House in Las Rozas by A-cero Architects
A-cero Architects have designed a house in the township of Las Rozas in Madrid, Spain.
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House in Las Rozas by A-cero Architects
A-cero presents its new house: a built set of volumes and sheets combined as a perfect play that mixes the limits between art and architecture.
According to A-cero aesthetics, modern projecting, blocks and plates define the design of this residential project with sculptural references.
The house is located in Las Rozas, one of the wealthiest towns of Madrid. The dwelling’s plot has a surface of 1.368m2 with a light slope that A-cero has used in order to adapt the building’s three floors: basement, ground floor and first floor.
The building’s surface is 762,47m2.
The pedestrian access takes place by the ground floor where are located the most social rooms (living room, lounge and dining room) in the right side of the house. In the left side are the following rooms: a bathroom, cleaning room, a courtyard, kitchen – office, a larder and a cleaning room. In this level is also a porch that communicates with the dining room. An interior stair and an elevator communicate this level with the basement and the first floor.
The first floor has 273,46m2 and includes the following rooms: two children bedrooms with dressing-rooms, bathrooms and a living room; a guests’ bedroom with bathroom; the main bedroom with two dressing-rooms and bathroom; a study that he communicates with a footbridge – library (to which also one gains access from the main bedroom) and two small courtyards. The basement includes facility quarters, storage room, quarter of implements for the garden and bicycles, interior swimming pool, gymnasium, sauna, massages room, cinema room and cellar.
The housing is provided with two swimming pools and two jacuzzi (for exterior and interior)
Interiors stand out for their diaphanous distribution. It is a comfortable and habitable dwelling with ample areas. The beige marble with the wait walls and roofs produce a lot of clarity and luminosity in interiors. Furthermore, these colours create a spaciousness sensation in the house. Design, functionality and quality are the main concepts that have established this house´s design where elegance, modernity and simplicity stand out according to A-cero´s architecture.
Visit the A-cero website – here.
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Rudy on 27 Sep 2010 at 5:28 am #
Same old A-cero concept again. Wall stretching beyond functional boundaries with the only reason to clad it with panels to give it an expensive and imposing look.
Can’t wait for Amor’s orgiastic exclamations.
Armor on 27 Sep 2010 at 2:04 pm #
Verdaderamente maravilloso completamente magnífico. magificent Acero.
Mataría para vivir en este hogar. Uno de A-Ceros mejores.
Great on 27 Sep 2010 at 2:54 pm #
I agree with Rudy. Yet another variation of an A-cero fortress.
The volumes are beautiful but they look heavy overall and “wasteful”. Those beautiful stones could be used in other projects somewhere
kmg on 27 Sep 2010 at 5:12 pm #
Haha!
Funny (@Rudy).
You know, normally, I am really annoyed and hateful of the work that Acero submit.
But I have to say, honestly – I don’t hate this one. Truthfully, I actually kind of like the massing on this one. I think that the stone cladding – and what appears to me to be superfluous excess of materials – is and always will be “out of bounds”. But apart from that, this massing actually kind of intrigues…
aditya on 27 Sep 2010 at 7:34 pm #
sculptural design from a-cero..again.
as usual he build castle-like concrete mass. delightful on interior.
Hind Abdel Moneim on 27 Sep 2010 at 8:44 pm #
marvellous design I like the inerior and the open view in livining room.
David on 27 Sep 2010 at 10:24 pm #
I’m getting tired of you whiny weekend draftsmen going through your same, boring A-cero bashing every week. Perhaps you should find a trailer-park site that would fit in better with your delicate sensibilities and your acute style acumen. I find A-cero’s work to be massive, sculptural…a sleek statement of modern art. Just because one cannot afford a tour pass to one of their houses does not mean they are bad architecture. The structures are heavy yet they appear to float on glass walls. Sunlight fills basement areas as well as any other floors and they choose elegant materials for finishes. Perhaps someday they could create a vinyl-siding ranch house to please you. Maybe throw some shutters by the windows with some flower boxes…
Dennis on 28 Sep 2010 at 1:11 am #
very striking
Oliver on 28 Sep 2010 at 1:27 am #
absolute breathtaking …
Rudy on 28 Sep 2010 at 2:27 am #
@ David
Your assumptions and insinuations matches exactly the image I have from sad lonely arrogant people on the top who want to see their inflated ego materialized in bricks and stone. An A-cero home is a perfect match.
