FRAN SILVESTRE ARQUITECTOS . photos + video: © Jesús Orrico
The NIU project arose as a way to innovate on construction systems, seeking to increase precision in the materialization of architecture and, through these solutions, to improve the quality of human environments, making them more sustainable and healthier.
In NIU’s systematized architecture, each N290 is the same and at the same time different from the rest. The adaptation of the model to their landscape makes them unique. Its insertion into the topography, in this case over a slope, leads the project to an accommodation of an access staircase that becomes a project in itself. The house saves and circumvents the imposing pine trees that characterize the house.
The configuration of the house is made around a central courtyard, which reminds us of an impluvium. Four pieces with the same morphology, open on the long sides and closed on the short sides, are radially intertwined generating four outdoor spaces with different characters. An exterior space for the day area, another for the kitchen, an exterior space related to the bedrooms and another that functions as a pedestrian entrance area. The interior spaces of the house extend to the exterior, with exactly the same dimension, like a carpet that gives continuity to the spatial sequence. Thus, the habitable volume is extended and only the shade and the climate control will tell us whether we are inside or outside.
The building envelope is materialized by a piece of extruded aluminum. The metallic sheen of the aluminum helps to integrate the house to its surroundings as it adopts the tones of the garden around it and its appearance is modified during the day, as the temperature of the light changes. We are fascinated by the sensation this evokes when we implement each house with this system, the result is simultaneously identical and unique.
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NIU N290
FRAN SILVESTRE ARQUITECTOS
ARCHITECTURE FRAN SILVESTRE ARQUITECTOS
PROJECT TEAM Fran Silvestre | Principal in Charge
Andrea Baldo | Principal in Charge
Gino Brollo | Principal in Charge
Laura Bueno | Principal in Charge
NIU TEAM Francisco Moreno | Project Manager
Mauro Díaz | Architect
Jaime Rabell | Architect
Jaime Gorgues | Industrial Engineer
Susana León | | Architect
Mar Querol | Engineer
Maria José Uhrich | Finance
Julio García | Technical
INTERIOR DESIGN ALFARO HOFMANN
PHOTOGRAPHY Jesús Orrico
VIDEO Jesús Orrico
COLLABORATORS María Masià | Collaborating Architect
Pablo Camarasa | Collaborating Architect
Ricardo Candela | Collaborating Architect
Estefanía Soriano | Collaborating Architect
Sevak Asatrián | Collaborating Architect
Carlos Lucas | Collaborating Architect
Jose Manuel Arnao | Collaborating Architect
Miguel Massa | Collaborating Architect
Paloma Feng | | Collaborating Architect
Javi Herrero | Collaborating Architect
Angelo Brollo | Collaborating Architect, MArch Arquitectura y Diseño
Paloma Feng Collaborating Architect
Paco Chinesta | Collaborating Architect
Anna Alfanjarín | Collaborating Architect
Toni Cremades | Collaborating Architect, MArch Arquitectura y Diseño
David Cirocchi | Collaborating Architect, MArch Arquitectura y Diseño
Gabriela Schinzel | Collaborating Architect, MArch Arquitectura y Diseño
Lucas Manuel | Collaborating Architect
Nuria Doménech | Collaborating Architect
Andrea Raga | Collaborating Architect
Olga Martín | Collaborating Architect
Valeria Fernandini | Collaborating Architect
Víctor González | Collaborating Architect, MArch Arquitectura y Diseño
Sandra Insa | Collaborating Architect
Gemma Aparicio | Collaborating Architect
Sabrina D’amelio | Collaborating Architect, MArch Arquitectura y Diseño
Alejandra Ugena | Collaborating Architect
Víctor Roger | Collaborating Architect
Uriel Tarragó | Collaborating Architect
Rubén March | Collaborating Architect
Rosa Juanes | Collaborating Architectc
Ana de Pablo | Financial Manager
Sara Atienza | Marketing Manager
Andrés Martínez | Marketing
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY/ DEVELOPER NIU Architectural
El proyecto NIU surge con la finalidad de innovar los sistemas constructivos, buscando aumentar la precisión en la materialización de la arquitectura y, de este modo, mejorar la calidad de los entornos humanos, haciéndolos más sostenibles y saludables. En la arquitectura sistematizada de NIU, cada N290 es igual y al mismo tiempo distinta de todas las demás. La adaptación del modelo al lugar las hace singulares. Su inserción en la topografía, en desnivel en este caso, genera una escalera de acceso que se convierte en un proyecto en sí misma. La casa salva y sortea los imponentes pinos que caracterizan la casa. La configuración de la vivienda se hace en torno a un patio central, que nos recuerda a un impluvium. Cuatro piezas con la misma morfología, abiertas en los lados largos y cerradas en los cortos, se traban radialmente generando cuatro espacios exteriores con caracteres diferentes. Un espacio exterior para la zona de día, otro para la cocina, un espacio exterior relacionado con las habitaciones y otro que funciona como zona de entrada peatonal. Los espacios interiores de la vivienda se extienden al exterior, exactamente con la misma dimensión, como una suerte de alfombra que da continuidad a la secuencia espacial. De esta forma se amplía el volumen habitable y sólo la sombra y la climatización nos dirán si estamos dentro o fuera. La envolvente del edificio se materializa mediante una pieza de aluminio extrusionado, el brillo metálico del aluminio ayuda a integrar la vivienda que adquiere las tonalidades del jardín, su aspecto se modifica durante el día dependiendo de la temperatura de la luz. No deja de fascinarnos esta sensación al implantar cada vivienda con este sistema que el resultado es simultáneamente idéntico y único.
