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Alcornoque, Flow 81 Architecture Lab, SLP | International Design Awards Winners

Alcornoque

CompanyFlow 81 Architecture Lab, SLP

Lead DesignersIgnacio Merino

Design TeamIgnacio Merino, Gonzalo Merino, Lourdes Arregui, José Miguel Arregui

Project LocationBenahavís, Málaga

ClientOerum Gad

CreditsPhoto by: Fernando Alda

Prize(s)Silver in Residential Architecture / Other Residential Architecture

Entry Description

Plot with slopes of over 30%, with double curvature. North facing with no sea views, we find large cork oak trees that condition the distribution. This favours a large fauna in the area.
With the intention of not altering the flora and fauna of the plot, the house is distributed in the gaps left by the large trees, making this possible thanks to a structural scheme that mimics the cork oaks, with only two points of support ‘roots’ and the rest flying ‘branches’. Thus the house flies with its structure without altering the vegetation. The cork oaks are the interior spatial links.