ONYX on 28 Sep 2010 at 4:06 am #
Ah, A-cero. Their work never fails to draw comments. The comments are nearly as predictable as the fortress motif that A-cero is in love with. I liked A-cero’s work at my initial exposure to them, but I found my enthusiasm began to wane. However, I rather like this house. This seems more enjoyably sculptural than others. I have to admit though, I look at A-cero submissions partially for the inevitable comments. A-cero always inspires debate.
David on 28 Sep 2010 at 8:14 am #
@Rudy
I’m sorry if I sounded acerbic, Rudy but what I’m trying to convey is that art is in the eyes of the beholder. It’s all objective. I’m sure there are some vinyl clad tract housing and double wide trailers out there to please even the most architectural curmudgeon. I don’t know why Contemporist doesn’t show them to us. (well, maybe I’m being a bit facetious here, but really, why is tract housing predictable and boring and still expensive?)
As far as someone living in an A-cero home…I don’t see them as sad (art is uplifting), lonely (they have many bedrooms, pools, outdoor kitchens, indoor theaters, gyms…everything conducive to entertaining and relaxing with many friends…whoever has this kind of money to own this type of home is certainly not going to have the ego of a door mouse. They will definitely be over the top just like the architecture. Objective.
I’ve read many of your comments, Rudy and agree with you on many points. I just happened to be floored by the works of A-cero because they are modern without being cold or sterile.
Have a good day to you and all the other posters on this great site.
shane on 28 Sep 2010 at 8:52 am #
It’s funny, we find fault in these beautiful homes (& yes things could be done better) that any of us would gladly live in & these postings by far receive the most comments (other than when people have their friends comment on their attempts @ furniture). Now if the other 99.9% of the population would start caring about the pieces of garbage they live in things may actually change.
AngelRaphael on 28 Sep 2010 at 11:16 am #
A beautiful modern-minimalist structure with clean lines and lots of white. i personally enjoy a little color and a little more architectural interest, but this building definitely has a lot of WOW factor with the large expansive windows and natural light. I read all of the previous A-cero comments and I’m not as familiar with this firm’s previous work, but it sounds like if they can keep building homes like this, there is a demand for it and they are doing well in their business. Good for A-cero!
Amor on 28 Sep 2010 at 1:34 pm #
@Rudy. I’m shocked to think that I have orgiastic exclamations!!!
Please be understanding of others view on good design
DS on 28 Sep 2010 at 11:12 pm #
Yeah, look out… the normal brouhaha in the comments section re A-cero and their “products”.
At first glance I thought this house had more merit than other A-cero houses featured here…but in the end I found myself unenthused yet again. The houses try so hard to make a statement but ultimately fail in being anything else but loud….at least with this one we are spared their ‘interior design stylings’ which ultimately show they are bombastic rather than tasteful with ideas.
At the risk of generating some tart replies, it seems obvious that the houses are aimed at a sort of gauche, nouveau riche type of client with more money than taste (and would therefore slot in nicely to Florida and the Gold Coast in Australia). In that sense A-cero are patently successful…but I have this sinking feeling that the majority of their clients wear leopard print Dolce and Gabbana and drive purple Lambourghinis…
SPG on 28 Sep 2010 at 11:21 pm #
Bunkerama
suli on 29 Sep 2010 at 12:21 am #
Massive. I find it to be a beautiful piece of art. Love the interior and the use of white. Beautiful open spaces, lots of light and great views. Love the color of the pools. Just beautiful. One question, though. Is it quake safe?
jimw on 29 Sep 2010 at 5:56 am #
@DS…
“…wear leopard print Dolce and Gabbana and drive purple Lambourghinis…”
LOL. Best line I’ve read in a long time!
ign on 30 Sep 2010 at 1:01 am #
Horrible.
Nada propositivo, nada creativo.
Frio.
contracept on 17 Oct 2010 at 7:08 pm #
where engineering stops architecture starts…architecture is still waiting here