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Saint Peter House Residéncia by Angel Valerio and Diego Vilatela

Saint Peter House Residéncia by Angel Valerio and Diego Vilatela is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award d'Argent in Arquitectura Competition Category.


ArgentArquitectura· 2023

Saint Peter House Residéncia

by Angel Valerio and Diego Vilatela

Client: Proyecto Cafeína

A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Arquitectura Category

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The Design

About Saint Peter House Residéncia

Concebuda segon la filosofia del design participatiu de baissa tecnologia e nauta personalizacion, aquesta casa es concebuda a partir de brics, un material largament utilizat dins la region de San Pedro Cholula d'una manièra ancestrala a partir de la coneissença de la man d'òbra locala dins lo sistèma de construccion. La pèl principala de la casa presenta 3 formats per acomodar los brics; muralha dobla, treilhatge e espiga d'ont part sa expressivitat, que son distribuits d'una manièra foncionala per tampar, ganhar de lum naturala o ventilar los espacis interiors amb fenèstras dins las oberturas e d'autras còps a travèrs d'una façana dobla semi-solida.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argent

Saint Peter House Residéncia a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award d'Argent, una reconeissença extraordinàriament prestigiosa acordada a de designs d'ort de gamma, esplendids e impressionants. Los ganhaires de l'Argent son d'òbras terriblament brilhantas e extrèmament creativas que illustran l'experiéncia, lo talent e la finessa excepcionals de lors designers. S'espèra que Saint Peter House Residéncia siá una òbra meravilhosa e de referéncia, notablament professionala e prigondament innovanta. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award d'Argent es una invencion fòrça notabla e admirada, que fa un ben e fa avançar las frontièras de l'art, de la sciéncia, del design e de la tecnologia. Saint Peter House Residéncia es una creacion immensament envejada que desrevelha de desirs, aduch de sentiments positius e fa néisser l'estonament e l'esmaiment.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
The main skin of the house has 3 formats for accommodating the brikcs; double wall, lattice and spike from where its expressiveness starts, which are distributed in a functional way to close, gain natural light or ventilate the interior spaces with windows in openings and other times through a double semi-solid facade between the brick wall and glass, getting privacy and staying safe.
Dimensions & Packaging
Built surface 118 m2
The project has the possibility of progression, so that the client himself can build and explore other materials, textures or colors in the composition of the future architecture
Tags
innovation, sophistication, comfort, proyectocafeina, brick, design, architecture,
Production Technology
Hand made bricks, some artifacts are manufactured by means of different materials and local crafts such as sinks, inspired by metate, a pre-Hispanic material of volcanic origin and high resistance made by artisan women. Metal lighting fixtures and switches manufactured by blacksmiths and turners from an exclusive design.
Design Challenge
The house is architecturally designed so that it responds adequately without the need for high maintenance over time to the adverse climate of Cholula of more than 2000 meters above sea level, close to the tropic of cancer and at a distance of approximately 50 km from the crater of the active volcano Popocatepetl that in Nahuatl local language means mountain that smokes.
Research
It is an example of the creative potential that exists through the relationship between workers, architects and clients in an inclusive, equitable and diverse setting where the parties actively intervene in the architectural process providing autonomy, resilience and well-being
Inspiration
Designed from the philosophy of participatory design low tech high customization, this house is conceived from the bricks, a material widely used in San Pedro Cholula region in an ancestral way from the knowledge of the local workforce in the construction system. Through the collaboration between workers, architects and the client, a house of high sophistication is achieved through plasticity.
Project Duration
Duration: 12 months
Location: San Pedro Cholula, Puebla, Mexico
Operation Flow
One of the most relevant architectural design factors arises precisely from the possibility of housing growth in the medium or long term, leaving preparations in structure and facilities to be able to house other spaces as it goes growing the family or its purchasing power.
Patents
Proyecto Cafeína
Team Members
Project Directors: Angel Valerio, Diego Vilatela
Architecture: Roberto Martinez, Leonardo Neve
Engineering: Sebastian Serrano
Construction: Jennifer Montelongo
Marketing: Ana Montes, Guadalupe Tlatelpa
Photography: Patrick Lopez
Image Credits
Proyecto Cafeína

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