House of the Month | Heinfeld Residence. San Juan Houses / Aflo Arquitectos, Serrano Monjaraz Architects. Architects: Aflo Arquitectos / Mexico MArch – Andres Flores Architect, Associate with Serrano Monjaraz Architects / Mexico. Juan Pablo Serrano Architect Location: Cuernavaca Morelos, Mexico Client: AzurCity S.A. de C.V. Structural Consultant: IESSA Main Contractor: CONVEPO SA de CV Chief Contractor: Hugo de Vega Project year: 2009 Photographs: Marcos Betanzos The Project lies in a very dry area in the city of Cuernavaca, Morelos in Mexico. The city was nicknamed the “City of Eternal Spring” by Alexander von Humboldt in the 19th century. 12 apartments and 20 house`s units surrounded by local trees and vegetation, which the most valuable asset of the whole project. The houses are arrange symmetrical as the main path in the center becomes the entrance to all of them, like a big garden or a small “in between park” for the development. The houses are two stories.
The houses are passive technology designed. The pool is solar heated. Ripolles-Manrique House / Teo Hidalgo Nácher - Ripolles-Manrique House / Teo Hidalgo Nácher (128300) – ArchDaily. Social Housing: Residential Microchip / Gonatas+Lantavos Architects - Social Housing: Residential Microchip / Gonatas+Lantavos Architects (13) (91863) – ArchDaily. Práter Street 30-32 / PLANT – Atelier Peter Kis. Design studio: PLANT – Atelier Peter Kis Location: Budapest, Hungary Project team members: Peter Kis, Csaba Valkai, Ivett Tarr, János Sarusi Kis, Tamás Ükös, Gábor Balázsa, Gábor Divinyi, Barbora Tuckova Client: Budapest Józsefváros Municipality Project area: 1,218 sqm Project year: 2006 – 2007 Photographs: Zsolt Batár, Szabó Sándor MTI Foto, Dániel Németh, Joost van Beek Relation The final building outline was determined by the scale and proportion of the sorrounding buildings.
We didn’t want to form blocks that oppress their environment. Our primary aim was to find an acceptable, proportioned building form, that keeps the relative regulations, and we connected the most optimal number of apartments to this form. The sorrounding buildings and environment inspired the volume of the building. Local value We reacted to the form and volume of the sorrounding buildings observantly and sensitively. Rise of value Organization of inner spaces Sustainability and efficiency. Y House / Beijing Matsubara and Architects. Architects: Beijing Matsubara and Architects / Hironori MATSUBARA, Norio KATSUTA, Zhichao LI, Daijiro NAKAYAMA, Xiaoli LI Design: BMA Beijing Matsubara and Architects Location: Beijing, China Construction: LI Qiyun Client: Individual Project area: 1,200 sqm Project year: 2007 – 2009 Photographs: Misae HIROMATSU This is a detached house project locating at Changping ward, the suburb of Beijing City.
The site is on the slope facing to the south, surrounded by the mountain in the north side, and has the good natural environment. This is not a new construction but the renovation project of the old concrete structure house that was built 5 years ago. We add the new floor and flat roofing to extend the floor area. Originally the house was 2 stories (250 sq. m.) with angled roof, and the exterior wall was covered by white tiles. For the exterior wall, we made the 3 layers to make the “depth” on it. 17 meters width and 16 meters depth of the plan is rather large for one family (4 persons).
Bonairestraat Groningen / pvanb architecten. Architects: pvanb architecten Location: Groningen, The Netherlands Client: Lefier StadGroningen Project Year: 2008 Photographs: Courtesy of pvanb architecten The family homes and apartment blocks designed by pvanb architects display brick architecture applied with great care and craftsmanship. They form a tangible translation of the varied residential programme, and continue the brick tradition of the pre-war and post-war tradition in an individual way with simple resources.
The new construction on the Bonairestraat represents the first phase of the restructuring of a block with obsolete architecture from the post-war reconstruction period. It lies in the so-called ‘Indische buurt’, at the interface of the pre-war and post-war city. The design solution adheres closely but naturally to both the urban planning assignment and the architectonic requirements of the context. Bonairestraat Groningen / pvanb architecten - type A plans & section (95491) – ArchDaily. Residential Building in Montesilvano / Studio Zero85. Architects: Studio Zero85 Location: Montesilvano, Italy Design Team: Mario Michetti, Giovanna Pizzella, Mirko Giardino Structural Engineer: Paolo Cerasoli Project area: 700 sqm Project year: 2005 – 2009 Photographs: Sergio Camplone The design of this building is part of the testing rooms of a type of settlement pattern residential.
The idea behind the project is the search for a development distribution that can return to the inhabitants of the highest degree of privacy allowed by a residential unit. The building has been physically split into three different units, where the impression is “to live in a house isolated. ” The units – separated from each other and no walls in common – they are recomposed by the landing of access into a single architecture, a sort of architectural structure, articulated and overlooking LOCATION. * Location to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.