The house design by Estudio Diir is the result of the architects' desire to experiment with new housing typologies, emerging as the continuation of a research that makes flexibility its greatest exponent.

Through an open housing model where the limits appear blurred and whose din is based on the creation of transformable modules, this house located in Madrid proposes a succession of spaces through the erection of vertical walls that, on the one hand, seek to fragment the rooms. but on the other hand, since these are perforated, they serve to connect them and each one is a continuation of the previous one.
Estudio Diir proposes the conceptualization of the project based on a clear tactic that consists of emphasizing the longitudinality of the space through the concatenation of rooms, creating rooms that gradually change proportion and size and giving rise to the progression through the sequence. of spaces simulate symmetrical repetitions and generate the illusion of an infinite perspective.

Understood as rooms, the units that function as modules capable of preserving their independence, are projected together with furniture, creating a system that not only draws the shell of the project but also contains a custom work that, by the hand of Material palettes with calm tones make the program stand out and the project shine in its entirety.


M60 House by estudio Diir. Photograph by Luis Díaz Díaz.
 

Project description by Estudio Diir

The desire to explore new housing typologies inspires this proposal. Casa M60 is the result of an investigation based on flexibility and proposes, through a series of strategies, the creation of non-hierarchical units. An open model where the limits are blurred and whose ultimate goal is based on the creation of transformable modules.

The design of the project is based on a clear tactic. The longitudinality of the space is emphasized through the concatenation of rooms. This makes the conceptual duality of the project become evident. A succession of transverse walls serves two functions: on the one hand, they appear to fragment the space. On the other, they are perforated so that the spaces are connected and each one is a continuation of the previous one. The rooms, together with their perforations, gradually change proportion and size. This operation makes the progression through this sequence simulate symmetrical repetitions and generates the illusion of an infinite perspective.


M60 House by estudio Diir. Photograph by Luis Díaz Díaz.

The units are understood as rooms in themselves, modules capable of preserving their independence. Each one is designed in association with furniture that is part of the concept itself. This system not only draws the envelope of the project but also encloses the devices in charge of activating the program. That way, it is possible to free up the central space and offer a long, clean path whose polyvalence allows for a variety of uses.

This geometric rotundity is counterbalanced by calm tones. The palette of light materials is occasionally broken in certain scenes. On the one hand, the openings are emphasized with granite frames. On the other, the furniture associated with the perimeter is clad with mirrors or metallic surfaces to offer contrast and give it a significant entity.

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80 sqm.
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Start date.- Jun 2023.
Completion date.- Jan 2024.
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Madrid, Spain.
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estudio DIIR is an architecture firm based in Madrid founded in 2018 by David Meana, Ignacio Navarro, Iñigo Palazón and Ricardo Fernández, all of them architects from the Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM), complemented their training with international experiences in the United States, Sweden, France, China or India. This opportunity has given them an open perspective that they now apply in each of their innovative works.

Their projects, marked by a strong strategic and conceptual positioning, have received national and international recognition. Facing projects of multiple scales has allowed them to develop a practice that explores infinite ways to achieve uniqueness through sensitivity and rigor. The various public projects won at the beginning of their journey - some of them currently under construction - are combined with private commissions of all kinds. The achievement of this variety of works has allowed the studio to be awarded by the COAM as an emerging studio in several consecutive years.

Their work has received national and international recognition. In 2018, he was awarded first prize for the construction of a new cultural centre in Los Molinos (Madrid). At the beginning of 2019, he won first prize for the landscaping of Villamayor de Gállego (Zaragoza). And in 2020, he won first prize for the construction of the social-health centre in Plasencia (Cáceres). In addition, he was recently selected among five international finalists to carry out the Museum of Archaeology and Prehistory in Santander.

The strategic and conceptual positioning developed in the various design competitions in which he has been awarded is transferred to domestic spaces. From offices and shops to renovations and homes, estudio DIIR explores various ways to achieve uniqueness through innovation and rigour.

DIIR's philosophy is a dialogue between beauty and life experience. They conceive and transform spaces as places in constant interaction with people's life experience, influencing their daily lives and the quality of their existence. DIIR is a dialogue between rigor and sensitivity. The perseverance and precision with which we approach each project coexists with the delicacy to achieve solutions that are guided by the search for uniqueness. DIIR is a dialogue between timelessness and resonance. Their work moves away from trends and fashions with the aim of achieving spaces that endure over time and that, in turn, have the capacity to generate an impact on those who interact with them.
 

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Published on: April 24, 2024
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