Best in Black Tithíocht Il-Aonad by Fernando Valdez

Best in Black Tithíocht Il-Aonad by Fernando Valdez is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Duais Óir A' Design Award in Dearadh Ailtireachta, Foirgníochta agus Struchtúir Competition Category.

ÓrAiltireacht· 2020

Best in Black Tithíocht Il-Aonad

by Fernando Valdez

Client: Valdez Arquitectos

Duais Óir A' Design Award Winner in Ailtireacht Category

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The Design

About Best in Black Tithíocht Il-Aonad

Is tionscadal é Best in Black a bhfuil sé mar aidhm aige cineál nua foirgneamh cónaithe a chruthú. Léiríonn dearadh intí na n-árasán dearadh tionsclaíoch ag teacht le hailtireacht Mheicsiceo, tá na hábhair a roghnaítear chun ionadh a theilgean in áiteanna poiblí agus cuma bhreá ar árasáin, agus é seo i gcodarsnacht le éadan glan, sollúnta. Is léir go spreagtar na ceithre aghaidhe i socrúchán randamach de chruthanna cluiche Tetris atá mar bhallaí agus fuinneoga an fhoirgnimh, ag cruthú atmaisféir soilsithe a ghineann compord don úsáideoir.

The Recognition

About the Duais Óir A' Design Award

Bhuaigh an dearadh Best in Black Tithíocht Il-Aonad Duais Óir A' Design Award, aitheantas thar a bheith clúiteach a bhronntar ar dhearaí den chéad scoth, iontacha agus sármhaithe. Is cruthuithe an-nuálacha, fíorasacha agus drithleacha iad buaiteoirí Óir a léiríonn géiniais, eagna agus máistreacht a ndearthóirí. Táthar ag súil go mbeidh an dearadh Best in Black Tithíocht Il-Aonad ina aireagán a mholtar go mór, ceannródaíoch agus séadchomharthach a sholáthraíonn luach nach bhfacthas riamh cheana. Is tionscadal iontach, measúil é an dearadh seo a bhuaigh Duais Óir A' Design Award a dhéanann sárleas do theorainneacha na healaíne, na heolaíochta, an deartha agus na teicneolaíochta agus a chuireann chun cinn iad. Cruthaíonn an dearadh Best in Black Tithíocht Il-Aonad mothúcháin dhian mhianta, músclaíonn sé paisean, spreagann sé cruthaitheacht agus cuireann sé draíocht orainn.

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