Zooco Estudio team designs a duplex house in Velázquez St. in Madrid, Madrid's street that was born as the central boulevard of the Salamanca district. It runs south to north from Calle de Alcalá, in front of the Retiro park, to Avenida del Doctor Arce.

Following the specifications of the clients, father, and son, the project seeks to become a shared home, but with enough independence so that the private areas are not lost. In this way, they generate spaces that bring together the common areas and offer the possibility of integrating certain private areas.

Zooco Estudio's project is based on a simple scheme, the two floors of the duplex are communicated through a central void. On the one hand, the ground floor houses the common spaces - living room, kitchen, and dining room, as well as the master bedroom, the secondary bedroom, and the guest bedroom. Meanwhile, on the upper floor, there is an open-plan, independent flat for the son, which has its communal areas and terraces.



The materials used in this work, mainly oak wood and black marble, are intended to show the true essence of a home without endowing it with dense and loaded materials, providing serenity and fluidity to the home. It is important to highlight the use of a large window, installed on the first floor and which perfectly sums up the idea of the project: "Madrid as a landscape background."


 

Description of project by Zooco Estudio

Madrid skyline as a background

Our clients, father, and son were looking for a shared home, but with sufficient spatial independence from their private areas. A unique space with the possibility of fragmentation according to daily needs, which admits some kinds of family configurations that are far from the traditional stereotype.

In this way, we generate an integrating space, which brings together all the common areas and enables some connexions of certain private areas.

The layout of the house is simple: a duplex connected by a central void. On the ground floor are the common spaces such as the living room/kitchen/dining room and the bedrooms. Upstairs we find the son’s apartment, an open space with common areas and a big terrace.

The modeling and design of the spaces are done strictly through two unique materials, oak, and black marble. We simplify the aesthetic language of the house and prove the dignity of natural, raw materials, without anything artificial.

This material duo, together with the white walls, glass, and mirrors, identifies and defines each space and element, from the large central island in the kitchen to the interiors of the different bathrooms and toilets. The common materiality of all the spaces, brings serenity and fluidity to the house, reinforcing the unique and integrating character of the project.

To provide flexibility in the configuration of the spaces, we designed a system of sliding gates along the entire upper floor. This system, while reconfiguring the spaces, brings warmth and nobility to the walls. This system appears as a leading element in the aesthetic discourse.

As an element of communication between floors, we designed a flying staircase, as light as possible, to precisely enhance the fluidity between spaces and the integral perception of the home.

All project elements, except for sanitary ware and taps, have been designed ad hoc, always from the premise of the common materiality of wood and stone.




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Architects
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Zooco Estudio.- Miguel Crespo Picot, Javier Guzmán Benito, Sixto Martín Martínez.
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Collaborators
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María Larriba, Jorge Alonso.
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Builder
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NIMBO PROYECTOS S.L.
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Dates
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2020.
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Motorized wooden venetian.- Mottura.
Kitchen furniture.- Vonna.
Illumination.- rovasi.
Smart glasses.- Azzimonti Paolino.
Wine cellar.- Liebher.
Sofa sand.- Andreu World.
Furniture.- Billiani.
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Location
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Velazquez St, Madrid, Spain.
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Zooco Estudio is a young architectural firm founded in 2008 by Miguel Crespo Picot, Javier Guzmán Benito and Sixto Martín Martínez, with head offices in Madrid and Santander. Zooco Estudio´s philosophy is facing each project, from interior interventions to large structures building, through the same creative process.

Developing projects with different scales, they realize that architectural decisions are always the same: to create spaces that give response to needs and environment, always based on the generation of a clear concept as the base of the project.

This vision of architecture and the flexibility to adapt to different projects, has made them understand practice at a time of social and economic crisis.

Zooco Estudio tries to project with fine materials and simple shapes to achieve a timeless and functional aesthetic. They always search for neutral spaces and projects that last over the years. With this objective, they combine the research into new materials and systems, with the knowledge of traditional processes.

Throughout their professional career they have won different prizes and contests, among which the Civic Cultural Center of Soto de la Marina (Cantabria) and the Performing Arts Center in Verín (Galicia). They combine large-scale works with the creation and renovation of spaces in the contract, retail and residential sectors, highlighting projects such as the restaurant La Maruca, Orgaz and Atrapallada, or hotels such as Hotel Azul or Flamingo.
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