In Basque language, an aterpe is a refuge, a covered place or shelter. In the Basque regions the term is used to define a covered open space, so necessary due to the rainy climate. Given the lack of covered public spaces in the urban center, during t
A farmhouse located on the outskirts of Bilbao has undergone a thorough transformation job to accommodate independent dwellings for two generations of one same family. While the ground story follows an open scheme with large, floor-to-ceiling windows
The project approaches the Zeleieta Zentroa building as an autonomous element. With this idea as starting point, the following objectives are set: in the first place, to turn its party wall into an extra facade to complete and wrap up the entire peri
Globalization also affects urban planning by imposing on it too a loss of the contextual and social values that are transferred to plans and buildings. In this way, the spaces let go of their referential qualities, traditions, landscapes or memory to
The main purpose of this laboratory for the company Arteche in the municipality of Mungia, in the province of Vizcaya, is to accommodate a large space for testing high-voltage transformers. Such a specific and dangerous use made it necessary for the
The urban and environmental renovation of the Vizcaya’s capital, promoted by the consortium Bilbao Ría 2000, extends to the areas cleared on both banks, promoting new programs where once there were only factories and cranes. Halfway between city and
In a green mountain setting, the irregular silhouette of the building reflects the different environments created to the measurement of a child, where the low doorways define a domain precluding adults. Commissioned by the school
