Excerpt: Obra Virazón, designed by Barrionuevo Villanueva Arquitectos, is a residence of large volume locked by a void. It is interesting to note that not only do these have their condition and use, but the fact of putting them in relation results in a series of spaces and interstices that link them, relate them, provide them with particular qualities and end up solving new areas that coincidentally turn out to be the most important of the program.
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[Text as submitted by Architect] A large volume appears 6 x 22 meters, locked by a void. As an immediate result, the formal management of the ground floor injects its functions.
It is interesting to note that not only do these have their condition and use, but the fact of putting them in relation results in a series of spaces and interstices that link them, relate them, provide them with particular qualities and end up solving new areas that coincidentally turn out to be the most important of the program.
When we speak of intermediate spaces or interstices, we speak of access, horizontal and vertical circulation, public area of the house (kitchen, living room, dining room), and expansion gallery.
Without failing to highlight the non-physically constituted element vital for all these spaces and volumes to be related, the patio. A place that does not demand a physical action to constitute itself but articulates the horizontal and vertical uses of the entire work.
This is how we can describe the compositional logic and conclude that the physical and formal execution of the spaces is not directly proportional to their importance. Those with the least matter are more important.
Understanding this, it only remains to highlight the importance of finding a route that links all these spaces and is nourished by their qualities. Thus, being able to appreciate how each of these is affected differently under the action of light. As you go through the house, you can discover spaces, visuals, light and shadow projections, and the life that its operation proposes.
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