Best in Black Unitate Anitzeko Etxebizitza by Fernando Valdez

Best in Black Unitate Anitzeko Etxebizitza by Fernando Valdez is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Urrezko Saria A' Design Award in Arkitektura, Eraikin eta Egitura Diseinua Competition Category.

UrreArkitektura· 2020

Best in Black Unitate Anitzeko Etxebizitza

by Fernando Valdez

Client: Valdez Arquitectos

Urrezko Saria A' Design Award Winner in Arkitektura Category

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The Design

About Best in Black Unitate Anitzeko Etxebizitza

Best in Black egoitza mota berri bat sortzea helburu duen proiektua da. Apartamentuen barruko diseinua Mexikoko arkitekturaren diseinu industriala da. Hautatutako materialak gune publikoetan harritzeko modua proiektatzeko eta apartamentuentzako itxura epela irudikatzen dute, fatxada garbia eta garbiarekin kontrastean. Lau fatxadek argi eta garbi eraikitzen dituzte Tetris jokoaren formen ausazko kokapenean hormako eta leihoak eratzen dituztenak, erabiltzaileari erosotasuna sortzen duten giro argiak sortuz.

The Recognition

About the Urrezko Saria A' Design Award

Best in Black Unitate Anitzeko Etxebizitza Urrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazlea da, lehen mailako, zoragarriak eta nabarmenak diren diseinuei ematen zaien aitorpen izugarri prestijiotsua. Urre-mailako irabazleak berrikuntzaz beteriko, ikuspegi handiko eta distiraz liluragarriak diren sorkuntzak dira, beren diseinatzaileen genioa, jakituria eta trebetasuna islatzen dutenak. Best in Black Unitate Anitzeko Etxebizitza oso goraipatua, joera-markatzailea eta monumentala den asmakizuna izatea espero da, balio aurrekaririk gabea eskaintzen duena. Urrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazi duen diseinu hau proiektu ikusgarri eta errespetatua da, artearen, zientziaren, diseinuaren eta teknologiaren mugak oso onuragarriro zabaltzen dituena. Best in Black Unitate Anitzeko Etxebizitza desira-sentimendu biziak sortzen dituen, grina pizten duen, sormena bultzatzen duen eta liluratzen gaituen lana da.

Behind the Design

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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