Press Release
Montecarmelo Townhouses Family Housing by Joaquin Millan Villamuelas Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Joaquin Millan Villamuelas honored for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Montecarmelo Townhouses Family Housing by Joaquin Millan Villamuelas, designed for Ooiio, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
Regarding Montecarmelo Townhouses Family Housing
Montecarmelo Townhouses is a family housing project in Madrid, Spain. The design responds to a neighbourhood of terraced houses with a repetitive and aligned appearance. The facades are covered with rough brick screens that shade the interiors from the sun. The idea comes from traditional sun protection systems, such as the esparto blinds found in the vernacular architecture of southern and eastern Spain. The bricks are larger than the standard size and are laid vertically. The built area is 586.4 square metres. The work was carried out between October 2017 and March 2019.
About Joaquin Millan Villamuelas
JOAQUÍN MILLÁN VILLAMUELAS Architect from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, ETSAM. After working in some of the most important and influential architecture studios in the contemporary scene such as those of Norman Foster (London) or Rem Koolhaas (Rotterdam), he founded OOIIO, somewhere in the center of Spain in 2010, as a laboratory of Architecture and City capable of providing architectural quality and uniqueness to each work. Joaquín leads OOIIO´s Architecture work, looking for emotion, imagination and aesthetics in each project, always relying on the crutches of reason, technique and efficiency.
Award Record
Joaquin Millan Villamuelas is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2018 - 2019 to 2019 - 2020 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award
The A' Architecture Design Award is an international architectural design competition recognizing good architectural designs by best architects worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to architectural design studios, building contractors, structural engineering firms and architecture and design consultants from all countries. Entries typically include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. Awarded architectural projects are published at https://designers.org/design-category/architecture
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/101166
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/101166
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!101166
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/234054
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://ooiio.com/en/
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Montecarmelo Townhouses Family Housing
- Function
- Family Housing
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Gray, Black, Slate Gray, Dim Gray and Rosy Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Ooiio
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Joaquin Millan Villamuelas
- Country
- Spain
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #101166
Credits
- Team
- Joaquín Millán Villamuelas
- Image Credits
- Photographer Josefotoinmo, 2019.; Photographer Josefotoinmo, 2019. Video Credits: Creator OOIIO Architecture, Idea, 2019.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- When we all close our eyes and think of the words terraced houses in Madrid images of monotony and alignment come to mind quickly. It is true that the urban planning that governs the Madrid neighbourhoods are authentic cages for creativity, alignment machines, factories of the same. In OOIIO Architecture we apply certain design techniques, such as Dalí s paranoid critical method, which allow us to escape these restrictions. Thinking with an inspiration idea.
- Inspiration
- The main idea was born thinking of traditional sun protection systems, such as esparto blinds that can be found in vernacular architecture in southern and eastern Spain, we came to the solution of creating rough brick cloths that cover and protect from the sun these terraced houses in Madrid, configuring the facade.
- Research
- Our team work always step by step, first of all making a Concept Research. The objective of the research is to find a generator idea to guide us in the design of the project. The research tools are based in simplicity and the re-interpretation of tradition that we think that are the key to find the most intelligent solution to a design problem.
- Challenge
- The obstacles overcomed during the development of the project were mainly related with the client taste. Sometimes it's difficult to shift their ideas of a modern house.
- Realization and Technology
- Main material was rough brick cloths that cover and protect from the sun the facade of both houses. The brick has special dimensions, bigger than the regular size, and was placed in a vertical way.
- Operation and Interaction
- These townhouses could inspire the new generation of architects to build singular architecture in a monotony urban environment. Breaking the monotony of the surroundings and building, in this way, fresh urbanism in the cities.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in October in 2017 and finished in March 2019 in Madrid.
- Specifications
- Build area of townhouses 586,4 m2.
- Keywords
- Residential, House, Townhouses, Singularity, Design, Innovation, Architecture
