M1 House | FRPO RODRIGUEZ & ORIOL

Bend / United States / 2022

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“The house is built using a cross-laminated timber structure providing deep-edged beams that are supported by timber-framed walls placed radially around the perimeter, without touching it. This ensures the “floatability” of the roof, which is separated from the facades and cladded in a champagne-toned aluminum composite panel.” – Pablo Oriol


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Malaspina Design
M1 House is the first of a series of projects developed for Malaspina
Design, a leading company in the design of sustainable housing in the State of Oregon, on the West Coast of the USA, which contacted us to explore the limits between the dream house of the Pacific Northwest and contemporary architecture.
 
Geography
The project has a deep link with the environmental conditions of the site. The first homes are located in the city of Bend, east of the Cascades, a strip of territory between the coniferous forests and mountains of the Pacific Northwest and the first foothills of the Great Basin, an arid inland basin that runs from southern Idaho to the Mojave Desert. This dual condition, between the views to the mountains and a semi-arid ground, triggers the design strategy, which has to resolve the relationship with a majestic and protected landscape, on the one hand, and the construction of more controlled, domestic exteriors, on the other.
 
A house around a tree
M1 House is basically a floating roof on a series of stepped platforms that follow the natural topography of the land. This simple scheme provides highly varied spatial situations based on slight variations in the level of transparency of the façades, the relationship of the groundfloor with the exterior slope, or the position in the sequence of spaces in the house.
The house is organized on a single floor. The presence of a magnificent ponderosa pine tree right in the middle of the lot orders the different rooms around it, building a continuous ring in which all the areas are arranged in a continuous sequence. The landscape design also takes part this interior-exterior diagram that enhances both worlds: the exterior natural space and the domestic and designed courtyard garden.
 
Systems
The house is built using a cross-laminated timber structure providing deep-edged beams that are supported by timber-framed walls placed radially around the perimeter, without touching it. This ensures the “floatability” of the roof, which is separated from the facades and cladded in a champagne-toned aluminum composite panel. The façades are built with traditional wooden framework systems -balloon frame- finished in a modified fir cladding. The floors are made up on a terraced concrete slab-on-grade foundation, under which the main facilities run.


Credits
Architecture: FRPO Rodriguez & Oriol  
Lead Architects: Pablo Oriol, Fernando Rodríguez


Photography: LGM studio (completed); Kayla McKenzie (structure)


 


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Malaspina Design


M1 House es el primero de una serie de proyectos realizados para Malaspina Design, una compañía puntera en el diseño de vivienda sostenible en el Estado de Oregón, en la Costa Oeste de los EE.UU., que nos contacta para explorar los límites entre la casa de ensueño del Pacific Northwest y la arquitectura contemporánea.
 
Geografía
El proyecto tiene un vínculo profundo con las condiciones ambientales del lugar. Las primeras viviendas se sitúan en la ciudad de Bend, al Este de la Cordillera de las Cascades, una franja de territorio entre los bosques de coníferas y las montañas del Pacific Northwest y las primeras estribaciones del Great Basin, una cuenca interior árida que discurre desde el sur de Idaho hasta el desierto de Mojave. Esta condición dual entre las vistas a las montañas y el apoyo en un suelo semi-árido marca toda la actuación, que ha de resolver la relación con un paisaje majestuoso y protegido, de un lado, y la construcción de exteriores más controlados, domésticos, de otro.
 
Una casa alrededor de un árbol
M1 House es, básicamente, una cubierta flotante sobre una serie de plataformas escalonadas que siguen la topografía natural del terreno. Este sencillo esquema proporciona situaciones espaciales muy variadas a partir de leves variaciones en el nivel de transparencia de las fachadas, la relación del suelo respecto a la rasante exterior y la posición en la secuencia de espacios de la casa.
La casa se organiza en una única planta. La presencia de un magnífico pino ponderosa justo en medio del lote ordena las diferentes habitaciones alrededor, construyendo un anillo continuo en el que todos los espacios de la casa se organizan en una secuencia continua. La vegetación completa este diagrama interior-exterior que realza ambos mundos: el espacio natural exterior y el jardín doméstico y diseñado del patio.
 
 
Sistemas
La casa se construye mediante una estructura de madera contralaminada a base de vigas de gran canto que se sostienen mediante pantallas de entramado de madera colocadas de manera radial al perímetro, sin tocarlo. Esto asegura “la flotabilidad” de la cubierta, que se separa de las fachadas envuelta en un acabado de panel composite de aluminio en tonos champán. La envolvente se construye con sistemas de entramado de madera tradicionales -balloon frame- acabada en un enlistonado de madera de abeto modificado. Los suelos se componen de una losa de hormigón aterrazada bajo la que discurren las instalaciones principales.

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    “The house is built using a cross-laminated timber structure providing deep-edged beams that are supported by timber-framed walls placed radially around the perimeter, without touching it. This ensures the “floatability” of the roof, which is separated from the facades and cladded in a champagne-toned aluminum composite panel.” – Pablo Oriol *** Malaspina DesignM1 House is the first of a series of projects developed for MalaspinaDesign, a leading company in...

    Project details
    • Year 2022
    • Work finished in 2022
    • Status Completed works
    • Type Single-family residence
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