The Alférez house, designed by the architect Ludwig Godefroy in Mexico, emerges as a monolith of Brutalist houses in the middle of the dense vegetation of a pine forest. The house is conceived as an isolated shelter, is built on a slope land and has a massive and extravagant appearance. The architect was inspired by several sources, such as the totem of 2001: an odyssey of spacehe Traveling castle of Hayao Miyazaki and the Street city of Archigram. Despite its imposing aspect from the outside, the interior is compact and functional, with a square plant that extends in height. Natural light is a key element of architecture, which is filtered through a Claraboya in the vertex and creates an almost mystical atmosphere inside. Materials such as concrete, pine wood and lava stone alternate harmoniously, while furniture is essential and integrated into architecture. Despite its unusual aspect in the coniferous forest, the Ensign house creates a poetic tension with the surrounding landscape, respecting the virgin environment.
A brutalist building
Rory Gardiner.
We are again in Mexico, this time in Puerto Escondido, again inside a brutalist building born of the vision of the architect Ludwig Godefroy. The objective here was to create residential spaces that offered refuge of the sun and rain, allowing the inhabitants to live outdoors as much as possible. Godefroy created a great Central patio with poolinvesting the traditional concept of 'house with patio' in 'patio with home'. The structure of the building has a geometric roof formed by two inclined slabs that form a V, with two large circular openings. These openings allow the passage of wind and light, creating a natural flow within the spaces. The interior spaces are designed fluently, with a disposition that dispenses with the concept of traditional facade. The general atmosphere evokes a Zen, mystical and ancestral sense.
A house of sculptural brutalism
Erlantz Biderbost.
María Miguel Arnaiz and Iván Sacristán Fernández, founders of Miid – study of sculptural architecture and furniture design -, designed his house of Sopelana (Vizcaya) with a style that combines brutalism with contemporary elements and a feeling of reception. The house is conceived as a kind of temple to its aesthetic obsessions, with a diaphanous space on the main floor that includes kitchen, dining room and living room, a bedroom and a bathroom. He Minimalist design It has concrete soils and a color palette reduced to gray, white and wood, with touches of color in the furniture and room fabrics. The house is distributed in three floors, with a laundry room in the first, the area of being in the second and two bedrooms and a bathroom in the third. The rooms open abroad, letting the light of the north into. All furniture has been designed by MIID and contributes to creating a unique and personal space: furniture is functional sculptures that adapt to the daily needs of the owners.
Article originally published in AD Italy.