Construcción
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about construcción
Project • By Tejas Borja • Individual Buildings
UP.48
A vast expanse of sweeping farmland with the Tramuntana Mountains as a distant backdrop is the setting for a home designed to be a refuge. Somewhere to shelter from the wind and sun in a location where shade is scarce. A place where everything is in order. A space where the architecture accentuates and respects the land which surrounds it.
The project, conceived and executed by the company UBIKO, has been developed in the district of Sa Pobla, a rural area of Mallorca. And rural overtones have shaped the character of the project since its inception.
The house is set in an extensive plot of agricultural land, part of a group of fields in which buildings appear as dots in the landscape.From the beginning, the character of the site i... More
Project • By 08023 Architects • Housing
Barcelona Container House
BARCELONA CONTAINERS HOUSE IS AN EXAMPLE OF SUSTAINABLE AND RECYCLABLE ARCHITECTURE WITH A DIFFERENT AESTHETIC. A HOUSE OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
In the surroundings of Barcelona we have built a design house with containers, the Barcelona Containers House. A rational architecture design, recyclable and balanced with the environment.
A family with new ideas and a desire to change the world proposed us the challenge of building a house with recycling. Much of the reused elements had to be used in the construction of the house. Its construction should be simple since they themselves wanted to be part of the house by building it step by step. More
Project • By SC arquitectos • Exhibition Centres
Edificio Centro Empresarial Volterra
The architectural project of the Volterra Business Center is located on the corner between Camino Real 1299 and Enrique Bustamante and Ballivian 170, Urbanization Chacarilla Santa Cruz, San Isidro District, on a CZ zoning lot of 925.75 m2. More
Project • By GOO ARQUITECTOS • Apartments
EDIFICIO CHICHEN-ITZA
It is a mixed-use building located in Mexico City in Colonia del Valle.
The land has a corner condition and one of the streets is pedestrian and has a public square.
Such projects are necessarily linked to a business scheme, where the main challenge is to achieve a profitable project, however, and beyond solving that issue proposals that increase the value of the spaces were raised. Pretending that users not only within their departments live but use the common spaces.
During the design process observed in a study of similar projects, the vertical circulation in general did not have a priority in the composition, and in contrast were, dark and uncomfortable. Because of that conclusion, this project's main feature re assess the circ... More