Single Family House at San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos
19/08/2022.
[El Escorial] Spain
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The Szoke House is a project designed by the architecture studio of Aranguren & Gallegos Arquitectos, led by Mª José Aranguren López and José González Gallegos. The house is located in a natural environment, on the southern slope of Monte Abantos, in the town of El Escorial, and an hour's drive northwest of the Spanish capital.
At the request of the client, the house pays special attention to the landscape that surrounds it, seeking its integration with the natural environment in which it sits, taking advantage of the landscape of the nearby Herreria forest, located to the southwest of the Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, one of the most important monuments of the European Renaissance, consisting of a 16th-century basilica and a royal palace to the east.
At the request of the client, the house pays special attention to the landscape that surrounds it, seeking its integration with the natural environment in which it sits, taking advantage of the landscape of the nearby Herreria forest, located to the southwest of the Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, one of the most important monuments of the European Renaissance, consisting of a 16th-century basilica and a royal palace to the east.
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada
Access floor plan. Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos.
Upper floor plan. Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos.
Roof plan. Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos.
Section. Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos.
South elevation. Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos.
North elevation. Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos.
Concept diagram. Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos.
Rendering face North. Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos.
Rendering face to South. Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos.
Aranguren & Gallegos Arquitectos designed the house by fragmenting its volume, generating a sequence of small connected volumes that better adapt and integrate with the steep slope of the plot. The exterior image, which is characterized by its texture and colour, was made of rusty corten steel, whose darkening due to erosion blends with the reddish tones of the pines.
The house is also oriented to the Northeast, with a large porch that overlooks the Domes of the Monastery and opens on two fronts to take advantage of the fresh air currents from the pine forest.
The house programme sits in the lowest area of the house an office, a games room, a workshop, a guest master bedroom, a laundry room, storage, and a utility room. The main floor has divided by the access into two areas: On the left, the sleeping area and on the right the kitchen, the living-dining room area, and the library, making the latter the highest volume and the space with the best views of the house.
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada.
The house is also oriented to the Northeast, with a large porch that overlooks the Domes of the Monastery and opens on two fronts to take advantage of the fresh air currents from the pine forest.
The house programme sits in the lowest area of the house an office, a games room, a workshop, a guest master bedroom, a laundry room, storage, and a utility room. The main floor has divided by the access into two areas: On the left, the sleeping area and on the right the kitchen, the living-dining room area, and the library, making the latter the highest volume and the space with the best views of the house.
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada.
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada.
Szoke House by Aranguren & Gallegos. Photograph by Jesús Granada.
Project description by Aranguren & Gallegos
Szoke House is located on the southern slopes of Monte Abantos, at San Lorenzo de El Escorial, a small town close to the city of Madrid. Monte Abantos is full of pine trees and stands out for its unevenness and its rocky areas.
The aim of the project is to ensure that the house blends with the natural environment it settles in and to make the most out of the landscape around it: La Herrería forest to the southwest and the Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, a basilica and royal palace from the 16th century to the east.
To meet the aim of the project, the house is fragmented into a sequence of small connected volumes that settle into fairly steep land in order to achieve a small-scale object that blends with the ground, especially in the upper part of the plot. The texture and colour of the house, made of rusted corten steel, merges with the granite stoned ground darkened by erosion as well as the reddish tones of the pine trees.
The project is positioned along a north-south longitudinal axis. Through different levels in its interior, the house opens itself to the landscape and its magnificent views through large perforations in order to find the best orientation for the long winter of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, making sure that the shortest day of the year’s last ray of sunshine will fall upon the façade. The house turns toward the Northeast as well, with a large porch that faces the Domes of the Monastery and it’s opened on two fronts to take advantage of the cool air currents from the pine forest.
The lowest area of the house contains an office, a games room, a workshop, a guest master bedroom, a laundry room, storage and a utility room.
The main level is divided by the access to the house into two areas: the sleeping area to the left and the kitchen, the living-dining room area and the library to the right, making the latter the highest volume and the space with the best views of the house.
The entire envelope system, its cladding and sloping roofs are solved with a unique corten steel finishing solution. With this predominant material and the particular design of the house that lands on the slope it is intended to integrate the building with its surroundings.
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Architects
Aranguren & Gallegos Arquitectos. Architects.- Mª José Aranguren López, José González Gallegos.
Project team
Pablo Aranguren López, Blanca Juanes Juanes, Alba Carrasco Simón, Ander Ibarra Paniagua, Francisco González Merino, María González Aranguren, Belén González Aranguren, Jacobo Arenal Frías.
Client
Anna María Szoke, Raúl Sanchez.
Area
450.00 m².
Dates
2018-2020.
Location
El Escorial, Madrid, Spain.
Budget
€1,250,000.00
Photography
María José Aranguren López, José González Gallegos. ARANGUREN + GALLEGOS Arquitectos
ARANGUREN + GALLEGOS Arquitectos. María José Aranguren Lopez (Madrid 1958) and José González Gallegos (Guadalajara 1958) are architects from the School of Architecture of Madrid since 1983, obtaining M.J. Aranguren number 2 and José González Gallegos number 1 "Honours Thesis" of his promotion.
