Dwelling in Pozuelo de Alarcón by A-cero Architects
A-cero architecture studio have designed a house in the town of Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain.
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Description of the Dwelling in Pozuelo de Alarcón by A-cero Architects
A-cero architecture studio is presenting a house that A-cero recently finished in “La Finca” estate in the town Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid).
This project is smaller (1000m2) than the rest buildings of this housing development. Its smaller dimensions turn it into a comfortable and practical house that invites to enjoy it and offers the maximum life quality. Its modern design based on impossible angles, projecting and spectacular volumes do of this building one of the maximum exponents of the A-cero architecture. The façade of the house is made of travertine marble which is combined with dark grey granite in several areas, as in the vertical plane of the main façade. White has the main role in the building (in interiors and exteriors). Furthermore, it has numerous ample windows. Both elements give to the house a lot of light and vitality. The house plot has a rectangular shape and a surface of 4.500 m ². It has a direct access from a private road located in the north. In the south area is a wide garden which is joined with the urban development green spaces. It is a two storey building (ground floor and basement). Both levels are perfectly adapted to plot slope where the house takes place.
In the main entrance is a hall which communicates with an ample wide lounge and a dining room. Both stays overturn towards the back façade. They have plenty ample windows that are opened for a porch where other lounge and dining room are. In this exterior area is a barbecue and a spectacular bar designed by A-cero besides a exterior swimming pool (with jacuzzi). In this level also is the kitchen, cleaning room and service area (it includes a living room, two bedrooms and two baths) with an independent exterior access. In the opposite side of this level is located the principal bedroom. It is decorated in white and golden colours and has a large window. This room includes a dressing-room and a huge bathroom. By an interior stairs you can go down to the basement where three bedrooms are with their bathrooms and a games room. Furthermore, in this level is a gym, a cinema rooms, wine vault, the facilities quarters and the garage. House furniture has been designed by A-cero with top quality materials and finishes.
It is a clear sculptural inspiration work in which A-cero has looked for combining its architecture concept with the essential functionality thar every houses need.
Visit the A-cero website – here.
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F-J on 14 Sep 2010 at 1:26 am #
Okay… so who’s going to start the official A-cero fan club?!
Smack on 14 Sep 2010 at 1:27 am #
Ok some of A-cero’s work really impresses me and I do admire some of the forms that they create (not so sure about the heavy roof on this one!) but please do not try and justify the scale (1000m2!!) of this house by comparing it to other homes in the development! That’s like saying I’m really overweight and unhealthy but next to these morbidly obese people I actually look really skinny.
bahu on 14 Sep 2010 at 4:08 am #
All A-cero houses looks the same,boring
Tony on 14 Sep 2010 at 4:31 am #
awsome hose
NIlkanth on 14 Sep 2010 at 4:35 am #
good design
James on 14 Sep 2010 at 5:21 am #
Nice to see some colour in contemporary homes. It makes the home more personal and less like a museum.
amor poligonero on 14 Sep 2010 at 5:46 am #
I am shocked by this house. Gorgeous!!
BjZ on 14 Sep 2010 at 12:37 pm #
Their designs are starting to look like tv re-runs. But on the other hand its good to see that they are finally using more color in their interiors… Their houses are usually way too big for my liking!
johnny monrose on 14 Sep 2010 at 12:59 pm #
I was first introduced to Acero’s work while I worked in Dubai when a former client wanted to rethink his villa plans.
I was pretty impressed with what Acero had done and thought the scheme and presentation was flawless.
the house is beautiful.
Miss Honey on 14 Sep 2010 at 1:10 pm #
My problem with this firm is that they do the same thing over and over again. An artist should have more than one style.
Edgar on 14 Sep 2010 at 1:39 pm #
I don’t think they need a different style. I think it’s good that architects have a style they’re known for. They have their style, and they do it well. If you want a different style, hire a different architect.
kmg on 14 Sep 2010 at 5:07 pm #
Unrestrained. Unrefined. Grotesque.
