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Cortes Metalúrgicos Oviedo / Óscar Miguel Ares Álvarez

Clara Ott — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 08:00:00 +0000

Light, intended as the origin of the project; as an immaterial element that became the principle of the structural order. The origin of its rhythm and its proportion. The layout of the plot, on the east-west axis, imposed its search. The project was conceived from the section; as a vertical stacking system composed by a sequence of elements attached in height to each other with the sole purpose of exploiting natural lighting. With our project strategy, we were not only meant to achieve an appreciable energy saving, but we should also provide the working area with the most favorable, warm atmosphere for the development of working activities.

Traspinedo City Hall Refurbishment / Óscar Miguel Ares Álvarez

Sabrina Leiva — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 05:00:00 +0000

Analogy, contrast and addiction of elements were the concepts always present during the planning process of the town hall refurbishment of the municipality of Traspinedo. We wanted to recreate a new urban space inside the old Republican School that during the democracy turned into the City Hall. Our purpose: make simile of streets, squares and buildings, contained in a sky composed of wooden beams and an horizon bounded by rough stone walls.

Housing for the Elderly / Óscar Miguel Ares Álvarez

Valentina Villa — Sat, 24 Dec 2016 03:00:00 +0000

The housing for the elderly in Adeamayor de San Martin (Valladolid) can not be understood without its context. Located on the border of a saline hidden wetland (Salgüeros de Aldeamayor) the aridity of the terrain and the infinite horizontality of the Spanish agricultural esplanade - dotted with small masses of pine trees - dominates the landscape, conditioning the implementation of any structure or artifact. In turn, our approaches were held by insistent ideas: provide our elderly with kind environment which promote to be in touch with nature, with the sun, but also enhancing the close relation between inhabitants of the building; the neighborly relations among chairs in the front door of the houses that are so recognizable in the rural areas of Castilla y León.

Patio Refurbishment in Santibañez de Valcorba / Óscar Miguel Ares Álvarez

Daniel Sánchez — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 05:00:43 +0000

The renovation process of a house patio situated on Platerias street, in the small Village called Santibañez de Valcorba (near Valladolid); has been raised as the annexation of several pavilions to both existing homes using different mechanisms of SEWING.

Resin Interpretation Centre / Óscar Miguel Ares Álvarez

Daniel Sánchez — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000

We understand social-sustainabilityas any building that is appreciated by their neighbours that maintain an ongoing relation with it. That’s why the transformation of the oldslaughterhouse from the Spanish village of Traspinedo (Valladolid) in the Resin Interpretation Centre, better known as CIR, was raised according to a dual commitment: