Concrete Home Embedded In The Slope

The design of this property, situated on a hill outdoors Barcelona, was inspired by the topography of the land. The steep slope of the website determined architect Pepe Gascon to embed the major physique of the developing into the ground rather than elevate it. This selection resulted in a cubic shape with a sloping roof parallel to the slope of the internet site. The only exceptions to the best cube are the two incisions produced on the two sides of the residence, going by way of the roof and the upper level of the house. These incisions have a double function. On the one hand they bring light in as they are glazed on the 3 sides, and on the other they generate niches for the entrance and a small teracce linked to the master bedroom. There are 3 floors, out of which two are excavated and only the upper one is above the street level. The reduce level is devoted to the day activities, while the middle and upper ones have been affected to the night or private activities. The front facades of the two reduced floors are fully glazed, as that is the only path that can source natural light. On the prime floor, the light penetrates thanks to the two lateral incisions.

The straightforward, unadorned concrete structure, together with its semi-buried position make the home appear shy and introverted from the exterior.

Inside we find the very same sobriety in what concerns the lines and the colors, but the space is a lot more open and dynamic. The floors are interconnected by a series of cantilevering dark wood stairs that hang on thin metal cables. The design of the staircase enables the light to circulate vertically from one floor to the other.

The white walls reflect the light sending its reflections even to the shadiest corners of the property.

The staircase provides different geomterical perspectives from numerous angles of the house. It is the element that provides the rhythm and the dynamic of the space.

The bathroom creates the transition from the master bedroom to the intimate terrace carved into the side of the creating.

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Small Apartment With Concrete Walls

Posted on March 04th, 2014 in Interior Style Suggestions

Small apartment with concrete walls for a couple with a child with nearly 47 sq.m. This gorgeous, contemporary and easy interior was developed by Odnushka. Bare concrete walls are a counterpoint to the artistic mobile structures.

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Modern Day Home Made Of Concrete Boxes

Suggestively referred to as “the home of the red box”, this Brazil residence was designed by architect and designer Leo Romano on a internet site surrounded by lush vegetation. The constructing comes to insert itself in the existing slope of the land, creating a minimum human effect. Numerous concrete boxes take the shape and size that greater adapts to current topography. The principal house is a concrete and glass box that has the principal entrance and day level at the leading of the slope, and the evening level at the bottom, invisible from above. This position provides comprehensive privacy to the bedroom area that overlooks the the garden and the pool. On best of the major building, like a nest or observation spot, there is a red concrete box that offers identity to the house. The other box is represented by the pool structure, an elongated box that stick out of the slope, cantilevering above the lowest level of the garden. The best floor consists of the open program kitchen and the living location.The slope offers a platform at the level of the kitchen where an outdoors terrace could be produced. At the other finish, the living room is set in a light-flooded corner that overlooks the trees and the pool below.

The primary bedroom gives direct access to the lap pool and the garden. The architect wanted to push the concrete frame of the pool outdoors the slope, generating an original visual effect. The vibrant yellow deck chairs add a splash of colour on the side of the pool.

The living room is the focal point of the home, and it has been fitted with stunning armchairs and comfy sofas and poufs. A well lived-in atmosphere is provided by the stacks of books and magazines spread a bit all more than the space, on the floor and on the low table.

The armchairs, with dark wood frames and soft cushions invite to relaxation. Other decoration components and art works are spread around the room, in an intentionally careless manner which creates an informal atmosphere.

The kitchen consists of a constructed-in glossy black block and a lengthy island, in concrete and with a black stone counter. Glossy organic-shaped stools are aligned on the living room side of the counter, serving for dining and snacking.

There is a prefect symmetry among the bottom and top floor facades on the pool side. The sliding glazed doors open to let the air in and appears to invite for a dive into the pool underneath.

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CONCRETE Home By By FGR Architects

Inspired by the essence of a residence that becomes much more lovely with age, Concrete House by FGR Architects is the result of a two material palette, concrete and glass selected for their qualities of beatification with time, sustainability, simplicity of create and integration into the building’s existing atmosphere.