DS on 15 Sep 2010 at 12:28 am #
I find the house more human and warm than some of A-cero’s projects- one of my favourite to date.
However,the interior lets it down with the design vernacular feebly extended through to beds and tables etc which look dire. No excuse for this kind of ego…a piece of furniture should be able to stand on its own in another modern interior and there is nothing that I would take or use from this interior in another…a shame as there really is a lot to admire about the dwelling overall.
TW on 15 Sep 2010 at 1:47 am #
I’m not a big fan of A-cero. The whole big-is-best approach that they seem to take with all of their exterior and interior design/detailing makes me dismiss their work as too superficial to comment on.
However, I do disagree with a comment above about the repetitive style. And artist SHOULD indeed have a unique & recognisable style. That’s what makes them an artist. And it’s what defines an architect/designer from their peers. That style may evolve (as A-cero’s has) but it’s core should remain unchanged. Very few design houses do this as well as A-cero.
amor poligonero on 15 Sep 2010 at 8:59 am #
In my opinion, Architects are not artists. An Architect is a prossional. Unless an architectural work last in time in function and shape become a work of art.
Miss Honey on 15 Sep 2010 at 9:00 am #
Well, I think the ESSENCE of an artist should be recognizable trough his/her work. Regardless of the style used. I like versatile artists with creative and artistic vision and I do appreciate those who DARE to step out of their comfort zone and experiment with new styles. I guess it’s ok, for some people, stay with the same style for the rest of their lives. Personally, I find it sad, Boring and repetitive. Not a good look.
And i actually Like some A-cero projects, but at this point, I feel like they need to take their vision to the next level.
kmg on 15 Sep 2010 at 12:23 pm #
I am hugely surprised that this designer elicits anything other than annoyance…
This group show absolutely zero restraint. The materials, the design “geometries”, the scale, the finish are garrish at best – on a good day.
The house looks like it’s wearing a hat; the installed furniture is hardly functional; the sheer scale of cladding material required is outlandish — and what’s with the supermod euro castle??
This – much like everything they design – looks to me like an 8th grade fantasy. If I could go back to my adolescent years, I’m sure I would think this place is amazing… But then I’d have to grow up all over again.
bernadette on 15 Sep 2010 at 1:20 pm #
how long is the pool?
Smack on 16 Sep 2010 at 1:08 am #
Every Architect’s response to a site should be contextualy based. The scale, materiality, form etc. should be a response to that specific and unique context. To replicate an architectural ‘style’ on any site seems to me to be egotistical and non-sensical. (Personal opinion only, I am not meaning to be confrontational).
Lance on 16 Sep 2010 at 4:11 pm #
I agree with Miss Honey, but… I love some of A-cero’s work tremendously, I still think they have some clients (with no taste) who say, design the same thing as you did for another client, but for our taste. Which of course turns out to be bad taste from time to time. So I wouldn’t place all the blame on A-cero. It’s a client with mega money who wants what they saw in a magazine somewhere. So don’t shoot the messenger, just the person who sent the message will suffice.
I have a feeling they would love to break out of the mold and do something different though.
amor poligonero on 18 Sep 2010 at 12:16 pm #
Dear kmg, maybe your problem is your “fantasyless” and your “adolescentless”, please open mind…
You can see every time contemporist post an A-cero work… has a lot of comments. This Is very important. Like a good work of art A-cero moves!!
Rudy on 18 Sep 2010 at 11:49 pm #
I second kmg’s review.
contracept on 17 Oct 2010 at 7:32 pm #
it’s very interesting, this subculture of love and mainly hate that has grown around acero.
pretentious as they be, in the end they’re running a business and apparently this pays good.
just don’t know why they insist on calling it art
Jonh on 22 Nov 2010 at 2:44 pm #
Thats amazing!i need that house!
Mario on 08 Mar 2011 at 5:55 am #
sory, but this is so kitsch!