter – a traditional peasant house that incorporates farming activities – showcases the opportunities
In the gridded extension of La Bisbal d’Empordà (Girona), an old chocolate factory has been transformed into a studio and family home that gives importance to the building’s original character. Hence we have a construction where loadbearing stone fac
The competition brief that set the guidelines for this project called for a generic container whose interiors would remain throughout the year at temperatures between 18 and 25 degrees Celsius. The proposal involved modifying the initial planning, ma
Built with prefabricated components made with bits of ceramic and recycled glass mixed with mortar, the lattice stretches the whole breadth of the lot without touching the ground.
The house is a one-story structure, whose uniform width threads interior and exterior spaces to create two distinct and protected courtyards. The sheer exposure and vulnerability of the site inspired an architecture of boundaries and limits. Sited on
The building is integrated in the urban tissue of the old industrial zone, favoring pedestrian traffic along the north-south and east-west directions by connecting the recessed patios with the protected park – of almost 5,000 m2 – via two public
Raised on a concrete platform that protects it, the building strives to adapt to its context and preserves the existing trees through the repetition of a basic unit: a pillar from which four cantilevered beams jut out at different heights... [+]
A pergola of panels inspired in the lively colors and patterns of African fabrics unifies the exterior volumes and the plaza. The central space, clad in the same material and with four zigzagging stairs, receives natural light through a large skyligh
Designed as a light sheet of concrete with dark red ceramics on the underside, the canopy welcomes visitors, becomes wider and, like a plaza, articulates the common spaces; the classrooms are arranged as autonomous units around small courtyards... [+
The west bank of Lake Garda is characterized by its mild climate and richly cultivated landscape, and these two villas sit on the hillside overlooking the town of Gardone Riviera. Both buildings are carefully inserted into the landscape, with its oli
In Aztec culture, the Dovela – stone of air or sun – is a basalt monolith that is offered to divinity, and sometimes placed in a complex with a topography of terraces. It addresses the four elements, and with its powerful symbolism expresses the inta
In pre-Columbian cultures monuments were erected towards the Sun, considered the universal essence of life, to enhance its spiritual relationship with the Earth. Under the strong sun of Mexico City we can now find the latest completion by the Spanish
La acumulación del volumen de ordenanza en un solo bloque, como propuesta final de los arquitectos aceptada por los vecinos, libera buena parte del solar, pero determina una masa de difícil tratamiento: un paralelepípedo de ocho plantas. Su diseño a
