Dialogue with the outside. 9 Houses in As Galeras by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos
22/12/2020.
[Oleiros - A Coruña] Spain
metalocus, JULIO RODRÍGUEZ
metalocus, JULIO RODRÍGUEZ
Architecture firm Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos designed 9 Houses in As Galeras, a residential complex located in Oleiros, within the metropolitan area of La Coruña, in the homonymous province, in Galicia, northwest of Spain.
One of the fundamental and determining elements to design the project was the unevenness of the land. One of the rows of houses has a drop of approximately 4 meters from each other. This allows the user to extend the views from the walkable roof of each home.
One of the fundamental and determining elements to design the project was the unevenness of the land. One of the rows of houses has a drop of approximately 4 meters from each other. This allows the user to extend the views from the walkable roof of each home.
9 Houses in As Galeras by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos. Photograph by Wifre Melendrez
9 Houses in As Galeras by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos. Photograph by Wifre Melendrez
9 Houses in As Galeras by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos. Photograph by Wifre Melendrez
9 Houses in As Galeras by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos. Photograph by Wifre Melendrez
9 Houses in As Galeras by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos. Photograph by Wifre Melendrez
9 Houses in As Galeras by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos. Photograph by Wifre Melendrez
9 Houses in As Galeras by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos. Photograph by Wifre Melendrez
9 Houses in As Galeras by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos. Photograph by Wifre Melendrez
9 Houses in As Galeras by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos. Photograph by Wifre Melendrez
9 Houses in As Galeras by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos. Photograph by Wifre Melendrez
9 Houses in As Galeras by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos. Photograph by Wifre Melendrez
9 Houses in As Galeras by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos. Photograph by Wifre Melendrez
9 Houses in As Galeras by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos. Photograph by Wifre Melendrez
9 Houses in As Galeras by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos. Photograph by Wifre Melendrez
9 Houses in As Galeras by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos. Photograph by Wifre Melendrez
Site plan. 9 Houses in As Galeras by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos
Ground floor plan and urbanization. 9 Houses in As Galeras by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos
First floor plan. 9 Houses in As Galeras by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos
Rooftop floor plan 01. 9 Houses in As Galeras by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos
Rooftop floor plan 02. 9 Houses in As Galeras by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos
Basement floor plan. 9 Houses in As Galeras by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos
Elevations. 9 Houses in As Galeras by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos
Elevation and section. 9 Houses in As Galeras by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos
Axonometric. 9 Houses in As Galeras by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos
The 9 Houses in As Galeras designed by the Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos studio present a residential complex far from a conventional prototype. With very marked materiality due to the use of vertical slats that will serve to close or open the house to the outside, allowing permeability while maintaining its privacy.
The common space that develops between the rows of volumes functions as a nucleus for the homes themselves. The houses are located on the same elevation and a very marked horizontal axis, except for a single house that is located at a lower elevation than the rest, in turn, it presents the same design and distribution of uses as the rest of the complex.
The common space that develops between the rows of volumes functions as a nucleus for the homes themselves. The houses are located on the same elevation and a very marked horizontal axis, except for a single house that is located at a lower elevation than the rest, in turn, it presents the same design and distribution of uses as the rest of the complex.
Project description by Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos
The objective of the project is the construction of eight terraced houses in line and a single-family housing isolated with a common space that unifies these buildings. These houses have the GCBe Green environmental certification.
The important topographical elevation presented by the plot is one of the biggest conditions of the project.
On the one hand, and thanks to this slope, both cars and pedestrians access the interior from the same street level.
At the entrance to the garage, the level is smaller, accessing the garage without the need for a ramp, and at the entrance to the house, the level is greater than and equal to the level of the Street.
On the other hand, this unevenness allows us to design a private outdoor space for each house consisting of paved and landscaped terraces at different heights and turned south that solve this slope and give privacy to each house. The implementation of these houses is done considering the conditions of the land and also solving the different orientations of each of them.
The plot, presents a line of houses in the north, an isolated house in the south, and a common space in the center that becomes the heart of the housing complex, where everyone will have access.
The row houses set up a linear element, with a joint reading and with the same distribution of uses on the floor: garage in the basement, day area on the ground floor, and night area on the first floor. Besides, in cases where possible, the houses have a solarium on the roof. The isolated house presents the same distribution scheme.
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Architects
Project team
Architects.- Lucas Díaz Sierra, Gustavo Díaz García.
Collaborators
Quantity surveyor.- Pablo Sanjurjo Morodo. Collaborators.- Alejandro Rodríguez Tarrío, Pablo Mera Montecelos.
Builder
Area
1,430sqm.
Dates
2020.
Location
Oleiros, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
Photography
Gustavo Díaz García y Lucas Díaz Sierra. Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos SLP
Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos SLP, is a Galician architecture studio directed by the architects Gustavo Díaz García (1952) ETSAM (1978) and Lucas Díaz Sierra (1974) ETSAB (2000), with open offices in A Coruña and Madrid. It has a large team of collaborating architects of various nationalities. They have received awards in the various fields of their activity: New Construction, Rehabilitation, Urban Planning and Interior Design.
They have been invited to participate in courses, conferences and conferences: Superior Technical Schools of Architecture of A Coruña, Barcelona, Camilo José Cela University and University College of Dublin, Associations of Architects of Galicia, Madrid and Barcelona, College of Quantity Surveyors of Madrid, Ministry of Education, House of UNESCO in Paris, House of Galicia in Madrid, Institute of Architecture of San Francisco, Pecha Kucha Night, etc.
Gustavo Díaz García, Graduate of the Madrid Superior Technical School of Architecture (1978). Doctoral courses (1980-1983). Technical seminars on environmental quality in educational institutions, Ministry of Education and Science, Madrid (1983).
Lucas Díaz Sierra, Graduate of the Barcelona Superior Technical School of Architecture (2000). Architecture course at Saint Louis University. Landscape and Urban Planning and Interior Design courses at Berkeley University. Organic and Ecological Architecture courses at the San Francisco Institute of Architecture. Higher Level Course at Leeds Metropolitan University.
They have been invited to participate in courses, conferences and conferences: Superior Technical Schools of Architecture of A Coruña, Barcelona, Camilo José Cela University and University College of Dublin, Associations of Architects of Galicia, Madrid and Barcelona, College of Quantity Surveyors of Madrid, Ministry of Education, House of UNESCO in Paris, House of Galicia in Madrid, Institute of Architecture of San Francisco, Pecha Kucha Night, etc.
Gustavo Díaz García, Graduate of the Madrid Superior Technical School of Architecture (1978). Doctoral courses (1980-1983). Technical seminars on environmental quality in educational institutions, Ministry of Education and Science, Madrid (1983).
Lucas Díaz Sierra, Graduate of the Barcelona Superior Technical School of Architecture (2000). Architecture course at Saint Louis University. Landscape and Urban Planning and Interior Design courses at Berkeley University. Organic and Ecological Architecture courses at the San Francisco Institute of Architecture. Higher Level Course at Leeds Metropolitan University.
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