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News | Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
New project finished | MRG
The project consists of the interior updating of an apartment in the center of the city of Valencia. We ordered the space looking for the continuity of the rooms, integrating the structural elements of the existing building within the divisions and the carpentry.
The plan is understood as three longitudinal bands that allow through ventilation. An area where you can work with generous natural lighting is incorporated into the main area of the house. A system of sliding carpentry allows incorporating or dividing the kitchen space from the living room depending on the situation. A gym, a water area, a fireplace, a terrace facing south over the treetops of Gran Vía (the healthy biophilia) and various facilities give the apartment a level of comfort that sometimes you do not want to leave.
New product | SIL Table
Our studio has designed a new product for the ARTMOON brand: SIL Table.
The table is configured by two singular pieces as a support and a glass surface. The support pieces are obtained from a piece of steel to which a single fold is made..
More information about this product coming soon. For sale in www.artmoon.pt
Under construction | NIU N290
The NIU N290 project is in the construction phase and is located in Valencia.
The N290 model has the most unique of the NIU homes, the rooms are organized and distributed around a central courtyard and have panoramas in all four directions. This single-story home is organized around a bright central courtyard. The spaces of the home are distributed around the courtyard and divided into four distinct areas that open in four different directions and maintain their complete independence.
Arquitectura en corto Valencia | The divine way
On November 30 at 7:00 p.m. at the headquarters of the CTAV – Colegio territorial de arquitectos de Valencia, the Arquitectura en Corto program invites us to the watch of ‘The divine way’.
The award-winning short film by director Ilaria di Carlo is a tribute to the staircase as an architectural element through a tour of different classic and contemporary buildings located mainly in Berlin.
A conceptual and at the same time aesthetic journey. After the screening, the architects Ramón Esteve, Fran Silvestre and Carlos Salazar will debate with the public.
Open house Valencia | 2021 Edition
Next Saturday October 23, a new edition of Open House Valencia 2021 will take place, an event that gives people the opportunity to get to know places related to Architecture and Design that are not usually open to visit.
On this occasion and again from the Espai Alfaro, we will participate by taking a tour of our studio, a NIU house located in the space, the Andreu Alfaro sculpture collection and the facilities where the postgraduate and Master programs in Architecture and Design MArch are developed. There will be two visits, at 12:00 and at 18:00, to sign up visit the official OHV website. We wait for you!
Presentation event | NIU Houses
Tomorrow, Thursday, July 1st, the NIU Houses team together with Fran Silvestre Arquitectos, will present the NIU project, in which you will be able to visit a scale house as well as an exhibition of all the types of homes, interiors and finishes , and in addition the website.
The purpose of the NIU project is to innovate construction systems to increase precision in the materialization of architecture. Deadlines and costs that remain fixed and an architecture that improves the quality of human environments, making them more sustainable and healthy.
New project finished | Àtic Blanc
Located in the center of Valencia, the project seeks to reinterpret the approach of this type of housing, recovering the potential of disused roofs. We like to think that each building takes away an open space from the city and gives it back on the roof.
More info soon on our website and on our Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin y Pinterest profiles.
Publications | Arquitectura y Diseño
One of the latest projects completed by the studio, Casa del Silencio, has been published in Arquitectura y Diseño, one of the most widely read magazines in the sector.
The project consists of making a musician’s studio coexist with his home. Located in a residential area near Valencia, where neighboring houses are very close to each other, it is decided to generate a semi-buried volume on the ground floor that configures the recording studio.
You can see the publication here.
Interview | Desfici Magazine for World Design Capital Valencia 2022
Desfici Magazine together with the organization of World Design Capital Valencia 2022 have interviewed Fran Silvestre to learn about one of the latest projects completed by the studio, Topaz of Braye. This project has consisted of completely redesigning a 20-meter long Turkish schooner that was originally owned by a renowned British musical promoter and which is located in the Marina of Valencia.
In addition to this project, other very interesting topics were also discussed in the interview, such as the Eólica Tower, the collaboration with InHaus to carry out the design of industrialized houses or the status of current projects in China. You can read the interview here.
New project finished | House of Silence
The project consists of making a musician’s studio coexist with his home. It is located in a residential area near Valencia, where neighboring houses are very close to each other. It is decided to generate a semi-buried volume on the ground floor that configures the recording studio. A concrete enclosure, within another concrete enclosure, with highly studied acoustics.
You can find more information about this project in our website and on our Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin and Pinterest profiles.
Architecture Visit | Open House Valencia 2020
Our studio will participate one more year in the Open House Valencia architecture and city festival, opening the doors of our offices and showing a guided tour of Espai Alfaro, a place of artistic tradition, located near Valencia, where art, design and architecture converge. A 7,000m2 space that was born as a studio of the valencian sculptor Andreu Alfaro and now has the academic space MArch, the interior design studio Alfaro Hofmann, our architecture studio Fran Silvestre Arquitectos or the Alfaro Hofmann Collection of industrial design, among other spaces.
Visiting hours will be on Saturday, October 17 at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., you can sign up from here. You can also visit online two projects recently completed by our studio, Pati Blau and Topaz of Braye .
