Visiting the Huarte House by Corrales and Molezún
10/11/2015.
By Corrales and Molezún. [MAD] Spain
metalocus, SARA REBOLLO
metalocus, SARA REBOLLO
Built in 1966, the Huarte House by José Antonio Corrales and Ramón Vázquez Molezún is an icon of Modern Spanish architecture. Today we tour this wonderful house to discover all of its secrets.
Main entrance. Huarte House by Corrales and Molezún. Photography © Sara Rebollo / METALOCUS.
Patio. Casa Huarte por Corrales y Molezún. Fotografía © Rafa de Pazos.
Piscina. Casa Huarte por Corrales y Molezún. Fotografía © Rafa de Pazos.
Porche. Casa Huarte por Corrales y Molezún. Fotografía © Rafa de Pazos.
Comedor. Casa Huarte por Corrales y Molezún. Fotografía © Rafa de Pazos.
Living room. Huarte House by Corrales and Molezún. Photography © Waliboo Studio.
Escalera de la biblioteca. Casa Huarte por Corrales y Molezún. Fotografía © Rafa de Pazos.
Salón y pintura de Lucio Muñoz. Casa Huarte por Corrales y Molezún. Fotografía © Rafa de Pazos.
Living room. Huarte House by Corrales and Molezún. Photography © Sara Rebollo / METALOCUS.
View of the garden. Huarte House by Corrales and Molezún. Photography © Waliboo Studio.
Private yard. Huarte House by Corrales and Molezún. Photography © Sara Rebollo / METALOCUS.
Huarte House by Corrales and Molezún. Photography © Sara Rebollo / METALOCUS.
Huarte House by Corrales and Molezún. Photography © Sara Rebollo / METALOCUS.
Cubierta. Casa Huarte por Corrales y Molezún. Fotografía © Rafa de Pazos.
Roof floor plan. Huarte House by Corrales and Molezún. Image © Legado Ramón Vázquez Molezún, Fundación Coam. Courtesy of Pilar Hortelano.
Ground and underground floor plans. Huarte House by Corrales and Molezún. Image © Legado Ramón Vázquez Molezún, Fundación Coam.
Cross sections. Huarte House by Corrales and Molezún. March, 1965. Image © Legado Ramón Vázquez Molezún, Fundación Coam.
Long sections. Huarte House by Corrales and Molezún. March, 1965. Image © Legado Ramón Vázquez Molezún, Fundación Coam.
Early drawings. Huarte House by Corrales and Molezún. Image © Legado Ramón Vázquez Molezún, Fundación Coam.
Drawings by Molezún. Huarte House by Corrales and Molezún. Published in Nueva Forma, nº20, “La casa-patio y un chalet en Puerta de Hierro”, September, 1967.
Huarte House by Corrales and Molezún. Photography courtesy of Pilar Hortelano.
Huarte House by Corrales and Molezún. Photography courtesy of Pilar Hortelano.
Huarte House by Corrales and Molezún. Photography courtesy of Pilar Hortelano.
Casa Huarte por Corrales y Molezún. Fotografía cortesía de Pilar Hortelano.
The Huarte House is reached by car and, therefore, the visitor is welcomed by a large porch on the north side of the plot. It reminds in a way of a colonial home but the long leaning cantilever suggests the influence of Aalto's architecture, present in every corner of the project.
As opposed to the outside image, an opaque and even walled house, once inside, the experience is a completely different one. The space opens and all of the different rooms are connected both physically and visually thanks to the large windows and sliding partitions that separate the different rooms. At the same time, all of this rooms look towards the terraced courtyards filled with vegetation. A quiet and peaceful place which seems very far from the outside world.
The whole house opens itself to the south and the afternoon sunlight. All of the service rooms are arranged forming a barrier that protects the house from the traffic noise on the south side of the plot. These semi-buried rooms receive light through large skylights in the roof and two courtyards that serve as the drying area for the laundry and the entrance for the service.
The house, protected and listed as a Grade II building, has five yards or patios, two indoor fireplaces, swimming pool, an independent 150 sqm suite and five other bedrooms. A technical gallery under the house is practicable and allows to make necessary reparations without damaging the living quarters. It is, in short, a masterpiece of contemporary architecture which could be acquired by a private client or, at best, by an international foundation that could undertake the preservation and take care good care of it. Located in Puerta de Hierro, very close to the city centre, it's on sale for 5,000,000 Euro, but it's real value from a historic and artistic point of view is incalculable.
CREDITS.-
Architects.- José Antonio Corrales and Ramón Vázquez Molezún.
Dates.- 1962-1966.
Area.- built area 1000 m², plot area 2500 m².
Location.- Puerta de Hierro. c/ Turégano 1, 28035 Madrid.
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José Antonio Corrales and Ramón Vázquez Molezún. CORRALES y MOLEZUN
José Antonio Corrales and Ramón Vázquez Molezún worked together since 1952 in numerous projects such as the Spanish Pavilion at the Universal Exhibition in Brussels in 1958. They were one of the most important and fruitful Architecture teams in Spain during the second half of the 20th century thanks to their powerful, rigorous and very expressive architecture. They received 1st Prize for the Spanish Pavilion at the Universal Exhibition in Brussels in 1958, with which they achieved international success, and the Architecture Gold Medal (CSCAE) in 1992, among other many prizes.
Their work was extensive and included projects such as the Public Library for the city of Tehran, Iran's capital, which was never built due to the fall of the Shah Reza Pahlavi in 1979. The Spanish Pavilion at the International Exhibition of Brussels in 1958, a proposal based on attached hexagons which was later rebuilt in the grounds of Casa de Campo in Madrid. Another of their main works was the Elviña urbanization in La Coruña. This urbanization was very avant-garde at the time, but is now deteriorated after several actions that have disintegrated some of its tectonic components. The colonization town Llanos del Sotillo in Andujar (Jaen). House in Miraflores de la Sierra and Casa Huarte (Madrid). House for writer Camilo José Cela (Palma de Mallorca). Hotel in Sotogrande (Cadiz).
José Antonio Corrales Gutiérrez was born in Madrid in 1921. At age 27, in 1948, he graduated in Architecture from the School of Architecture of Madrid. That same year he won the National Architecture Prize. In 1961 he became professor at the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid. Later on, after some time away from teaching, he went back in 1981 to the School of Architecture of Madrid. He was Academic by the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, and received the Antonio Camuñas Award in 2004. In 2001 he received the National Architecture Award for his life achievements. He died in Madrid in 2010.
Ramón Vázquez Molezún was born in A Coruña in 1922. He graduated as an Architect from the School of Madrid in 1948. Between 1949 and 1952 he studied in Rome with a grant from the Academy of Spain. Over the next two years he received several awards, including the National Architecture Prize in 1954. In 1952 he started a fruitful working relationship with architect José Antonio Corrales, which would last until his death in 1993 in Madrid.
