Architects Martín Peláez and Pablo Fernández were commissioned to design a semi-detached house between party walls, in an original neighborhood from the 1950s, whose morphology is characterized by several parallel rows of semi-detached houses, and joined with other houses symmetrically, located in the city of Albacete, Spain.

The architects conceive the project as a home where light and air move freely in space. The main concept on which the architects were based was the idea of generating a series of "filters" that cross the house from the entrance to the backyard, allowing not only to visually communicate the spaces, but at the same time generate an incision of light that produces a continuous linear perspective.
Filters House, designed by architects Martín Peláez and Pablo Fernández, is a housing project composed of two joined volumes, a first gabled volume, with two heights and a basement, and a second volume joined to the first, with a single height, also gabled but in a perpendicular direction, having half of its space open to the backyard.

A large open void appears as a distributing element where each space borders the next, without corridors with continuous transitions. The linear staircase, with a single section, is located in the center of the floor, allowing overhead light to pass through its steps.


Filters House by Martín Peláez and Pablo Fernández. Photograph by Alejandro Gómez Vives.
 

Project description by Martín Peláez

This is a new housing project, semi-detached between party walls, located in the city of Albacete. The neighborhood in which it is located, born in the 50s, consists of several parallel rows of terraced houses, and joined with other houses symmetrically, accessing them through a series of passages that are communicated through arches with the surrounding streets.

The plot on which the house is located has a rectangular geometry, with little front and a lot of depth. The house is composed of two united volumes: a first gabled volume, with two floors and basement, which replaces the original volume and which fits in with the houses between which it is inserted. A second volume joined to the first, of one height and also gabled but perpendicular, half open.


Filters House by Martín Peláez and Pablo Fernández. Photograph by Alejandro Gómez Vives.

The total volume is born between a backyard and a front yard from which, in turn, arises a semicircular courtyard.

In relation to the envelope: both the facades, coated with white mortar, and the roof, covered with ceramic tile, have a series of holes of different geometry that illuminate and open the interior spaces with different views, depending on the orientation.

The limit of the house with the street is established by two large white doors between which arises a brick lattice that allows glimpses of two courtyards and a second volume, also white.The structure is resolved by means of brick masonry load-bearing walls, which allows the spaces to be designed without projections, in a clean way.


Filters House by Martín Peláez and Pablo Fernández. Photograph by Alejandro Gómez Vives.

The main concept of the house is based on a series of "filters" that cross the house from the street entrance to the backyard. From the entrance from the street to the backyard. These openings of 2,20mx2,20m communicate the different spaces visually while introducing light, producing a continuous linear perspective: street-patio -living room-kitchen-dining room-patio. A large diaphanous void where each space limits with the next, without corridors with continuous transitions. A guest room that will be an office or who knows, opens and closes to the patio-porch and the kitchen, which at the same time connects to the rest of the spaces. The single flight linear staircase, located in the center of the floor, lets the zenithal light through its steps.

The first floor is formed by a continuous horizontal plane of polished terrazzo that, like a mirror, reflects the terrazzo-colored furniture.

The ground floor is formed by a continuous horizontal plane of polished terrazzo that, like a mirror, reflects the terracotta-colored furniture and wood that appears, defining the uses of the house. This horizontal plane is stained terracotta, before its contact with the backyard, folding towards the wall on both sides. The vertical planes are stained white with different textures: brick, raked and smooth plaster, metallic rods, smooth white paint, etc.


Filters House by Martín Peláez and Pablo Fernández. Photograph by Alejandro Gómez Vives.

The second floor, under a sloping roof, is composed of a large space containing the staircase and leading to the different rooms and bathrooms. This central space has a circular skylight on the roof, as on the facade, as well as floating white air conditioning ducts. The floor of the entire floor, as well as the closets, are stained in oak wood, and the 2.20x2.20m openings become windows on the two facades.

The basement is a large open space, raw, where to do-it-yourself and work with wood while you take a break in a semicircular patio of bright white tiles.

A house where light and air move freely in the space.

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Martín Peláez + Pablo Fernández.
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Execution manager.- Ainhoa Martín, Francisco Peláez, Pablo Fernández Ortiz.
Quantity surveyor.- Juanjo Montejano
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Integra installation consulting.
GV408 Structures Consulting.
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2023.
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Albacete, Castilla la Mancha, Spain.
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Mosaicos Solana.- terrazzo tile.
Rusticos La Mancha.- clay tile.
Cerámicas Ferrés.- Green tile.
Quickstep.- Wood laminate.
Nais.- Beige tile.
Living Ceramics.- Porcelain tile (swimming pool).
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Martín-Peláez is a young architecture and design studio located in Madrid. Their work encompasses multiple scales, from architecture to interior design. They have collaborated with offices in New York, Amsterdam, Madrid and Panama.

Ainhoa ​​Martín, (Madrid, 1986) an architect from the School of Architecture of Alcalá de Henares since 2012. She began his career in architecture firms as PO2, Angel Verdasco Architects, Esdicain, Hans Abaton and WorkAC (New York). Since 2013 she is interested in the design world, and after completing a masters degree in graphic design, she works 2x4 Madrid, studio which whom she keeps working as a freelance. Currently she is inaugurating a new stage with Martin-Pelaez.

Francisco Peláez, (Ciudad Real, 1984) an architect from the School of Alcala de Henares (2009) Master in Advanced Architectural Design from the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (2012), where he has been an assistant professor in the teaching unit Maroto. His experience begins in architectural firms as Information Based Architecture, Jose Juan Barba Architecture, Hans Abaton, and Matos Castillo Architects, among others. He has participated in projects in all phases highlighting the Hospitaller Panama City or Canton-TV tower in Guangzhou. Now it is immersed in a new venture with Martin-Pelaez.

 

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