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Tarik Al Zaharna
Tarik Al Zaharna Founder and Director at T.ZED Architects
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Elisa Pardini
Elisa Pardini Director at Pardini Hall Architecture
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Ye Hui
Ye Hui Founder & Design Director at JG Phoenix
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Pauline Roussel
Pauline Roussel Cofounder and CEO at Coworkies
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Mario Brown
Mario Brown Design Director at Landor&Fitch
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Emma Morley
Emma Morley Founder and Creative Director at Trifle*
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Federica Pellazza
Federica Pellazza Retail Designer at Federica Pellazza
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Winai Chairakpong
Winai Chairakpong Principal at b | u | g studio
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Lucas G Martin
Lucas G Martin Global Creative Director at Flex by JLL
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Wenchian Shi
Wenchian Shi Architect, Urbanist and Partner/Studio Director at MVRDV/MVRDV Asia
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Aviva Maya Shulem
Aviva Maya Shulem Founder / part-time faculty at AMS Design / Parsons School of Design
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Javier Deferrari
Javier Deferrari Cofounder and Director at Deferrari+Modesti
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Gokhan Avcioglu
Gokhan Avcioglu Principal and Founder at Global Architecture Development
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Björn Asmussen
Björn Asmussen Director and Executive Architect at 3Deluxe
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In an 8 meters front and 16-meter depth lot, removed from a conventional apartment scheme, were only one apartment could have a private exterior space, we opted for two independent households similar to a townhouse. This left each house with a front of only 4 meters, which implicated a big challenge to solve the program but we managed to transform this challenge into a possibility to generate a unique space. Taking advantage of the east-west orientation of the plot, we opted for a series of stackable spaces, that will get light and ventilation from the street at the front, and from a private and contained patio on the back. This resulted in two houses with independence and privacy in all their spaces. With this solution, we achieved an absolute transparency leaving circulation as the element that connects the different levels. Structurally the project has three concrete walls and three slabs, the rest of the elements are not load bearing, they are wood. Responding to the structure, the concrete walls were left apparent and we closed the design with a series of window fixtures that would allow a totally open space. That is why we designed the patio window so it would make a parable that stacks completely with the wall, totally eliminating the limits within the interior and exterior. The program was organized leaving the garage and services on street level, on the lower floor the social area, fists level one bedroom and a studio and on the second level the main bedroom with a terrace.