ALD House

3 February 2016

ALD House

ALD House

ALD House

ALD House

ALD House

ALD House

ALD House

ALD House

ALD House

ALD House

ALD House

ALD House

ALD House

ALD House

ALD House

ALD House

ALD House

ALD House

ALD House

ALD House

ALD House

ALD House

ALD House

ALD House

ALD House

ALD House

ALD House

As in all the projects SPACE do, they followed sustainable design guidelines when designing House ALD.

How were you commissioned?:
Private commission

ALD House

What was the brief from the client and how much were they involved?:
The brief was very simple, and we had all the liberty for design, according to the required program

ALD House

How did the brief affect the materials and design choices?:
Since the very beginning, the purpose of this project was clear: to create a house in which a balance between modernity and coziness was struck. Therefore, we chose to use few materials in order to achieve a quick reading of the volumes. By using few but carefully selected materials, we created delightful areas that met our clients' expectations

ALD House

How did your previous experience help you with this project?:
All the time we are working in projects of the same scale, that experience help us in a lot of decisions. As in all the projects of SPACE, we followed sustainable design guidelines when designing Casa ALD. We used recycled content materials low in VOC levels and wood from certified forests. Furthermore, the lighting is almost entirely LED-based.

ALD House

Can you explain the layout of the project:
This weekend retreat is projected on a land of little over 1,000 square meters and it is articulated in two main volumes: a prism into which another rectangular wooden prism is embedded. For this project, we decided to integrate art into architecture so that the selected works became a part of the design instead of functioning as mere decorative items. With this principle in mind, we commissioned a hyper-realistic 2 x 6 m painting of a Porsche 78; which was placed in a double-height space. In addition to the painting, Juan Carlos Baumgartner designed a mural that works both as the visual end of the swimming pool and as the vestibule of the house entrance. The house has four bedrooms, a double-height living room and an open plan kitchen that is integrated into the space. In the living area, a modern cast glass sphere chandelier hangs from the ceiling. By using few but carefully selected materials, we created delightful areas that met our clients' expectations

ALD House

What problems or challenges did you face?:
The geoemtry of the land, a rectangle with 3 blind sides.

ALD House

What do you feel were the most unusual design elements of the project?:
A hyper-realistic 2 x 6 meters painting of a Porsche 78 in the doble height living room.

ALD House

How do you think this project is pushing design forward? What makes it special?:
I think the house fused with human living space and art in a subtle way. Under this premise, the spaces are distributed to give character to each of them and do something that goes beyond a simple house.

ALD House

Please provide details of product names and suppliers where possible.:
Lighting Design: LUA, Kai Diederichsen / a few brands of lamps, LED based.

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