Project
Residencia PICASSO

Category 
Best Project of Private Residence

About the project
Built Area: 460m2
Site Area: 750m2
Concept: Conceptual design based on three cubes intercepted by horizontal and vertical planes to form a building with a marked modern style. Developed on three levels, the residence appropriates the rawness of concrete as an expression (Beton Brut) and is inserted into the surrounding landscape in a harmonious way.
Style: Brutalism.
Distribution:  first floor — access gallery, hall, living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, laundry room, dispenser and technical closet; second floor — 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and terraces, 3 floor — attic and viewing terrace.
Construction system: structural walls and slabs of reinforcing concrete, steel profiles and concrete slabs on inclined planes.
Finishing touch: visible materials.

Location
Matanzas, Cuba

Project design year
2021

More project images
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1ZH5i5SDjxNl0EpT6bDtEFDvCyONGkvRn

Project video
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IRtLztEufhD6i-RMj_9JLn1-pb9MXnTE/view?usp=drivesdk

Applicant and author of the project
Antonio de León Baez.
Cuban based architect. Graduated from the Marta Abreus University in Santa Clara city, Cuba. Currently dedicated to architectural design from my own studio DeLeonArquitectos, based in Cárdenas city, Matanzas, Cuba.

Other participants
Collaboration with the BERTELY 3D studio in the visualization of the images.