Zagua House by CODA architecture. Reinterpreting a “zaguán/hallway”
15/12/2017.
[Ciudad Real] Spain
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On a 15x15 meters plot, water, light and vegetation are the ingredients around which this house revolves incessantly.
Access View. Zagua House by CODA architecture. Photograph © David Frutos
Street view. Zagua House by CODA architecture. Photograph © David Frutos
Zagua House by CODA architecture. Photograph © David Frutos
Garden Space. Zagua House by CODA architecture. Photograph © David Frutos
Zagua House by CODA architecture. Photograph © David Frutos
Zagua House by CODA architecture. Photograph © David Frutos
Zagua House by CODA architecture. Photograph © David Frutos
Zagua House by CODA architecture. Photograph © David Frutos
Zagua House by CODA architecture. Photograph © David Frutos
Zagua House by CODA architecture. Photograph © David Frutos
Kitchen. Zagua House by CODA architecture. Photograph © David Frutos
Garden. Zagua House by CODA architecture. Photograph © David Frutos
Patio. Zagua House by CODA architecture. Photograph © David Frutos
Interior view. Zagua House by CODA architecture. Photograph © David Frutos
Night view. Zagua House by CODA architecture. Photograph © David Frutos
Zagua House by CODA architecture. Photograph © David Frutos
Axonometric drawing. Zagua House by CODA architecture.
Axonometric. Zagua House by CODA architecture.
Ground floor. Zagua House by CODA architecture.
Elevation. Zagua House by CODA architecture.
Section 1. Zagua House by CODA architecture.
Section 2. Zagua House by CODA architecture.
The Madrid architects CODA arquitectura studio led by Jaime Cantero and Gerardo Marcos has designed this house in Ciudad Real, characterized by its white color and its simplicity of exterior forms. Inside, an interesting set of views towards your small pool organize the basic housing program.
Description of project by CODA arquitectura
Located on a plot with one street side and three to adjacent buildings, over a 15x15 plant, it is proposed a house, simple and complex and at the same time.
Seeking for privacy in their spaces and the quality of their views, a flexible and fluid distribution is created , starting from a courtyard and the reinterpretation of a “zaguán” , turns all rooms into garden spaces, in a succession of connected but distinct environments.
Maximum use of areas and interior-exterior relationship, to enhance the feeling of spaciousness of the house.
Outside, a sober façade and “Manchego” gate on which hovers and grows the garden.
Water, light and vegetation are the ingredients around which revolves incessantly this house.
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Architects
Jaime Cantero, Gerardo Marcos and Francisco López
Team
Jaime Cantero, Gerardo Marcos, Francisco López, M. Eugenia Prieto, Pedro de Pascual, Carlos Lara, Martxel Mendibil.
Area
15x15m²
Dates
2015
Venue
Bolaños de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Spain.
Photography
David Frutos.
Jaime Cantero, Gerardo Marcos. CODA estudio
CODA is an architectural studio based in Madrid. Its founders, Jaime Cantero and Gerardo Marcos, have been working together since 2006 when the two were part of the Norman Foster team in London. Since then, these Spanish architects have developed several projects in Spain, Asia and Latin America and have participated in various international competitions.
Gerardo Marcos is an architect from ETSAM (School of Architecture of Madrid), Master in Advanced Architectural Projects and LEED Green Associate. This architect began his professional career in London, where he worked in the studio of Norman Foster and later, David Chipperfield. In 2007, he joined the team of renowned architect Gabriel Allende in Madrid, before becoming a co-founder of CODA.
Jaime Cantero is an architect from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and has developed a good part of his professional career in London, where he worked with the architects Richard Rogers, David Chipperfield and Norman Foster. After several years abroad, he has worked for the Architecture Department of the Engineering Company Prointec, developing various national and international projects.
Gerardo Marcos is an architect from ETSAM (School of Architecture of Madrid), Master in Advanced Architectural Projects and LEED Green Associate. This architect began his professional career in London, where he worked in the studio of Norman Foster and later, David Chipperfield. In 2007, he joined the team of renowned architect Gabriel Allende in Madrid, before becoming a co-founder of CODA.
Jaime Cantero is an architect from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and has developed a good part of his professional career in London, where he worked with the architects Richard Rogers, David Chipperfield and Norman Foster. After several years abroad, he has worked for the Architecture Department of the Engineering Company Prointec, developing various national and international projects.
Jaime Cantero + Team. CODA arquitectura
CODA is an architecture and design office based in Madridthat operates between geometry, construction and computing. The team is specialized in generating light and efficient systems, using sustainable materials and procedures with the aim of reducing the ecological footprint, exploring the physical and digital limits of form-finding.
CODA works in the development of constructive and structural systems that allow obtaining an efficient form with simple and economic means, with a team made up of architects, engineers and computer scientists.
CODA's activity moves between consulting in computational design applied to light structures and complex constructions, research and teaching activity at the UPC (Polytechnic University of Catalonia) and own design assignments. The team has built in Norway, Hungary and Spain and has taught in Austria, Sweden and Korea.
CODA works in the development of constructive and structural systems that allow obtaining an efficient form with simple and economic means, with a team made up of architects, engineers and computer scientists.
CODA's activity moves between consulting in computational design applied to light structures and complex constructions, research and teaching activity at the UPC (Polytechnic University of Catalonia) and own design assignments. The team has built in Norway, Hungary and Spain and has taught in Austria, Sweden and Korea.
