House Dau-Z

A project for a young couple with a clear vision of their needs. The house has a metal and concrete structure, and the finishes are made of atypical materials in residential construction.

The house is a composition of volumes of different materials that are linked through a triple height space covered with grooved metallic sheet.

A concrete volume contains the services of the house in the second floor over a metallic volume that contains the garage, being this the main façade of the house.

A concrete slab indicates the main entrance through a double height wooden wall that leads to the hall that is covered in wood and opens onto the triple height space; the concrete slab unfolds into the main staircase and walkway access to the volume which contains the master bedroom; a red metal spiral staircase and the kitchen are the sculptural elements that are contained in the transition space towards the public areas of the house.

A concrete cube that contains the master bedroom “floats” on a metal structure, and its separated from three levels element through a double-height glazed space; it has a roof garden that opens to the study in the third level. Under this volume, the living-dinning room, with sliding glass doors, “unfolds” to the terrace giving a feeling of spatial continuity. A fountain is introduced into the public space bringing sound and reflections inside.

Detail

Hall

Spiral Staircase

Hallway

Detail of staircase and bridge

Living-Dining Room

Patio

Patio – Roof Garden

Detail

View from the garden

Ground Floor Plan

First Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

Southeast Elevation

Southwest Elevation

Northeast Elevation

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