Jesús Donaire . photos: © Montse Zamorano
Domus Damero is a golden concrete house with a rectangular base that maximizes the space delimited by the regulatory setbacks in a rhomboidal corner plot. A volume perforated with voids arranged in a checkerboard pattern, not only in the four facades but also in its interior three-dimensional configuration through a double height in its main space. Continue reading Jesús Donaire
Estudio Jesús Donaire . photos: © Javier Callejas . + arquitectura viva
The House between Old Mud Walls tries to consolidate a lot which original function was that of ‘herrenal’ (plot where to plant herrén). Its existing walls are part of the visual memory of the inhabitants of the small town of Malagón, in the province of Ciudad Real. The project is a new construction that considers adding value to the former walls, constructed with the system of ‘tapial’ (old mud walls), of kneaded land and stones. This new construction is a simple concrete structure that shelters a more private zone, of bedrooms and services, and other one more public, the main public room. Materials are concrete, glass, ceramic and the former old mud walls. Hereby, the memory of the old mud walls is kept and incorporated to the daily use of the contemporary house introducing, visually, its presence to the interior of the rooms. Continue reading Jesús Donaire
The intervention starts at the designated site but the same strategy can be extended to a larger surrounding area towards the center of Graz.
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