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(Building selected for the first phase of the 10th Spanish Architecture Biennial 2009)
The building is located on a corner lot on the outskirts of the town of Turís, on the border between the urban area and the cultivated fields.
This is one of the first constructions in a new extension of the rural core, housing nine homes, a ground-floor commercial space, and parking in the basement. A monolithic element is proposed in this territorial colonization, forcefully defining the corner and serving as a reference point for future buildings in a location yet to be determined. It reinterprets the region’s rural architecture, the solidity and heaviness of the adobe and lime walls. The compositional themes used are the cutouts of the facade’s openings and the balconies that adjoin it, shaping its image.
The exterior image is freed from programmatic rigidity through the random arrangement of window openings and balconies. The verticality established by the former is balanced with the horizontality of the latter. Both the balconies and the overhangs above the window openings are responsible for providing sun protection, but their position, in continuity with the lower surface of the slab, also enhances the view of the landscape from inside the homes.
