Duque de Pastrana Building

Residential detached building of new construction, in a consolidated urban environment in the heart of Chamartín. It consists of 7 houses with 2, 3 and 4 bedrooms, 19 parking spaces and common areas such as a fitness room, rooftop swimming pool and terraces.
The site has a square geometry, facing the Plaza del Duque de Pastrana, with a total area of 576.27 m2. The building forms a main façade facing west to this square, with a very irregular geometry. The unification of heights on the western front of the square, with the incorporation of the proposed building, allows to consolidate the perimeter of the urban void.
The L-shape of the building frees up an open space on the site, overlooked by the apartments and the staircase. This common garden serves as an interior thermal tempering, counteracting the exposure of the facade to the square and optimizing cross-ventilation.
The building resolves a base permeable to the square through a porch that reduces the building capacity consumed on the first floor and concentrates it on the upper floors for residential use.
The composition of the façade emphasizes the four levels of the volume through a continuous impost line, resolved with a composite profile embedded in the stone, of the same material as the bronze-colored hollow openings. The modular openings, measuring 1.2 x 2.75 m, have no internal partition and an external glass protection railing without carpentry. They have adjustable shutters that allow natural light to enter and vary in all the rooms.
Both the exterior ventilated façade and the cladding of the common areas (roofs, terraces and interiors) are made of San Martiño granite, as an element of continuity throughout the building. The wood used in the common areas gives warmth to the spaces.
The roof features a saltwater infinity pool overlooking the city.