Best in Black Behuizing Met Meerdere Units by Fernando Valdez is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award in Goud in Architectuur, Gebouwen en Constructieontwerp Competition Category.
GoudArchitectuur· 2020
Best in Black Behuizing Met Meerdere Units
Client: Valdez Arquitectos
A' Design Award in Goud Winner in Architectuur Category
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About Best in Black Behuizing Met Meerdere Units
Best in Black is een project dat tot doel heeft een nieuw soort woongebouw te creëren. Het interieurontwerp van de appartementen vertegenwoordigt industrieel ontwerp dat voldoet aan Mexicaanse architectuur, de geselecteerde materialen zijn bedoeld om een gevoel van verwondering in openbare ruimtes en een warme uitstraling voor appartementen te projecteren, dit in tegenstelling tot een strakke, sobere gevel. De vier gevels zijn duidelijk geïnspireerd op een willekeurige plaatsing van de Tetris-spelvormen die de muren en ramen van het gebouw vormen, waardoor een verlichte atmosfeer ontstaat die comfort voor de gebruiker genereert.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award in Goud
Best in Black Behuizing Met Meerdere Units is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Goud, een immens prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan eersteklas, schitterende en uitmuntende ontwerpen. Winnaars in Goud zijn uiterst innovatieve, zeer visionaire en glamoureus verblindende creaties die het genie, de wijsheid en de bekwaamheid van hun ontwerpers weerspiegelen. Best in Black Behuizing Met Meerdere Units wordt verwacht een zeer geprezen, trendzettende en monumentale uitvinding te zijn die ongekende waarde levert. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in Goud heeft gewonnen, is een spectaculair, gerespecteerd project dat enorm baat en de grenzen van kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie verlegt. Best in Black Behuizing Met Meerdere Units wekt intense gevoelens van verlangen, roept passie op, moedigt creativiteit aan en fascineert ons.
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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