Located in the resurgent suburb of Maribyrnong, close to inner Melbourne the home has a composed elegance that challenges a lot of conventions in Australian domestic architecture. The 3 storey dwelling embraces the opportunity of its internet site, turning itself ’upside down’ with the bedrooms and service spaces on the reduce floors rising to spacious and bright open living region below the retractable glass roof with panoramic views and a glass fronted rooftop pool.

Director of FGR Architects, Feras Raffoul explains his passion and respect for concrete as the excellent creating material for its numerous qualities of thermal, sustainability, aesthetic and ability to collect patina and therefore beautify with age. “The ability of this house to be constructed mostly from these two materials aids to create an everlasting structure and once the concrete walls and floor are up, the external and internal glass mounted, only the joinery remains to complete the building. The simplicity of this is exquisite.

“Concrete has often appealed to me as a worthwhile architectural tool for its numerous merits and inexhaustible and continual innovations in its applications. It has the capability to make a simple space, type or structure come to life, I think that to produce special spaces and volumes it is what you leave out rather than what you include,” Raffoul stated. “In Concrete Property movement of light is crucial in that it activates and warms the firmness of the concrete walls and makes it possible for for the architecture to come alive. We enjoy placing delicate and precise finishes to function along side the brutal concrete and find this has a yin and yang effect.”

Climbing previous the cool bedrooms positioned on the middle floor, the soaring glass staircase delivers residents to the panoramic views of the prime floor covered only by a glass roof assembled from a easy steel frame and cleverly considered for comfort with automated blinds responding to altering light circumstances. This open space of kitchen, dining and living contrasts in materiality and spatial dynamic as the concrete walls drop away and are replaced by glass and acrylic that also types one side of the lap pool presenting the physique of water as direct counterpoint and viewing point even though spectacular city skyline panorama is enjoyed from the adjoining terrace.

Raffoul has applied his understanding of industrial creating systems and building into the conception of this property and pushes the ability of the insulated concrete to offer a thermally constant space of excellent clarity. This dwelling demonstrates the effect that an architect’s sturdy affection for brutal supplies combined with precise and delicate details transformed into and sophisticated space through persistence and a labour of really like.

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Concrete Property With 2nd Level Pool And 360 Degree Views

La Perla Del Mediterraneo by Spainville is a 3 level property full of geometric shapes and voids all coming collectively to generate a façade of intricate layers for each sun, shade and air circulation. The residence is spread over 3 floors. On the entrance level, there is the two-car garage, 3 bedrooms, every single with their own bathroom and a covered terrace and garden. A single floor up is the living space comprehensive with fireplace and a modern Santos kitchen. Two Japanese gardens overlook this second level and just outdoors the social zone is a terrace that leads to the pool. This second level is accessed by an elevator or by stairs, as is the third level. The third level is house to the master suite with its spacious bedroom, added huge dressing room and a bathroom that overlooks the sea.

The social volume features a wall of glazing that opens up to a deep terrace full with an outdoor lounge region sheltered by a concrete pergola. A second concrete pergola aids frame out the primary access to the terrace. The a variety of levels – each horizontal and vertical – to the facade’;s geometry develop a lovely backdrop to the beautiful panoramic vistas and if that is not enough, the infinity pool extends at proper angles to the terrace layering in its shimmering reflections against the concrete canvas.

The outside lounge location is large adequate to accommodate both a sitting and a dining location. Each zones are furnished with a singular design of seating and tables consisting of a white framework to match the concrete and a blue grey upholstery to compliment the views.

The pergola above the outdoor lounge area is a gridwork of open beams that allows the sunlight to pass via although at the same time offering shade.

The pergola over the major entrance to the terrace is supported by a concrete post and beam structure that defines the edges between a far more private and secluded outside zone and a wide open one particular.

Even though the views of the sea and mountainside are lovely, the view of the home is just as beautiful. All the a variety of shapes and voids create fluidity to the home’;s profile by way of the light and shadow patterns.

Of course, when you are on the terrace, it really is the commanding views of the sea that are most impressive.

