The renovation of the 120m² house designed by the architect Alegría Zorrilla is characterized by pleasing materiality and circulations that allow the transition of light to the interior.

In a location overlooking the Manzanares, a river that runs entirely through the Community of Madrid, the interior is transformed into a comfortable place for music and living.
Florida House owners are string musicians, so the touch of natural wood is a success that the architect Alegria Zorrilla has managed to incorporate into the rehabilitation project.

The circulation in the house is generated circularly to the nucleus that host the bathrooms, this characteristic allows a fluid and open transition inside the house.
 

Description of project by Alegria Zorrilla

The objective of the proposal is to fill the house with natural light and enjoy the views of Madrid Rio from inside the home. The interior carpentry made of wood and glass of different transparencies allows light to enter without losing privacy.

A central volume houses the wet rooms allowing the user to walk around the house circularly around them.

Wood is a key element in the rehabilitation of Florida House because its inhabitants are string musicians and especially value the touch of natural wood. This is transferred, on the one hand, to the flooring of the house formed by a natural oak wood termination. On the other hand, it is reflected in the interior carpentry and the furniture made up of birch veneered boards.

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ALÉ estudio. Lead architect.- Alegría Zorrilla.
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Private.
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Proingenia Proyectos S.L.
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120m².
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2019.
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Paseo de Florida, Madrid, Spain.
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ALE Estudio (Arquitectura Libre y Ética) was founded by Alegría Zorrilla in Madrid, in 2019. The founder has been promoting and developing architectural projects since 2007, in search of resolute solutions, from the deep respect for the environment and the social and physical integration in the environment.

In ALE study, the most suitable construction techniques are re-considered for each project, proposing innovative solutions and recovering systems of vernacular architecture. Focusing work on equipment, residential and rehabilitation projects and betting on collaborative housing projects (co-housing) that are considered a sustainable solution for the present and future of cities.

Alegría Zorrilla, is an architect from Escuela Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM) in 2003, completing her training at the University of La Sapienza, in Rome in the year 2000. She completed the official Master in Advanced Architectural Projects of the ETSAM in 2009, collaborating with the ARKRIT Architectural Criticism Research Group. 

Before starting to work on his own, she collaborates for five years with the architects Álvaro Soto and Javier Maroto and for two years with Node 17 (Manuel Pérez) in Madrid. Between 2011 and 2018 she founded the azootea studio in the company of Berta González. Co-winner of the international contest for the Infant School of the French Lyceum in Madrid, selected for the CSAE 2021 awards. She is also part of the winning team of the contest in the second call Reinventing Cities. for the rehabilitation of the old Clesa factory.

Awards:
2020.- First prize in the international competition organized by C40, Reinventing Cities for the rehabilitation of the Clesa Factory in Madrid.
2015.- 1st Prize: International competition for the new Escuela Infantil and outdoor spaces for the Liceo Francés of Madrid and the Agencia para la Educación en el Extranjero (AEFE).
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Published on: July 2, 2020
Cite: "From the musical to the visual. Florida house by ALÉ estudio" METALOCUS. Accessed
<http://www.metalocus.es/en/news/musical-visual-florida-house-ale-estudio> ISSN 1139-6415
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