T House by Olalquiaga Arquitectos
19/10/2016.
[Torrejón de Ardoz] Spain
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Among the heterogeneous urban grid of houses on the outskirts of Madrid, this sustainable house is built between party walls, designed by Olalquiaga Arquitectos, located on a plot of land in the town of Torrejón de Ardoz, situated in the historically most important industrial corridor of the capital.
An integrated and relatively neutral building on its exterior façade, with a surprising, open, and transparent interior, shows an interesting complexity of interior spaces.
An integrated and relatively neutral building on its exterior façade, with a surprising, open, and transparent interior, shows an interesting complexity of interior spaces.
Exterior view. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Exterior view. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Exterior view. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Exterior view. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Inside view entrance. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Inside view entrance. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Inside view entrance. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Inside view entrance. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Inside view living. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Inside view living. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Inside view stairs. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Inside view living. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Inside view living. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Inside view living. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Inside view living. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Inside view living. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Inside view kitchen. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Inside view corridor. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Inside view bedroom. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Inside view bedroom. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Inside view bathroom. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Inside view bathroom. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Inside view pool. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Inside view pool. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Inside view pool. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Inside view pool. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Inside view yard. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
Floor plans. T House by Olalquiaga Architects.
Long section. T House by Olalquiaga Architects.
Facilities axo. T House by Olalquiaga Architects.
Aerial view. T House by Olalquiaga Architects. Photography © Miguel de Guzmán / Imagen Subliminal.
The architectural office formed by architects Rafael Olalquiaga Soriano, Pablo Olalquiaga Bescós and Alfonso Olalquiaga Bescós has been commissioned to build this house. The basic concept of the project is the superposition of three houses overlapping its main lines to generate a final quite acceptable result. It combines sustainability measures with the latest automation technology in a traditional housing shell.
Description of the project by Olalquiaga Architects
The project addresses a double challenge:
1- to adapt sustainable and technological architecture to the normative corset and to the idiosyncrasy characteristic of heterogeneous urban centers.
2- to demonstrate that sustainable and technological architecture is not incompatible with architectonic quality (tired of absurd passive houses passed off as models of architecture).
For this purpose three superimposed units have been designed (the TECHNOLOGICAL HOUSE, the SUSTAINABLE HOUSE and the TOWN HOUSE):
The TECHNOLOGICAL HOUSE has a slender structure made of thin metal pillars (HEB 100) and a thin concrete flagstone (e=20cm) that create a diaphanous, transparent and luminous dwelling. The enclosure is glazed on its exterior side with parapets of composite panels in anodized aluminum color. The interior wall cladding is made of modulated panels. The TECHNOLOGICAL HOUSE has a central domotic control system that integrates cooling and heating, lighting, solar protection, fire and gas detection, access, security CCTV and telecommunications.
The SUSTAINABLE HOUSE has geothermic cooling and heating through thermoactive concrete slab, an inertial system the cools and heats during interseasonal periods without any energy input. The SUSTAINABLE HOUSE has a power control mechanism that significantly reduces the simultaneity coefficient, and thus reduces the costs of contracting power. A network of external and internal humidity, temperature and light sensors communicate with the central control system in order to optimize scenarios and significantly decrease energy consumption.
The TOWN HOUSE adapts itself to a corseted urban regulation. A ceramic wrap covers the façade and roof on to Cristo Street overlapping the technological house. Three steel boxes poke out through this ceramic wrap so the religious processions can be seen from the balcony.
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Architects
Olalquiaga Arquitectos. Architects.- Alfonso Olalquiaga Bescós, Pablo Olalquiaga Bescós y Rafael Olalquiaga Soriano.
Design team
Tadas Navar, Beatriz Fernández, Carmine Zoppo, Jose Manuel Rico, Fernando González.
Collaborators
Quantity surveyor.- Alberto Palencia.
MEP.- Miguel Ángel Gálvez, Juan Luis Rodríguez.
Structure.- Stufive: Salvador Villanua y Fernando Álvarez.
Automation.- Amado Gordian.
Programming.- Yves Delaune.
Geothermal energy.- Eneres.
Air conditioning.- Japa Control.
MEP.- Miguel Ángel Gálvez, Juan Luis Rodríguez.
Structure.- Stufive: Salvador Villanua y Fernando Álvarez.
Automation.- Amado Gordian.
Programming.- Yves Delaune.
Geothermal energy.- Eneres.
Air conditioning.- Japa Control.
Client
Privado.
Constractor
Fernández Molina Obras y Servicios S.A.
Date
2016.
Photography
Rafael Olalquiaga Soriano, Pablo Olalquiaga Bescós, Alfonso Olalquiaga Bescós. OLALQUIAGA ARQUITECTOS
Rafael Soriano Olalquiaga an architect from the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid in 1963 and Doctor Architect by the same School in 1967. He collaborated for nearly forty years with the architect Ramón Vázquez Molezún. In 1993 he established the study Olalquiaga Architects.
Pablo Olalquiaga Bescós an architect from the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid in 1997. He is currently finishing his doctoral thesis on the Huarte House Corrales and Molezún. He collaborated in studies Alison & Peter Smithson David Chipperfield Architects and Architects in London. Professor of Analysis of Forms II between 2000 and 2005 at the University Alfonso X el Sabio of Madrid. Professor Professor 3rd year Project and Thesis since 2005.
Alfonso Olalquiaga Bescós an architect from the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid in 2005 with distinction in the final project. In 2010 he made the Master in Advanced Architectural Design of Projects Departments E.T.S.A. from Madrid. Professor Project 3rd year at the University Alfonso X el Sabio of Madrid since 2007.
Pablo Olalquiaga Bescós an architect from the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid in 1997. He is currently finishing his doctoral thesis on the Huarte House Corrales and Molezún. He collaborated in studies Alison & Peter Smithson David Chipperfield Architects and Architects in London. Professor of Analysis of Forms II between 2000 and 2005 at the University Alfonso X el Sabio of Madrid. Professor Professor 3rd year Project and Thesis since 2005.
Alfonso Olalquiaga Bescós an architect from the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid in 2005 with distinction in the final project. In 2010 he made the Master in Advanced Architectural Design of Projects Departments E.T.S.A. from Madrid. Professor Project 3rd year at the University Alfonso X el Sabio of Madrid since 2007.
