Best in Black Achka Wasikuna Tiyana by Fernando Valdez

Best in Black Achka Wasikuna Tiyana by Fernando Valdez is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Quri Premiu in Wasichiy Kamay Competition Category.

QuriWasichiy· 2020

Best in Black Achka Wasikuna Tiyana

by Fernando Valdez

Client: Valdez Arquitectos

A' Design Award Quri Premiu Winner in Wasichiy Category

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The Design

About Best in Black Achka Wasikuna Tiyana

Best in Black nisqaqa huk musuq laya tiyana wasi ruwayta munan. Apartamentokunap ukhun ruwasqanqa industrial diseño Mexicano arquitecturawan tinkuyninta rikuchin, akllasqa materialkunaqa public kanchakunapi musphaykuyta, apartamentokunapaqtaq qʼuñi rikchayta rikuchinanpaq kachkanku, kayqa chuya, sumaq facadawan tʼinkisqa. Tawa facadakunaqa Tetris pukllaypa siqʼinkunap mana yupasqa churasqanmanta hamuq yuyaymanta paqarin, wasip pirqankunatawan ventanankunatawan ruwaspa, kʼanchasqa atmosferakunata paqarichin, runapaq allin kawsayta quq.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Quri Premiu

Best in Black Achka Wasikuna Tiyana A' Design Award Quri Premiu mishak kan, ancha jatun yupaychay, kayta ñawpak kallari, sumak shinallatak mancharina diseñukunaman kun. Quri mishak kashkakunaka mushuk yuyay achka, ñawpakta rikuk shinallatak achikyaska rurashkakunami, paykunata rurakkunapak yachayta, yuyayta shinallatak ushayta rikuchinku. Best in Black Achka Wasikuna Tiyana ashtawan alabashka, mushuk ñankunata churak shinallatak hatun valorta kuk yuyay kanata munanku. Kay Quri Premiu japishka diseñuka hanak, yupaychashka rurashka kan, arti, siensia, diseñu shinallatak tekinolojía ñawpak ñankunata kichuk. Best in Black Achka Wasikuna Tiyana munayta kallarichin, yuyayta kallarichin, ruraytapash kallarichin shinallatak kuyaychin.

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