” The Aurum House is composed by two stony modules which visually appear as strong volumes. The landscape turns around them, embracing the indoor spaces with its sinuous shapes. One of the pieces lays on the field while the other one floats and covers up the family life. Water becomes one of the main elements of the project, sliding down the golden wall and flowing through the house. This way water and rocks, fluidity and geometrical force define a house where every element is designed in order to better the inhabitants`life and create sensations. Every space guides you to a controlled sensation. The volumes are connected independently to the other facilities so that the house can function as a whole but also with a large autonomy of the two modules. A conciousness of the place adds to all these Concepts because the project is designed with respect for the situation and the environment. The project aims to create a sustainable house which consider the orientations, the winds, the sun, the light; the project not only lies inside the nature but it understand s it also, Works with it and does no harm to it.”
About The Architect: Awards
- VIII Bienal de Arquitectura Española, Berlin in 2005
- Selected for Mies van der Rohe prize 2007 with Magma A&C
- IV European Prize, Finalist-2007 participants (Public Urban Space)
- FAD, 1st prize (Heasquarters of the Canaries Presidency), Tenerife
- Manuel de Ora’a, 1st prize
- VIII Bienal de Arquitectura Espanola (Pool Spree River), Berlin
