Francisco Suárez Residential Building

13, Francisco Suárez Street

The specific instructions received by the client for this project, for commercial reasons, were to employ the same architectural style used by the study in two nearby buildings. Thus, the development of the project centered on volumes, linked above all to the sound functioning of the complex series of dwellings which it was to house.

Project detail

The elongated plot was peculiar in that it was longitudinally crossed by a train tunnel running at a shallow depth. As a result, in order to reinforce the building, it was necessary to employ a system of deep prestressed beams, resting on piles at their ends on both sides of the tunnel, with the supports arising from the beams.

On the lower level are homes with landscaped areas towards the interior and a porticoed area, with an awning running lengthwise, framing the space lying between entrances. The terraces of the first, second and third floors are staggered, infusing the facades with a sense of movement. On the top floor setback zones lays gardens, with these homes featuring access to a penthouse area offering a pool and garden.

We consider this job to be the last in a line of residential building projects upon which formally, conceptually and functionally the studio worked between 1997 and 2004, as a result of the convergence of various jobs with similar characteristics.