Best in Black Xanîya Yekîneya Pirjimar by Fernando Valdez

Best in Black Xanîya Yekîneya Pirjimar by Fernando Valdez is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Xelata A' Design Award a Zêrîn in Dîzayna Mîmarî, Avahî û Strukturê Competition Category.

ZêrMîmarî· 2020

Best in Black Xanîya Yekîneya Pirjimar

by Fernando Valdez

Client: Valdez Arquitectos

Xelata A' Design Award a Zêrîn Winner in Mîmarî Category

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The Design

About Best in Black Xanîya Yekîneya Pirjimar

Best in Black projeyek e ku armanc dike ku celebek nû ya avahiya niştecîh biafirîne. Sêwirana navxweyî ya apartmanan, civîna sêwirana pîşesaziyê ya mîmariya mîkanîzayî ya Meksîkî temsîl dike, materyalên hatine hilbijartin ji bo projeya hestek ecêb li deverên gelemperî û dîtina germ a ji bo apartmanan temsîl dikin, ev yek bi berevajiya paqijek pêbawer e. Facar rûyên ku di dîmenên lîstika Tetris de qewimîn in, dîwaran û pencereyên avahiyê dişoxilînin, bi atmosferên sivik têne çêkirin ku rehetiya ji bo bikarhêner diafirînin, bi eşkere tê gotin.

The Recognition

About the Xelata A' Design Award a Zêrîn

Best in Black Xanîya Yekîneya Pirjimar xelatgirê Xelata A' Design Award a Zêrîn e, nasîneke pir bi prestîj ku ji sêwiranên pola yekem, ecêb û berbiçav re tê dayîn. Xelatgirên Zêrînê afirandinên pir nûjen, dûrbîn û geş in, yên ku jêhatîbûn, şehrezayî û hêza sêwiranerên xwe nîşan didin. Tê hêvîkirin ku Best in Black Xanîya Yekîneya Pirjimar vedîtineke pir hatiye pesindan, trendsazker û mezin be ku nirxeke bêhempa peyda dike. Ev sêwirana bi Zêrînê serketî projeyeke ecêb û hêja ye ku sînorên huner, zanist, sêwiran û teknolojiyê fireh dike. Best in Black Xanîya Yekîneya Pirjimar daxwaza xurt çêdike, coşê şiyar dike, afirînerîyê teşwîq dike û me heyirî dihêle.

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