Protecting from the wind. La Ventolera house by Alejandro Beautell
18/02/2020.
[Tenerife] Spain
metalocus, JOAN MARSET
metalocus, JOAN MARSET
La Ventolera house, designed by Alejandro Beautell, is sited in Granadilla de Abona, a municipality of Tenerife, located in the south of the island, Spain.
Alejandro Beautell designed the house opening to the southwest protecting itself from the strong prevailing winds in the area.
Alejandro Beautell designed the house opening to the southwest protecting itself from the strong prevailing winds in the area.
La Ventolera house by Alejandro Beautell. Photograph by Flavio Dorta
La Ventolera house by Alejandro Beautell. Photograph by Flavio Dorta
La Ventolera house by Alejandro Beautell. Photograph by Flavio Dorta
La Ventolera house by Alejandro Beautell. Photograph by Flavio Dorta
La Ventolera house by Alejandro Beautell. Photograph by Flavio Dorta
La Ventolera house by Alejandro Beautell. Photograph by Flavio Dorta
La Ventolera house by Alejandro Beautell. Photograph by Flavio Dorta
La Ventolera house by Alejandro Beautell. Photograph by Flavio Dorta
La Ventolera house by Alejandro Beautell. Photograph by Flavio Dorta
La Ventolera house by Alejandro Beautell. Photograph by Flavio Dorta
La Ventolera house by Alejandro Beautell. Photograph by Flavio Dorta
La Ventolera house by Alejandro Beautell. Photograph by Flavio Dorta
La Ventolera house by Alejandro Beautell. Photograph by Flavio Dorta
Ground floor plan. La Ventolera house by Alejandro Beautell.
First floor plan. La Ventolera house by Alejandro Beautell.
Basement floor plan. La Ventolera house by Alejandro Beautell.
Roof plan. La Ventolera house by Alejandro Beautell.
Section. La Ventolera house by Alejandro Beautell.
Southeast. La Ventolera house by Alejandro Beautell.
Southwest. La Ventolera house by Alejandro Beautell.
Northwest. La Ventolera house by Alejandro Beautell.
Northeast. La Ventolera house by Alejandro Beautell.
The house stands as a solid piece, strategically perforated to achieve views over the sea and provide window recesses with some depth and protection against sunlight. The abstract composition of the facades, together with the rough texture of its walls, seek to enhance the hard and introverted character of the building.
Project description by Alejandro Beautell
The building opens to the southwest protecting itself from the strong prevailing winds in the area. The house is developed around a central courtyard, which, overwhelmed by the breezes, is a space of interior-exterior relationship.
The day area, welcomes in the same space the functions of living, kitchen and dining room. This room, diaphanous and double height, is projected outwards with the incorporation of the patio and the opening towards the back of the plot.
The staircase that communicates the different levels, is open in the habitable floors, enjoying the spatiality of room living and accompanied, in its vertical route, a small patio arranged in anticipation of the future installation of an elevator, which will favors the accessibility of the living place.
On shape context, the house stands as a solid piece, strategically perforated to achieve views over the sea and provide window recesses with some depth and protection against sunlight. The abstract composition of the facades, together with the rough texture of its walls, seek to enhance the hard and introverted character of the building.
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Architects
Collaborators
Eloy Fernández del Castillo (quantity surveyor).
Builder
Construcciones Expósito
Area
GFA.- 305 m²
Dates
Project Year.- May 2018. Year Work.- December 2019.
Location
Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Photography
Flavio Dorta
Alejandro Beautell
Beautell arquitectos is an Spanish architecture firm, founded by Alejandro Beautell and Fernando Beautell, architects who work individually or together, leading a multidisciplinary team, specializing in different scales of architecture and planning.
Alejandro Beautell, (n. Barcelona 1978). Architect from Higher Technical School of Architecture of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, where he obtains the double speciality in Building and Urbanism. He completes his education at the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning of the Technical University of Eindhoven, Holland.
Fernando Beautell Stroud, (n. Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1947). Architect from Higher Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona.
Alejandro Beautell, (n. Barcelona 1978). Architect from Higher Technical School of Architecture of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, where he obtains the double speciality in Building and Urbanism. He completes his education at the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning of the Technical University of Eindhoven, Holland.
Fernando Beautell Stroud, (n. Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1947). Architect from Higher Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona.