With the coastline as visible as the sea, there is constantly anything intriguing to look at.

The views are not limited to the second level terrace and pool. Stairs on the side of the residence travel up to a rooftop deck, and from here there are vistas in every single direction.

The La Perla Del Mediterraneo even boasts a solarium of 35m2 and a garden of 70m2 on the upper level of the residence.

Spainville

Photography by Antonio Lopez Espada

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Concrete Cube Residence Supported On 2 Yellow I Beams

The Mirante do Horto Home situated in Sao Paolo, Brazil was designed by FC Studio as a large concrete cube, consisting of levels of living, capped off by a roof leading garden and supported on two big yellow I beams with a garage beneath. The cube is private on its sides but open on the ends due to widespread practice of neighbours to develop right up to the edge of their property lines. The home was made by the architects to be a succession of 3 8xll meter layers with a concrete stairwell connecting all 3 to the rooftop garden. At the back of the property a second outdoor space is developed with a sunken terrace featuring an outside kitchen location. Windows between the principal living region and the terrace let natural light to flood into the garage beneath.

The garage is accessed from the front of the house via a steep driveway and a steel sliding garage door that runs just under a single of the two yellow I beams. A gap in between the concrete cube and the concrete privacy wall permit natural light down and into the garage fro the side although the terrace garden windows lets light in from the back.

The garage gate consists of metal louvers for air flow and safety.

The yellow I beams rest on concrete columns and develop a colourful display of exposed contemporary building.

The mixture of the concrete floors, walls and ceiling with the powder coated yellow I beam and the louvered metal doors creates a geometry of shapes that is both cheerful and fluid although the architects interest to light exposure keeps the space bright and light.

Concrete stairs zigzag from the garage all the way up to the rooftop garden.

The rooftop garden offers a spectacular view more than the city of San Palo and also contributes a cooling impact to the area quickly under. The sculptural elements that protrude vertically from the roof hide the access point as properly as the water tank.

Inside the residence on the social level, the cube is broken into an L shape with the kitchen tucked into the 4th quadrant. The space is flooded with all-natural light by a ceiling void that goes all the way up to and via the roof by means of a large rectangular skylight.

Surrounding the ceiling void on the second level is a mezzanine wrapped in a black powder coated steel railing. The shapes within the railing play off of the steel mullions operating via the skylight itself.

The mezzanine hall is wide enough to accommodate seating for a view to the floor beneath. Really like the geometric art on the wall created by steel rectangles in a layered pattern of massive to modest to big once more as though disappearing into the horizon in an abstract point of view. The art is as well complimentary to the other steel moments of the house for it to be a coincidence. Somebody has an superb eye for detail!

the living location to the property is filled with a lot more artistic moments, but the crème de la crème of the space is the huge fish tank along the far wall. Huge in scale but balanced by the massive console it sits on as well as by the large red painting on the wall, the fish tank provides each a splash of nature and a prismatic light show across the floor as sunlight passes by way of the water.

The fish tank, even though featured in the living region, is also prominent to the dining location, in truth the large red painting subsequent to the tank is centred on the dining area wall. The dining table projects out from the wall towards the kitchen and despite the fact that the kitchen is separated from the living location by a wall, it has a clear view of the fish tank.

The kitchen is created in a U shape with the stove on the peninsula overlooking the dining location. With such a prominent spot, the architects chose a lovely and curvaceous stove hood to act as each utilitarian ventilation and functional sculpture.

The wall of glazings subsequent to the dining room opens to the terrace 4 steps down.

The terrace functions a glass covered outside kitchen complete with BBQ and wood fuelled pizza oven. The space between the terrace and the social zone is fitted with windows to permit light in to the garage below. A strip of pebbles in between the concrete terrace and the garage windows permits rain water to easily drain away.

The clever design of the second floor windows and concrete panel creates a geometric pattern that is visually intriguing although at the identical time supplying each light and privacy to the bedrooms inside.

There is also outdoor access on the other side of the social volume by implies of a sliding door. Just previous the door is a modest balcony above the garage, overlooking the street.

FC Studio

Photography by Nelson Kon

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