EME157 . photos: © Luis Asín
The El Viso neighborhood has its origins in the promotion of hygienic housing by the Madrid Cooperative Property of cheap and economical houses, designed in 1926 by the architect Enrique Pfitz. Continue reading EME157
EME157 . photos: © Luis Asín
The intervention expands a single-family home in Aravaca to create one more floor to introduce a new home. The renovation consists of making the terrace located on the top floor of the house habitable to house an independent apartment for the family’s son. Continue reading EME157
EME157 . photos: © Luis Diaz Diaz
The intervention updates a house built in the 90s on the outskirts of Madrid. It consisted of a cubical volume, made of red brick and a salmon-coloured mortar topped with a flat tiled hipped roof. In the SW corner, a double-height oblique porch interrupted the volume. Two auxiliary buildings appeared around the house, the facilities room and the garage followed by a pergola. Continue reading EME157
EME 157 ESTUDIO DE ARQUITECTURA . photos: © Belen Imaz
The assignment consists of projecting two houses for a mother and her son on the plot where her single-family home is currently located, in order to fully exploit the possibilities of the plot and adapt to her new needs.
The mother, a little reluctant to change, wanted her home to be as similar as possible to her lifelong home in terms of distribution, and they both agreed that the facade material was brick and that the vegetation was very present, as a reminder of the other house. Continue reading EME 157
