Board game volumetry. Domus Damero by Jesús Donaire García de Mora
29/11/2023.
[MAD] Spain
metalocus, JORGE MARTINEZ
metalocus, JORGE MARTINEZ
Architect Jesús Donaire has been in charge of the construction of a single-family home based on the shape of a checkerboard, a checkers game board, which maximizes the permitted developable space of a trapezoidal-shaped plot in the Madrid municipality of Majadahonda, in Spain.
The building is composed by establishing four different scenes on the ground floor, depending on the orientation, which become four porches in each of its corners thanks to its large windows, generating continuity between the main double-height interior space and the exterior. It was projected as a zero-consumption construction with systems such as solar panels that power the home's aerothermal consumption.
The building is composed by establishing four different scenes on the ground floor, depending on the orientation, which become four porches in each of its corners thanks to its large windows, generating continuity between the main double-height interior space and the exterior. It was projected as a zero-consumption construction with systems such as solar panels that power the home's aerothermal consumption.
Domus Damero by Jesús Donaire García de Mora. Photograph by Montse Zamorano.
Domus Damero by Jesús Donaire García de Mora. Photograph by Montse Zamorano.
Domus Damero by Jesús Donaire García de Mora. Photograph by Montse Zamorano.
Domus Damero by Jesús Donaire García de Mora. Photograph by Montse Zamorano.
Domus Damero by Jesús Donaire García de Mora. Photograph by Montse Zamorano.
Domus Damero by Jesús Donaire García de Mora. Photograph by Montse Zamorano.
Domus Damero by Jesús Donaire García de Mora. Photograph by Montse Zamorano.
Domus Damero by Jesús Donaire García de Mora. Photograph by Montse Zamorano.
Domus Damero by Jesús Donaire García de Mora. Photograph by Montse Zamorano.
Domus Damero by Jesús Donaire García de Mora. Photograph by Montse Zamorano.
Domus Damero by Jesús Donaire García de Mora. Photograph by Montse Zamorano.
Domus Damero by Jesús Donaire García de Mora. Photograph by Montse Zamorano.
Domus Damero by Jesús Donaire García de Mora. Photograph by Montse Zamorano.
Domus Damero by Jesús Donaire García de Mora. Photograph by Montse Zamorano.
Domus Damero by Jesús Donaire García de Mora. Photograph by Montse Zamorano.
Ground floor plan. Domus Damero by Jesús Donaire García de Mora.
First floor plan. Domus Damero by Jesús Donaire García de Mora.
Section plan. Domus Damero by Jesús Donaire García de Mora.
Domus Damero, designed by architect Jesús Donaire, is a golden concrete home formed by a volume perforated with voids arranged in a staggered pattern that make up a checkerboard, not only on the four facades but also in its three-dimensional interior configuration.
The structure of the building is generated by white concrete with wooden slat formwork, which allows the appearance of the four large cantilevers at the four corners on the ground floor. The interior and exterior are materially united by a continuous Campaspero limestone pavement, thus generating greater visual breadth.
Domus Damero by Jesús Donaire García de Mora. Photograph by Montse Zamorano.
The structure of the building is generated by white concrete with wooden slat formwork, which allows the appearance of the four large cantilevers at the four corners on the ground floor. The interior and exterior are materially united by a continuous Campaspero limestone pavement, thus generating greater visual breadth.
Domus Damero by Jesús Donaire García de Mora. Photograph by Montse Zamorano.
Project description by Jesús Donaire
The Domus Damero is a golden concrete home with a rectangular base that maximizes the space delimited by the regulatory setbacks on a rhomboidal corner plot. A volume pierced with voids arranged in a staggered manner that make up a checkerboard, not only in the four facades but also in its three-dimensional interior configuration through a double height in its main space.
This composition establishes four different scenes on the ground floor, depending on the orientation, which become four porches in each of its corners thanks to its large windows - hidden in its walls with a galandage system -, generating continuity between the interior space and the outside. Similarly, the upper floor organizes each of the four bedrooms in its four corners. The distribution of the domestic program on both floors is organized around the path of the sun.
