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Best in Black Moniosainen Kotelo by Fernando Valdez

Best in Black Moniosainen Kotelo by Fernando Valdez is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Kultapalkinto A' Design Award in Arkkitehtuuri-, rakennus- ja rakennesuunnittelu Competition Category.


KultaArkkitehtuuri· 2020

Best in Black Moniosainen Kotelo

by Fernando Valdez

Client: Valdez Arquitectos

Kultapalkinto A' Design Award Winner in Arkkitehtuuri Category

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The Design

About Best in Black Moniosainen Kotelo

Best in Black on projekti, jonka tavoitteena on luoda uudenlainen asuinrakennus. Huoneistojen sisustus edustaa meksikolaista arkkitehtuuria kokoontuvaa teollisuussuunnittelua, valitut materiaalit pyrkivät projisoimaan ihmeen tunteen julkisissa tiloissa ja asuntojen lämminhenkisen ilmeen, toisin kuin puhtaan ja raikkaan julkisivun kanssa. Neljä julkisivua inspiroivat selvästi Tetris-pelimuotojen satunnaiseen sijoittamiseen, jotka muodostavat rakennuksen seinät ja ikkunat ja luovat valaistun ilmapiirin, joka luo käyttäjälle mukavuutta.

The Recognition

About the Kultapalkinto A' Design Award

Best in Black Moniosainen Kotelo on Kultapalkinnon A' Design Award -voittaja, erittäin arvostettu tunnustus, joka myönnetään ensiluokkaisille, ihmeellisille ja erinomaisille designeille. Kultavoittajat ovat äärimmäisen innovatiivisia, visionäärisiä ja glamourisesti häikäiseviä luomuksia, jotka heijastavat suunnittelijoidensa nerokkuutta, viisautta ja taitavuutta. Best in Black Moniosainen Kotelo:n odotetaan olevan korkeasti ylistetty, suuntaa näyttävä ja monumentaalinen keksintö, joka tuottaa ennennäkemätöntä arvoa. Tämä Kultapalkinnon A' Design Award -voittajadesign on näyttävä, arvostettu projekti, joka hyödyttää suuresti taiteen, tieteen, designin ja teknologian rajojen laajentamista. Best in Black Moniosainen Kotelo herättää voimakasta haluamisen tunnetta, synnyttää intohimoa, rohkaisee luovuuteen ja kiehtoo meitä.

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

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