In the northern area of Madrid, concretely at Santo Domingo quiet residential area, team padilla nicás arquitectos designs this dwelling which evokes with its roof forms the irish cottages, which use their roof corbels as a protection, mainly from the irish climate. In this case the decision is made in order to link the clients with their born place, Ireland.
Proposal's location within the plot comes to give by the position of the pre-existing dwellings basement, which cleverly is integrated within the new proposal in an exercise of economy of means. A correct decision by the architects which speaks about the good understanding of the current situation that they faced with this project.
The roof acts as a leading and unifying element of the project, which programmatically is divided in two parts, in the architect's words "we would talk about two sides of the same house."
Description of the project by padilla nicás arquitectos
The house is situated on a quiet plot within the orderly urban development of Santo Domingo in Madrid where a compact existing housing occupying the center of the plot was the starting point, and that for economy is decided to use the existing basement which was decisive for the location of the new house.
The new proposal, more extended than the compact original dwelling, clearly organizes the parcel into two areas: the first and most representative, geared towards access, and the second, more private and fragmented volumetry, endowed with activities such as swimming pool, tennis games, trampoline, outdoor dining, garden, etc.. we could talk about two sides of the same house.
We wanted to retain the idea of the irish cottage seeking to relate the proposal with the country of origin of our clients. In these constructions, these stepped roof offer shelter and become the protagonists of the architecture. The arrangement of the openings in the volume under the roof masks the two floors above ground, as if it were a single floor, seeking a reduction of scale in the perception of the home.
The entire program of the house, except the master bedroom and garage, are situated on the ground floor, directly related with the parcel. The master bedroom occupies the first floor completely under cover, sheltering in every way the rest of the home. We hope that over time that the copper roof with its variety of reds, further strengthens the affective bond with the cottages above.
Text.- padilla nicás arquitectos.
CREDITS. DATA SHEET.-
Architects.- padilla nicás arquitectos.
Collaborators.- Isabel Colino Agudo (architecture), Jaime Santos (building engineer), César Martín (project manager), R7 consultores + Alejandro Bernabéu (structures), R7 consultores (installations).
Location.- Santo Domingo residential area, Madrid, Spain.
Dates.- 2008-2009 (project), 2009-2011 (construction).
Surfaces.- 1.773 sqm (plot), 471 sqm (dwelling).
