A house between a museum and a kitchen by Jesús Aparicio
26/09/2018.
[MAD] Spain
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The house is raised by two strong points to intervene: the relationship between housing and the museum and the large kitchen that is a room with great lighting.
Museum view. A house between a museum and a kitchen by Jesús Aparicio. Photograph by Montse Zamorano
Museum view. A house between a museum and a kitchen by Jesús Aparicio. Photograph by Montse Zamorano
Living room view. A house between a museum and a kitchen by Jesús Aparicio. Photograph by Montse Zamorano
Living room view. A house between a museum and a kitchen by Jesús Aparicio. Photograph by Montse Zamorano
Bathroom. A house between a museum and a kitchen by Jesús Aparicio. Photograph by Montse Zamorano
Kitchen. A house between a museum and a kitchen by Jesús Aparicio. Photograph by Montse Zamorano
Kitchen. A house between a museum and a kitchen by Jesús Aparicio. Photograph by Montse Zamorano
Kitchen. A house between a museum and a kitchen by Jesús Aparicio. Photograph by Montse Zamorano
Room. A house between a museum and a kitchen by Jesús Aparicio. Photograph by Montse Zamorano
Room. A house between a museum and a kitchen by Jesús Aparicio. Photograph by Montse Zamorano
Room. A house between a museum and a kitchen by Jesús Aparicio. Photograph by Montse Zamorano
Kitchen. A house between a museum and a kitchen by Jesús Aparicio. Photograph by Montse Zamorano
Detail. A house between a museum and a kitchen by Jesús Aparicio. Photograph by Montse Zamorano
Detail. A house between a museum and a kitchen by Jesús Aparicio. Photograph by Montse Zamorano
Detail. A house between a museum and a kitchen by Jesús Aparicio. Photograph by Montse Zamorano
Floor plan. A house between a museum and a kitchen by Jesús Aparicio. Courtesy of Jesús Aparicio.
Axonometric. A house between a museum and a kitchen by Jesús Aparicio. Courtesy of Jesús Aparicio.
The house designed by Jesús Aparicio has a privileged view of the Prado Museum, and it is a very bright place. The performance has enhanced the strength and attraction of the museum on housing.
Description of project by JESUS APARICIO ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
The renovation considers to divide the apartment into two areas: the servant and the served spaces. The first one is developed in the rear area of the house, taking advantage of the lighting and ventilation through the interior patios of the building. The only room structured with furniture is located along the main façade and facing to the most important art gallery since the XVIII century in Madrid.
The intervention wants to put in value the many positive pre-existent elements that the apartment had: a main total space, an important clear height and the reinforced concrete structure of beams and columns. The remodelling has strengthen the museum presence in the apartment’s interiors and maintained the maximum ceiling height, showing the structure where it had a special meaning. As a background of this scene, all the house has been covered with a white oak hardwood flooring.
In short, this renovation is an apartment which is tighten by two opposite main rooms: a living room with a view, in front of the museum, and a bright kitchen which take profit of an existent skylight and pre-existent high hollows.
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Architects
Jesús Aparicio Guisado
Collaborators
Eduardo Blanes Pérez; Carlos Izquierdo García; Juan Carlos Bragado Peña (student)
Venue
Los Jerónimos, Madrid, Spain
Dates
2017
Jesús Aparicio Architectural Office
Jesús Aparicio (Madrid, 1960) is a Spanish architect. His work and thinking are focused on merging the thinking-teaching-building understanding of these three abilities as a whole. He graduated with honors in both Design and Urbanism specializations at the School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM) in 1984.
He was awarded the Rome Prize in 1987 and subsequently with a Fulbright/Ministry of Education grant. He researched for several years at Columbia University, where he got a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Building Design. Jesús Aparicio is a Ph.D. architect and since 2009 full professor of Architectural Design at the School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM). During the academic years 2001/02 and 2011/12 he has been Visiting Scholar at the Graduate School of Architecture of Columbia University (GSAPP).
His architecture has been awarded many Spanish and international prizes including the AR+D Prize of the RIBA, the Architecture and Town Planning Prize from Madrid City Council, the APD Award of Design, and the HYSPALIT Brick Architecture Award and the Saloni Award. In 2000, he represented Spain at the Venice Architecture Biennale and gets a Special Mention in the European Architecture Award Luigi Cosenza. In 2005, he was selected to take part in the Spanish Architecture Biennale. In 2008, he was nominated for the Klippan Award as well as for the Swiss Architectural Award, and in 2012 he won the 39th edition of the IIDA Awards. More recently in 2016, he was runner-up at the XIII edition of the Spanish Architecture and Town Planning Biennial.
He was awarded the Rome Prize in 1987 and subsequently with a Fulbright/Ministry of Education grant. He researched for several years at Columbia University, where he got a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Building Design. Jesús Aparicio is a Ph.D. architect and since 2009 full professor of Architectural Design at the School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM). During the academic years 2001/02 and 2011/12 he has been Visiting Scholar at the Graduate School of Architecture of Columbia University (GSAPP).
His architecture has been awarded many Spanish and international prizes including the AR+D Prize of the RIBA, the Architecture and Town Planning Prize from Madrid City Council, the APD Award of Design, and the HYSPALIT Brick Architecture Award and the Saloni Award. In 2000, he represented Spain at the Venice Architecture Biennale and gets a Special Mention in the European Architecture Award Luigi Cosenza. In 2005, he was selected to take part in the Spanish Architecture Biennale. In 2008, he was nominated for the Klippan Award as well as for the Swiss Architectural Award, and in 2012 he won the 39th edition of the IIDA Awards. More recently in 2016, he was runner-up at the XIII edition of the Spanish Architecture and Town Planning Biennial.
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