White ellipse inside and outside. BALINT house by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
18/12/2014.
[VIDEO] [Bétera - VALENCIA] Spain
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A house in ellipse, in a privileged and protected environment. With an image clean and white, a geometry house that contrast with the green background. White South on wet green. A privileged home for selected context, open to your own environment. A white lab where everything seems to be controlled, a place to relax and perceive the light of South.
Outside vision. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
View from swimming pool. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
Outside from cantilever. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
Window. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
First floor detail. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
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Basement floor. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
Living room. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
Staircase. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
Kitchen. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
Bedroom. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
Toilet. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
View from first floor. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
Kitchen. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
Sunset vision. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
Night vision outside. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
Night vision outside. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
Night vision outside. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
First floor plan. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
Ground floor plan. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
basement floor plan. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
Roof plan and elevations. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
Elevation 01. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
Elevation 02. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
Section 01. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
Section 02. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
Detail section 01. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
Detail section 02. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
Model. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
Night vision outside. Casa Balint by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Photography © Diego Opazo.
The house designed by Fran Silvestre architects follows lines and very sleek geometries developed in previous houses, where white becomes the protagonist both outside and inside the house.
Description of the project by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
The mountains have the power to call for feelings of fascination and fear at the same time. Switzerland has a strong tradition of observing the Alps, living with them, hiding inside them. The awe and the anxiety that this monumental landscape appeals is reflected in the writings of Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, one of the most important Swiss writers. His novels, Derborence, describes the massive rock fall that covered the pastures of the valley of Lizerne in 1714. Antoine, the main character, survives seven weeks under the rocks before he manages to reach his village, and life.
ANTOINE is a tribute to the alpine experience and to the writer. The small wooden cabin, big enough for the life of one man, is hidden inside a projected concrete rock. Referring to the long lasting Swiss tradition of hidden bunkers, the project integrates the highly urbanised landscape of the Alps. Already described by the French philosopher Paul Virilio in 1975, military architecture conducted by principles of camouflage has, for long, fascinated the architects.
ANTOINE creates an alpine shelter, a precarious «Existenzminimum» somewhat subversive in its use where one can freely enter and hide. It contains the very basic architectural elements - fire place, bed, table, stool, window - but demands to the visitor some risk taking as the rock hangs literally on the rock fall field.
ANTOINE was a commission by the artist residency Verbier 3d Foundation. It was self-built in the village and transported to the high-altitude sculpture park. The 6 weeks residency allowed for the construction of what can be considered an inhabited sculpture that follows the tradition of architecture-sculpture described by artist André Bloc and developed physically by André Bloc and Claude Parent.
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Architects
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. Lead architects.- Fran Silvestre.
Project team
Fran Ayala [Architect], Ángel Fito [Architect], Adrián Mora [Architect], Jordi Martínez [Architect], Maria Masià [Architect].
Collaborators
Structural Engineer.- David Gallardo, UPV. Quantity surveyor.- Carlos García. Interior design.- Alfaro Hofmann. Art direction.- Adrián Mora Maroto.
Developer
Florin Bortos Balint (Globalint SL).
Structure construction
Construcciones Alabort.
Area
Site area.- 1,200.00 m².
Built area.- 772.00 m².
Manufacturers Fabricantes
Krion, Butech, L'Antic Colonial [Porcelanosa], Shüco [Dekovent].
Video
Photography
Diego Opazo.
FRAN SILVESTRE ARQUITECTOS
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos is a studio based in Valencia made up a multidisciplinary group of architects founded in 2005 by architect Fran Silvestre. Fran Silvestre (born 5 July 1976) is a Spanish architect. After having graduated in Architecture at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Valencia in 2001, he specialized in urban planning at the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven a year later. Then, he won a scholarship to work at the studio of the Pritzker Prize architect from Portugal, Alvaro Siza, which is located in Oporto, and have ever since undertaken projects in cooperation with him. He is also dedicated to teach as professor at the Universidad Politecnica de Valencia since 2006, and the Universidad Europea since 2009.
Influenced by the above mentioned architect, Alvaro Siza, or the sculptor Andreu Alfaro, among others, the studio realizes series of projects that take into account factors such as, modulation, serialization or light. Thus, giving rise to buildings of high purity, using constant innovative materials and technologies. Since its foundation, it has focused on the developement and implementation of small-scale projects, for instance, The Atrium House (2009) or the House at the mountainside of a Castle (2010). It also carries out multidisciplinary work while designing objects like the Alis chair, collaborating with other studios such as Alfaro Hofmann, which is dedicated to interior design.
