Best in Black Matlo A Mangata A Fapaneng by Fernando Valdez

Best in Black Matlo A Mangata A Fapaneng by Fernando Valdez is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Meaho, Dikaho le Dibopego Competition Category.

KhautaMeaho· 2020

Best in Black Matlo A Mangata A Fapaneng

by Fernando Valdez

Client: Valdez Arquitectos

Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award Winner in Meaho Category

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The Design

About Best in Black Matlo A Mangata A Fapaneng

Best in Black ke morero o ikemiselitseng ho theha mofuta o mocha oa moaho oa bolulo. Moralo oa kahare oa likamore tsena o bonts'a sebopeho sa meralo ea liindasteri, meaho e khethiloeng e tla hlahisa mohopolo libakeng tsa sechaba le ponahalo e futhumetseng ea likamore, kaha sena se fapana le lebala le hloekileng le le boreleli. Likarolo tsena tse 'ne li bululetsoe ka mokhoa o hlakileng sebopeho sa sebapali sa Tetris se theha marako le lifensetere tsa moaho, se theha marang-rang a bonesang marang-rang.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award

Best in Black Matlo A Mangata A Fapaneng ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang haholo e fuoang meralo ea maemo a pele, e ntle ka ho makatsa le e ikhethang. Bahapi ba Khauta ke lintho tse hlahisitsoeng tse nang le mehopolo e mecha haholo, tse shebileng pele le tse khanyang ka ho foufatsa, tse bontšang botsebi, bohlale le bokhoni ba baqapi ba tsona. Best in Black Matlo A Mangata A Fapaneng e lebelletsoe ho ba mohopolo o babatsoang haholo, o thehang mekhoa e mecha le o moholo, o tlisang boleng bo sa kang ba bonoa. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award ke mosebetsi o tsosang maikutlo, o hlomphehang, o tlisang molemo o moholo le o sutumelletsang meeli ea bonono, mahlale, moralo le theknoloji. Best in Black Matlo A Mangata A Fapaneng e hlahisa maikutlo a matla a takatso, e tsosa tjantjello, e khothalletsa boqapi mme e re khahlisa.

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