Designer / Agency
Iñigo Palazon
Categpory
Residential Interiors
Award
- 2024
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Casa SB
Project Présentation
The search for large and open spaces, the commitment to flexibility in the distribution of the program and the desire to design a relaxed atmosphere and a clean style are some of the characteristics that define this project. The main strategy focuses on differentiating the nighttime uses from the daytime uses. The more private programs are moved to the interior of the floor in order to bring the public programs closer to the street. In this way, we optimize the space to achieve a clean and perfect square that seems to be stripped of any physical limits. This blank canvas becomes the nerve center of the house. A space used in a flexible way whose function is to host the two most characteristic elements of the house: the imposing steel kitchen island and the large sofa. Both pieces hierarchize the space, but, at the same time, maintain sufficient autonomy so that the rest of the room can be lived in a spontaneous way. In addition, thanks to their monumentality, they act as traffic circle pieces and propose a fluid circulation around them. The aim is to imagine a space for meeting and recreation that can receive large groups of friends. In relation to the choice of materials, noble solutions are used, but always treated from a conceptual perspective. Once again, we sought a reduced palette in order to give each material the prominence it deserves. Thus, the container is conceived in a sober way. The walls are covered with fine mortar while the ceiling is acoustically sprayed. The floor is covered with solid pine slats, a daring solution that dresses up the entire house. The striking touches are provided by two very characteristic materials: Indian green marble floods the bathrooms and adds expressiveness. While stainless steel is used to design singular pieces such as the island or the kitchen fronts.
Designed by Iñigo Palazon
DIIR is an architectural firm based in Madrid, founded in 2018 and born from the vision of four architects: David Meana, Ignacio Navarro, Iñigo Palazón and Ricardo Fernández. Graduated from the prestigious Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM), they complemented their training with international experiences in the United States, Sweden, France, China and India. These opportunities have given them an expanded perspective that they now apply in each of their innovative projects. DIIR´s work, marked by strategic and conceptual positioning, have received national and international recognition. The variety of scales in which the office work has allowed them to develop a practice that explores infinite ways to achieve singularity. Public projects won at the beginning of their career -some of them currently under construction- are combined with private commissions of all kinds. The achievement of this variety of works has allowed DIIR to be awarded by COAM (Madrid College of Architects) as an emerging studio in several consecutive years, or by media such as AD as one of the most promising young offices. DIIR's philosophy is a dialogue between beauty and life experience. We conceive and transform spaces as places in constant interaction with the life experience of people, influencing their daily lives and the quality of their existence. DIIR is a dialogue between rigor and sensitivity. The perseverance and precision applied to each work, coexists with the delicacy to achieve solutions that are guided by the search for uniqueness. DIIR is a dialogue between timelessness and resonance. We distance ourselves from trends and fashions in order to achieve spaces that last over time and, at the same time, generate impact on those who interact with them.