European Forum / Vaillo + Irigaray

Jun 2009

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Architects: Vaillo + Irigaray / Antonio Vaillo + Juan Luis Irigaray
Location: Huarte, Navarra, Spain
Project manager: David Eguinoa, architect
Riggers: SIAT
Structure: Tadeo Errea – DASEIN
Contractor: OBENASA
Project year: 2003
Finished year: 2004
Photographs: José Manuel Cutillas

Basic minimum cell = Iso-space

The genesis of the project starts from a basic minimum cell, which as the minimal optimal space can be multiplied, adopting dimensions and structures depending on different uses. With this, the building is able to achieve a high flexibility, according to the ever changing requirements for this kind of program.

Cloister

The building re uses the “didactic” european tradition, the cloister concept as form structure: this way the program is articulated around a patio.

Perforated container

The “clothes”, acting as “veils”, with different transparency levels, responding to the mimetic abstract relation with the surrounding natural environment: the subtle reflections (as spider webs), the shiny baroque tones, with big embroideries, in front of the naked tree trunks in the winter or with the colorful autumn leafs. In this building the photography is “almost fake”: it´s only true at the time of the “click”… the rest of the thousands of moments, the building is different, each moment.. different.

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: elevation

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Cite:
Saieh , Nico . "European Forum / Vaillo + Irigaray" 07 Jun 2009. ArchDaily. Accessed 09 Feb 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/23628>

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Lucas Gray says:

Wonderful. Using materiality and tectonics to make a simple form elegant and beautiful. This is what architecture is all about and what makes simple elegant buildings like this rise above the garbage so many firms are throwing out there and calling art.

# June 7, 2009 at 13:29

mrfidalgo says:

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# June 7, 2009 at 15:12

Balkan says:

completely agree with u Lucas.

# June 7, 2009 at 14:17

BROSALIN says:

я тоже агриии! это правда круто..очень…….Vaillo + Irigarayrulezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

# June 7, 2009 at 14:23

2MACoff says:

планы понравились…

# June 7, 2009 at 15:46

Fino says:

Amen Lucas

# June 7, 2009 at 16:03

Doruk Özdemir says:

European Forum / Vaillo + Irigaray:
Architects: Vaillo + Irigaray / Antonio Vaillo + Juan Luis Irigaray Locatio.. http://bit.ly/oQtIg

# June 7, 2009 at 17:26

Jeff Spring says:

European Forum / Vaillo + Irigaray | ArchDaily: In this building the photography is “almost fake”: it´s only tru.. http://bit.ly/y2wVI

# June 7, 2009 at 18:14

HoangDuy says:

i think it’s a litte boring, the elevation should be more open and attractive.

# June 7, 2009 at 21:35

NguyenLe says:

I don’t think it’s boring as HoangDuy’s comment. It’s attractive because of its simple elevation. That is the difference between Vietnam and other countries.

# June 7, 2009 at 23:03

it’s not simple…it’s poor, it’s a solid box. As i Said, the elevation should be more open (friendly) because it’s located in a very large campus.

# June 7, 2009 at 23:28

corto says:

i agree with HoangDuy… simple is something different than poor… somehow this doesn’t have an abstract feel of completeness of a simple form.

yet i liked it…

# June 8, 2009 at 02:42

@corto: love your comment…

# June 9, 2009 at 11:41

Ling Tiong says:

European Forum by Vaillo + Irigaray: The building reuses the European tradition of the cloister as form structure http://bit.ly/xEmwb

# June 10, 2009 at 23:05

Ito says:

El patio español participaba de la construcción este es un espacio residual, por lo demás, muy bien

# June 14, 2009 at 12:12

jessi says:

love it,simple,quiet,interpretation of natural

# July 7, 2009 at 23:52

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# July 10, 2009 at 19:13

karLogrorne says:

This look interesting,so far.
If there’s anyone else here, let me know.
Oh, and yes I’m a real person LOL.

Later,

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