Both get a PhD by the School of Architecture of Madrid with the qualification of Distinction "Cum Laude" in 1987. They are currently Professor of Architectural Projects at the ETS Arquitectura de Madrid. Both have been teachers and have taught courses, masters, conferences, seminars and classes at universities such as the Yale University of Architecture (USA), Architectural Association of London (United Kingdom), Biennale and Faculty of Architecture of Venice (Italy), Escola da Cidade and Facultade de Architecture of Sao Paulo (Brazil), Central Society of Architects of Buenos Aires (Argentina), Metropolitan Center of Architecture of Mexico City (Mexico), Facultade Lusiada Architectura University of Lisbon (Portugal), Ricardo Palma University of Lima (Peru), Higher Technical School of Bogotá (Colombia), Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of Santiago de Chile and Architecture Bienniale (Chile) , and at universities in Spain.
They were appointed by the Government of Spain Directors and Curators of the Spanish Pavilion at the 8th International Architecture Exhibition of the Biennale di Venezia in 2002.
Their professional activity is developed since 1984 and has been recognized both nationally and internationally, being exposed, among others, in the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York (USA), Biennale di Archittetura di Venezia (Italy), Palais of Tokyo in Paris (France), IV Ibero-American Architecture Biennial in Lima (Peru), Yale University (USA), III International Salon of Architecture in Paris (France), Architectural Association School of London (United R.), Tongji University of Shanghai (China) and in different exhibitions in cities such as Rome, London, Paris, Shanghai, Buenos Aires, Bogota, Mexico City, Istanbul, Oran, Belo Horizonte, Cartagena, Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, ...
Their works have been awarded a number of prizes as the EUROPAN 1 and 4 Awards in 1988 and 1996 at the European level for New Residential Solutions; National Prize of the Council of Colleges of Architects of Spain in 2005 for the best Residential Solution built; National Fine Arts Award 2009 awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Culture; Award at the IV Biennial of Architecture in 2004; Madrid City Council Awards for the years 2000 and 2005; Community of Madrid Awards for the years 2001 and 2005; National Award ARPA 2010 National Heritage Intervention; Award of the College of Architects of Madrid in 2005; Award ASPRIMA of the Madrid Real Estate Exhibition in 2005...
Their experience in the design and construction of museums has played an important part in his project research. The "ABC Foundation Museum in Madrid", the Spanish Pavilion at the 8th International Exhibition of Architettura di Venezia ", the" Museum of Fine Arts of Cáceres "and the" Spanish Motorcycle Museum in Alcalá de Henares ", as well as the participation in competitions such as the "Visigothic Museum of Art in Mérida", the "Archaeological Museum of Córdoba" and the "National Museum of Visual Arts in Madrid", among others.
Both get a PhD by the School of Architecture of Madrid with the qualification of Distinction "Cum Laude" in 1987. They are currently Professor of Architectural Projects at the ETS Arquitectura de Madrid. Both have been teachers and have taught courses, masters, conferences, seminars and classes at universities such as the Yale University of Architecture (USA), Architectural Association of London (United Kingdom), Biennale and Faculty of Architecture of Venice (Italy), Escola da Cidade and Facultade de Architecture of Sao Paulo (Brazil), Central Society of Architects of Buenos Aires (Argentina), Metropolitan Center of Architecture of Mexico City (Mexico), Facultade Lusiada Architectura University of Lisbon (Portugal), Ricardo Palma University of Lima (Peru), Higher Technical School of Bogotá (Colombia), Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of Santiago de Chile and Architecture Bienniale (Chile) , and at universities in Spain.
They were appointed by the Government of Spain Directors and Curators of the Spanish Pavilion at the 8th International Architecture Exhibition of the Biennale di Venezia in 2002.
Their professional activity is developed since 1984 and has been recognized both nationally and internationally, being exposed, among others, in the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York (USA), Biennale di Archittetura di Venezia (Italy), Palais of Tokyo in Paris (France), IV Ibero-American Architecture Biennial in Lima (Peru), Yale University (USA), III International Salon of Architecture in Paris (France), Architectural Association School of London (United R.), Tongji University of Shanghai (China) and in different exhibitions in cities such as Rome, London, Paris, Shanghai, Buenos Aires, Bogota, Mexico City, Istanbul, Oran, Belo Horizonte, Cartagena, Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, ...
Their works have been awarded a number of prizes as the EUROPAN 1 and 4 Awards in 1988 and 1996 at the European level for New Residential Solutions; National Prize of the Council of Colleges of Architects of Spain in 2005 for the best Residential Solution built; National Fine Arts Award 2009 awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Culture; Award at the IV Biennial of Architecture in 2004; Madrid City Council Awards for the years 2000 and 2005; Community of Madrid Awards for the years 2001 and 2005; National Award ARPA 2010 National Heritage Intervention; Award of the College of Architects of Madrid in 2005; Award ASPRIMA of the Madrid Real Estate Exhibition in 2005...
Their experience in the design and construction of museums has played an important part in his project research. The "ABC Foundation Museum in Madrid", the Spanish Pavilion at the 8th International Exhibition of Architettura di Venezia ", the" Museum of Fine Arts of Cáceres "and the" Spanish Motorcycle Museum in Alcalá de Henares ", as well as the participation in competitions such as the "Visigothic Museum of Art in Mérida", the "Archaeological Museum of Córdoba" and the "National Museum of Visual Arts in Madrid", among others.
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