The UR Arquitectura studio, based in San Sebastian, has designed TX - Arin, a residential building located in the town of Hondarribia.

TX - Arin has eleven dwellings distributed over three floors with deep south-facing terraces, located to the north of the plot in a single block; and a communal swimming pool and garden area to the south of the plot.
UR Arquitectura, directed by Xabier Uranga and Zuria Arechaga, proposes a free ground floor that connects the entrance spaces with the communal spaces of the swimming pool and garden.

The materiality of TX-Arin consists of decomposed pillars, wooden cladding on ceilings, and exterior walls, which create a cozy atmosphere, emulating a forest. The gable roof of the building is made of zinc and has a large overhang that covers the deep terraces of the dwellings, creating a relationship with its surroundings.
 

Description of project by UR arquitectura

The residential building takes the form of a single block with two communication centers located to the north of the plot facing the communal pool and garden equipment.

The 11 houses with a similar program that complete the building are distributed over three floors under a gabled zinc roof with a large cantilever and deep south-facing terraces.

On the ground floor, a house is eliminated to allow free space to pass through the building, thus connecting the access to the plot located to the North with the gardens and swimming pool located to the South.

The visible vertical structure formed by decomposed pillars, the wooden cladding on ceilings and exterior walls, as well as the use to be made of the planters in front, make the building relate to the free space in which is located thorough the construction of the image of its terraces.

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UR arquitectura.- Xabier Uranga Royo, Zuria Arechaga Loyo.
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Works Management.- Xabier Uranga Royo, Zuria Arechaga Loyo, architects. Construction supervision.- Isabel Saint Gerons, technical architect.
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Grupo Eibar.- Igor Pikabea.
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Plot area.- 3000 sqm. Built area above ground (excluding terraces).- 1050 sqm.
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May 2020.
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Hondarribia, Guipúzcoa. Spain.
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UR arquitectura is an architecture studio based in San Sebastian, founded in 2018 by Xabier Uranga Royo and Zuria Arechaga Loyo.

Xabier Uranga Royo architect by ETSALPGC, Spain. Building and Urban Planning, in 2002. Member of the COAVN since November 2002.

With professional experience in Gran Canaria in the studio Manuel Feo Ojeda (1998 - 2001), in Venice in the studio Renato Bocchi (2001 - 2002) and in San Sebastian (2002 - 2018), until founding in 2018 his architecture studio Uranga Royo UR arquitectura.

In the field of teaching, he has participated in:
- Speaker - International Seminar - Criteria for the Restoration of Built Monumental Heritage, Hondarribia, 2013.
- Invited Member of the PFC Jury - Interior Design Projects - Kunsthal - Tabakalera - Donostia, March 2013.
- Invited Jury Member PFC - Interior Design Projects - Kunsthal - Tabakalera - Donostia, May 2013.
-Speaker at ETSALPGC - 2018
-Speaker at Vía Construcción - Donostia-San Sebastián - 2020.

Zuria Arechaga Loyo architect by ETSASS, Spain. Building in 2005. Master in Territorial Planning and Environmental Management by the University of Barcelona 2015. Member of the COAVN since May 2005.

With professional experience in the studio Sonia Arana (2002 - 2003), in the studio Jose María Aguirre (2003 - 2004), in the studio Urgari (2004 - 2018), until founding in 2018 the studio Uranga Royo UR arquitectura.
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Published on: April 30, 2021
Cite: "A large roof and large terraces. TX - Arin residential building by UR architecture" METALOCUS. Accessed
<https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/a-large-roof-and-large-terraces-tx-arin-residential-building-ur-architecture> ISSN 1139-6415
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