The construction of the structure is made of white concrete with wooden slat formwork, enabling the four large cantilevers at the four corners on the ground floor. The interior and exterior are diluted thanks to a continuous Campaspero limestone pavement that extends the four open corners of the house towards the diagonals of the plot, thus generating greater visual breadth. A central core houses the staircase, the elevator and the facilities that run through the three floors of the house. In terms of sustainability, the solar panels provide energy for the aerothermal consumption of the home, conceived as a zero-consumption construction.
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Project team
Collaborating architect: Javier Mercadé Seijas.
Technical architect: Juan Antonio Jiménez Barrera.
Technical architect: Juan Antonio Jiménez Barrera.
Collaborators
Michael Bello, Maria Martinez, Arianna Missaglia, Pablo Paradinas, Iacopo Prinetti and Cesare Sartori.
Dates
Completion date: February 2023.
Location
Majadahonda, Madrid. Spain.
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Jesús Donaire
Jesús Donaire holds a PhD in Architecture from the ETSAM-UPM, with an Extraordinary Prize from the UPM, and is an architect from the same University. Master in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University in New York, thanks to a Fulbright scholarship, with an Honorary Award for Excellence in Design and the William Kinne Research Award. He obtained a scholarship from the Consejo Social UPM and a scholarship from the Real Academia de España en Roma.
He is Profesor Contratado Doctor at the ETSAM. He has been an Assistant Professor at Barnard + Columbia College of Architecture in New York, a Professor at the University of Nebrija, at Suffolk University (Boston), at the University of Navarra, and a Visiting Professor at the Politecnico di Milano since 2016. He has been invited as a guest lecturer, workshop tutor, and project juror at various universities and cultural institutions in Europe, the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Secretary of the BigMat International Architecture Award and Editor-in-Chief of the BMIAA Architectural Culture Blog. He has collaborated extensively with David Chipperfield in London and with Jesús Aparicio and Alberto Campo Baeza in Madrid. His projects have been awarded, selected, and/or nominated internationally, including two ENOR awards, LLEDÒ, COAM Madrid, ASCER de Arquitectura Cerámica, International Interior Design Association of Chicago (IIDA), the ARCHITIZER of New York on three occasions, the Arquitectura con Ñ Awards and the CSCAE Architecture Awards. His work has been extensively awarded, published, and exhibited. In 2020 he won a mention in the competition for the new market in Sanxenxo and 2022 he won first prize in the international competition for the refurbishment and extension of the Real Academia de España en Roma.
At the same time, he has carried out extensive work as a curator and museographer of exhibitions, widely recognized and awarded internationally. From 2018 to 2020 he worked as curator and museographer of the Real Academia de España en Roma. His most awarded and published exhibitions include DOMUSae, Espacios para la Cultura, organized by the Ministry of Culture, or the exhibition JAE, Jóvenes Arquitectos Españoles, organized by the Ministry of Housing.
He is Profesor Contratado Doctor at the ETSAM. He has been an Assistant Professor at Barnard + Columbia College of Architecture in New York, a Professor at the University of Nebrija, at Suffolk University (Boston), at the University of Navarra, and a Visiting Professor at the Politecnico di Milano since 2016. He has been invited as a guest lecturer, workshop tutor, and project juror at various universities and cultural institutions in Europe, the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Secretary of the BigMat International Architecture Award and Editor-in-Chief of the BMIAA Architectural Culture Blog. He has collaborated extensively with David Chipperfield in London and with Jesús Aparicio and Alberto Campo Baeza in Madrid. His projects have been awarded, selected, and/or nominated internationally, including two ENOR awards, LLEDÒ, COAM Madrid, ASCER de Arquitectura Cerámica, International Interior Design Association of Chicago (IIDA), the ARCHITIZER of New York on three occasions, the Arquitectura con Ñ Awards and the CSCAE Architecture Awards. His work has been extensively awarded, published, and exhibited. In 2020 he won a mention in the competition for the new market in Sanxenxo and 2022 he won first prize in the international competition for the refurbishment and extension of the Real Academia de España en Roma.
At the same time, he has carried out extensive work as a curator and museographer of exhibitions, widely recognized and awarded internationally. From 2018 to 2020 he worked as curator and museographer of the Real Academia de España en Roma. His most awarded and published exhibitions include DOMUSae, Espacios para la Cultura, organized by the Ministry of Culture, or the exhibition JAE, Jóvenes Arquitectos Españoles, organized by the Ministry of Housing.
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