Chemistry between Vanity and Geometry. VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office
09/09/2020.
[MAD] Spain
metalocus, LUCAS SANTORINI
metalocus, LUCAS SANTORINI
Architecture firm Fast & Furious Office was commissioned to renovate an apartment face to Madrid's most iconic park, El Retiro.
The main concept to design this renovation was a mixture between geometry designed by architects and the client desires, the materiality questions of textures and colors.
The main concept to design this renovation was a mixture between geometry designed by architects and the client desires, the materiality questions of textures and colors.
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Image by Ricardo Saraiva Art
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
Floor plan. VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office.
Floor plan. VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office.
Details. VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office.
Construction. VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
Construction. VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
Construction. VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
Construction. VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
Construction. VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
Construction. VANITY AFFAIR by Fast & Furious Office. Photograph by Manuel Ocaña
Fast & Furious Office designed the 190 sqm organized around a V-shaped lounge complete with a series of folded glass walls separating the lounge from the kitchen on one side, and from one of the bedrooms and bathroom on the other. The transparency allows an open space with views from any point towards El Retiro.
The spaces behing the glass partition walls are defined by heavy colors, furniture and materials, and the lounge space by light tones. An interior is characterized by layered geometries, textures and colors, that together form a spacious, hedonistic living context.
The spaces behing the glass partition walls are defined by heavy colors, furniture and materials, and the lounge space by light tones. An interior is characterized by layered geometries, textures and colors, that together form a spacious, hedonistic living context.
Project description by Fast & Furious Office
30-60-90 are the angles of a drawing triangle. With a small one, the architecture plant was drawn to organize a V-shaped lounge that looks towards Madrid's most iconic park.
With a larger one, it was redesigned on site. All the lines were drawn on a board that was installed on the floor before the project was built.
With a radical geometrical rule the questions about reflections, folds, horizons, assemblies and cuttings were answered. And with the client desires, the materiality questions of textures and colors were responded.
In conclusion: there is chemistry between Vanity & Geometry.
More information
Architects
Production/Realization Technology
Area
190m²
Dates
2020
Budget
€190,000
Photography
Manuel Ocaña.
Manuel Ocaña, Miguel Molins. Fast and Furious Office
Manuel Ocaña is an architect and professor of Design at the Technical School of Architecture of Madrid and has been at various national and international universities. His work has been exhibited in several international exhibitions such as the 14th Venice Biennale of Architecture (2014) representing Spain. His work has been published, nationally and internationally, more than a hundred times. Highlighting prestigious magazines such as El Croquis, A + U, Volume, Bauwelt, Arquitectura Viva, A10, METALOCUS and Diseño Interior- and has published a monograph (eXcepto 18).
Miguel Molins is an architect graduated with honors from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid, where he works as assistant professor of Undergraduate and Master's Architectural Projects. He has worked with Manuel Ocaña since 2007, with whom he became associated in 2012 and founded Manuel Ocaña Fast & Furious Production Office in 2015.
Miguel Molins is an architect graduated with honors from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid, where he works as assistant professor of Undergraduate and Master's Architectural Projects. He has worked with Manuel Ocaña since 2007, with whom he became associated in 2012 and founded Manuel Ocaña Fast & Furious Production Office in 2015.
Manuel Ocaña
Manuel Ocaña. Born in Salamanca (Spain) in 1966, being transferred to in the same year to Madrid. Architect from Madrid Technical School of Architecture (ETSAM), where he graduated in 1992, founded the practice Manuel Ocaña Architects in Madrid in 2000.
In addition to working as an architect, he has also worked as a road manager for a pop group from the 90s, as well as a steelworker, carpenter, and photographer. He has been an associate professor of architectural projects and a member of the Master Habilitation Committee at the Technical University of Madrid, where he has published books such as “Madrid Monumental: Exorcity”. He has also taught and served on juries at the European University, IE University, the School of Architecture at the University of Alicante, and PUCP in Lima, Peru. He has published his texts and projects in national and international architecture magazines. The Foundation of the Official College of Architects of Madrid has published a monograph on his work entitled "Risky Business", and the Coam-EA Cultural Foundation (Ediciones De Arquitectura) a compilation in the monograph "eXcepto 18".
Among his projects, the Santa Rita Geriatric Center in Ciudadela stands out, an assisted housing building configured on one floor with 60 rooms arranged in a clover shape that face a system of gardens, Ocaña de España, a controversial housing development with a dramatic scenography in Ocaña, Toledo, and the headquarters of Casa Mediterráneo in the former Benalúa station in Alicante (2010-2013). Ocaña also represented Spain at the 14th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia.
In addition to working as an architect, he has also worked as a road manager for a pop group from the 90s, as well as a steelworker, carpenter, and photographer. He has been an associate professor of architectural projects and a member of the Master Habilitation Committee at the Technical University of Madrid, where he has published books such as “Madrid Monumental: Exorcity”. He has also taught and served on juries at the European University, IE University, the School of Architecture at the University of Alicante, and PUCP in Lima, Peru. He has published his texts and projects in national and international architecture magazines. The Foundation of the Official College of Architects of Madrid has published a monograph on his work entitled "Risky Business", and the Coam-EA Cultural Foundation (Ediciones De Arquitectura) a compilation in the monograph "eXcepto 18".
Among his projects, the Santa Rita Geriatric Center in Ciudadela stands out, an assisted housing building configured on one floor with 60 rooms arranged in a clover shape that face a system of gardens, Ocaña de España, a controversial housing development with a dramatic scenography in Ocaña, Toledo, and the headquarters of Casa Mediterráneo in the former Benalúa station in Alicante (2010-2013). Ocaña also represented Spain at the 14th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia.
