Mercedes House In Garden City
MERCEDES HOUSE IN GARDEN CITY
CREUSeCARRASCO Arquitectos
ARCHITECTS
CREUSeCARRASCO Arquitectos
LOCATION
A Coruña, Spain
CATEGORY
Houses
CONSTRUCTOR
Manuel González
COLLABORATORS
Belén Salgado, Cecilia Castro, Alexandre Antunes, Bárbara Mesquita, Félix Suárez
COLLABORATING COMPANIES
Manuel Sánchez Sánchez, Piedras Monte Mar, Castro Amor, Antonio Chas, Talleres San Benito, Fontanería Paraguas, José Maria Pardo, Pinturas Antonio Rivas Casas, Aluminios Suso, Escayolas Carlos
PROJECT YEAR
2009
PHOTOGRAPHS
Raul Lamoso, Héctor Santos
CONTRACTOR
Manuel González
Text description provided by architect.
The plot, like all those of the same alignment, has the particularity of being limited at the back by another much higher level which situates the dwellings on the base of a high floor through which the access occurs.
With its front facing north, the solution of the housing is also conditioned by the two lateral setbacks that fix the plan and by the minimum width dimensions of the plot.
The interior layout is organized into two areas that occupy the northern and southern extremities of the construction; between them appear the elements of communication and a patio facing the interior space through large panes of glass.
The building is a block of stone with holes carved in the form of cracks, very compact, placed on a base, also of stone, that occupies the entire parcel and that leaves on the southern edge against the wall of the neighboring property a water channel and a garden for climbing-plants.
