The House That Splits by Voluar Arquitectura, also known as The House of Forking Paths, embodies a rich exploration of time, space, and nature-inspired adaptability. Influenced by Jorge Luis Borges, the residence unfolds with each movement, challenging the idea of space as static.
Emplaced in an East coast forest, a 1200sf retreat for family of writers and producers is planned for minimally ecological footprint. The site was chosen in a sloped forest clearing punctuated by large boulders and limited top soil.
Today, on a stroll in Midtown Manhattan with Miguel Quismondo, under an unusually radiant December sun, on 242 east 52nd Street, we discovered a wonderful, small building, between party walls.
Carlota and Alejandro wanted colour. They wanted a cheerful apartment. The apartment they had bought was totally fragmented in small dark rooms and basically looked very grey.
Located in the Berkshires mountains and born within the time and budget constraints of the COVID epidemic, ”Oblong Farm” is a restrained 2200 sf residential structure that co-opts standard modular off-site construction
The traditional ways of the area, the surroundings, the technics available, those are the main conditions that bring the project to its result. This entirely new house is located on a farm in the region of La Mancha Alta Conquense, in Zafra de Záncara.
Villa Icaria, recalling the utopian proposal of Étienne Cabet, seeks to establish a new relationship between country and city, creating a meeting place, an opportunity to once again fill the rural environment with contemporary urban activities.
The aim is to enhance this condition, which has now become a desire, with the floor plan of the project being the result of a complete emptying of the Sequence Apartment that organises the domestic space in a unique atmosphere that is compatible with the spatial strategy of the walls of the initial state.
