Best in Black Multi Unit Housing by Fernando Valdez

Best in Black Multi Unit Housing by Fernando Valdez is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award nga Bulawan in Disenyo sa Arkitektura, Gambalay ug Estruktura Competition Category.

BulawanArkitektura· 2020

Best in Black Multi Unit Housing

by Fernando Valdez

Client: Valdez Arquitectos

A' Design Award nga Bulawan Winner in Arkitektura Category

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The Design

About Best in Black Multi Unit Housing

Labing maayo sa Itom ang usa ka proyekto nga nagtumong sa paghimo sa usa ka bag-ong klase sa residential building. Ang sulud sa sulud sa mga apartment nagrepresentar sa industriya sa miting sa disenyo sa Mexico nga arkitektura, ang mga materyales nga gipili mao ang proyekto aron mahunahuna ang kahibulongan sa mga publiko nga lugar ug usa ka mainit nga pagtan-aw alang sa mga apartment, kini nga sukwahi sa usa ka limpyo, mabuot nga nawong. Ang upat nga mga facade tin-aw nga nadasig sa usa ka random nga pagbutang sa mga dagway sa dula sa Tetris nga nagporma sa mga dingding ug mga bintana sa bilding, nga nagmugna og mga naka-ilaw nga atmospera nga nakahatag kahupayan alang sa gumagamit.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award nga Bulawan

Best in Black Multi Unit Housing usa ka mananaog sa A' Design Award nga Bulawan, usa ka hilabihan ka prestihiyoso nga pag-ila nga gihatag sa unang-klase, katingalahan, ug bantogan nga mga disenyo. Ang mga mananaog sa Bulawan labihan ka bag-o, daghan og panan-aw, ug nagsidlak nga mga paglalang nga nagpakita sa henyo, kinaadman, ug kahanas sa ilang mga tigdesinyo. Gilauman nga ang Best in Black Multi Unit Housing mahimong labing gidayeg, nagtakda og uso, ug monumental nga imbento nga naghatag og bili nga wala pa makita. Kini nga disenyo nga nakadaog og A' Design Award nga Bulawan usa ka makapahingangha ug gitahod nga proyekto nga labihan ka mapuslanon ug nagpalapad sa mga utlanan sa arte, siyensya, disenyo, ug teknolohiya. Best in Black Multi Unit Housing nagmugna og kusog nga mga pagbati sa kaibog, nagpukaw og kahinam, nagdasig sa pagkamamugnaon, ug nagbihag kanato.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The 19th-floor residential complex Best in Black located in the city of Puebla, Mexico, is a project that aims to create a new kind of residential building. Designing each floor different gave us an opportunity to play with the structure and distribution of the interior spaces, creating atmospheres that generate comfort for the user.
Dimensions & Packaging: Althought each floor and facade had to be different, we generated a singular size for the glass and marble that would be multiplied to create forms following the function of the structure. We managed to fit those singular pieces to generate interesting and clean perspectives
Tags: Architecture, Building, Housing, Tetris, Materials, Facade, Interior, Color
Production Technology: The interior design of the apartments reflects industrial design meeting Mexican architecture, the materials selected like wood, concrete and marble give the space a warm look and through the palate of colors white and black represents the idea of the facade of the interior design.
Design Challenge: This project was an opportunity to blend the private and public, there are nine different kinds of apartments mixed with the structure and the public spaces, this would make the user feel unique. Playing this tetris game as our original idea, we managed to have a balance of comfort and light in our main facade and the living areas.
Research: We researched the typical vertical structures in the city and found that glass was the most common material because views to the volcano and the mountains were a priority, we tried to make a balance between transparency and opacity.
Inspiration: The facade comes from an idea, the brick game. This old version had the same principals of the nowadays popular game but in a old black and gray version. The four facades are clearly inspired in a random placement of the Tetris game shapes forming the walls and windows of the building, meanwhile the dark tones in the materials is based on the abscene of color in that particular old version that the young future architect treasured for years.
Project Duration: The project design started in November 2018 and finished in April 2019 in Puebla, Mexico.
Operation Flow: While selecting the materials, we thought on contrasts, light and darkness, roughness and clearness. As a consequence, the stucture had to be mixed with the natural materials, the columns and beams divide the space depending on its use creating different heights and circulations.
Image Credits: Image #1: Night View, Image #2: Lobby, Image #3: Circulations, Image #4: Amenities, Image #5: Living room