TO BE HONEST, THIS RESIDENCE HAS ALWAYS ATTRACTED MY ATTENTION. I HAVE BEEN SEEING IT SINCE I WAS VERY YOUNG AND IT HAS ALWAYS PUZZLED ME A LITTLE.
IT IS TRUE THAT SINCE I STUDIED ARCHITECTURE, I SEE THE WORLD AND BUILDINGS LIKE THIS WITH DIFFERENT EYES, APPRECIATING BETTER THE DETAILS AND EVEN SEEING THROUGH THE BUILDING, WHAT THE ARCHITECT WANTED TO TRANSMIT OR ACHIEVE.
THIS BUILDING IS LOCATED NEAR THE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA, AN AREA THAT I NOW FREQUENT MORE. IS FOR THAT REASON THAT IN THIS SECTION I SPEAK OF THIS CURIOUS BUILDING.
WHAT I HAVE LEARNED SO FAR IN THIS DEGREE, HAS HELPED ME TO REALIZE THAT THIS RESIDENCE IS A CLEAR EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN BECOME THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE FUTURE, INTEGRATING NATURE IN URBAN BUILDINGS IN A VERY STRIKING BUT BEAUTIFUL WAY. THE STRIKING VEGETATION PRESENT ON THE FAÇADE OF THIS BUILDING DOES NOT HAVE A SIMPLE AESTHETIC ROLE. THE ARCHITECT GOES MUCH FURTHER, BRINGING SUSTAINABILITY TO BOTH THE BUILDING AND THE CITY.
ANOTHER ASPECT THAT ALSO ATTRACTS A LOT OF ATTENTION IS THE CURIOUS DISTRIBUTION OF THE HOUSES, STAIRS AND COMMON SPACES CREATING THE SENSATION THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PLACED ONE BY ONE IN A RANDOM WAY AND WITHOUT FOLLOWING ANY PATTERN. THIS GIVES THE BUILDING A SOMEWHAT STRANGE SENSE OF UNITY.
WHAT I MEAN IS THAT AS A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, THE GENERAL SHAPE OF THE HOUSING COMPLEX IS NEITHER TYPICAL NOR SIMPLE, BUT RATHER STRIKING, MODERN, CURIOUS OR EVEN INNOVATIVE. IT GIVES THE FEELING THAT THE DISTRIBUTION IS SOMEWHAT CHAOTIC AND THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO FIND ONE’S WAY AROUND THE RESIDENCE.