Jury | Exposición Arquitectura Reciente de Valencia 2017-2019
Fran Silvestre has recently been selected as a jury by direct choice of the participants for the vote of the Exposición Arquitectura Reciente de Valencia 2017-2018-2019, organized by the Colegio Territorial de Arquitectos de Valencia. Ana Ábalos Ramos, Israel Alba Ramis, Ivan Cabrera i Fausto and Inés García Clariana have also participated as members of the jury, as well as the members of the CTAV Governing Board: Marina Sender Contell (President), Isabel Navarro Camallonga (Treasurer) and Carlos Salazar Fraile (Vocal of Culture).
The purpose of this is to publicize the professional quality of the latest projects carried out in the province of Valencia, through an exhibition and a catalog.
New project finished | Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
The project consists of completely redesigning a sailboat. This is a 20-meter long Turkish schooner that was originally owned by a renowned British music promoter. It has two masts slightly inclined towards the stern. This type of boat was used for fishing and as a cargo ship, but later they were also used in regattas. The first one carried out in 1851 was won by the schooner America that today gives its name to the famous competition.
You can find more information about this project soon on our website and on our Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin and Pinterest profiles.
Under construction | Water mirror house
The relaxing power of a sheet of water when it is silhouetted against the sea is fascinating. A world of colors, reflections and textures appears in constant change that produces an enigmatic attraction. Sometimes this effect acquires a dimension that makes the rest of the elements that constitute a project are dispensable or accessory. Focused on this issue we begin the proposal to build a living space from which to contemplate a spectacular environment.
The place is located in Calpe and is delimited by four landscaping elements of great strength. To the north the rock of Ifach, to the east the Mediterranean Sea, to the south the Mascarat and to the west there is a distant view of the Sierra de Olta.
More info about this project in our website and on our Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin and Pinterest profiles.
Exhibition | Alfaro a Xàtiva: Diàleg amb la història
Next Friday, September 18th at 8 p.m., in the old convent of San Doménec in Xàtiva, will take place the inaguration of the exhibition Alfaro a Xàtiva: Diàleg amb la història, where some of the most recognized works by the Valencian artist will be distributed in the most representative enclaves of the historic center of the city, seeking to establish a dialogue between architecture of past eras with a minimalist sculpture. The rotundity of the Gothic or the sobriety of the Renaissance, interspersed with the simplicity and slenderness of sculptures such as The Fountain, the Laocoonte or the Goethe sitting in the countryside of Rome.
The exhibition will be curated by Fran Silvestre and Pablo Camarasa and will run from September to December.
Photoshooting | Topaz of Braye
Recently, the photoshooting of one of the latest interior design projects finished by our studio took place: Topaz of Braye. For photography and the video we had the collaboration of Jesús Orrico.
You can find more information about this project soon on our website and on our Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin and Pinterest profiles.
New project finished | Àtic Blanc
New finished project: Àtic Blanc. Located in the center of the city, the typology of this kind of house is reinterpreted. Looking for the feeling of being in an isolated house, the terrace is understood as a patio open to the sky and from which to contemplate the city of Valencia.
More information coming soon on our Facebook, Instagram, Linkedinand Pinterest profiles.
Publications | Minimalissimo
One of the recent projects completed by the studio, Pati Blau, has been published in Minimalissimo, a print and digital magazine focused on minimalism in design that shows some of the best examples in architecture, interiors, furniture and home furnishings.
You can see the publication here and find out more details about the project on our website and on our Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin and Pinterest. profiles.
New project finished | House of Silence
House of Silence. The project seeks to respond to a house and a studio for a musician.
The working area is partially buried in the lower part, responding to the acoustic needs. The upper floor is designed closed to the immediate environment due to the proximity to the next houses and projecting a kind of courtyards open to the large gardens in the surroundings.
Publications | Architectural Digest
“This two-floor apartment in the Alicante town, Altea, could be perfectly defined as a blank canvas. After its refurbishment, in the interior prevail the neutral colors, the first-class materials such as Carrara marble, and an obsession with organization that borders on perfection.”
One of our recent completed projects, Penthouse in Costa Blanca, has been published in the well-known Architectural Digest magazine. In the publication you can find, the images of the project and a detailed description of it made by the magazine. You can see the full article here.
Live on Instagram | Arquitectura y Diseño
The Wednesday April 8, Fran Silvestre spoke about what means, from the point of view of our studio, The Efficient Beauty. It took place on the Instagram account of the magazine Arquitectura y Diseño where, in addition, he was able to answer questions and deal with very interesting topics.
You can watch it on the Architecture and Design social networks or on our YouTube channel clicking here.
inHAUS BY | Author houses
Our architecture studio has been in charge of designing some of the new models that the Valencian modular houses company will offer to its future clients worldwide.
With this initiative, the modular architecture has managed to bring together designers and industry, resulting in architectures that combine the best design, high energy efficiency, perfection in finishes and a turnkey integral service with price and deadline.
You can find more information here.
New project finished | Dental Clinic
Located in the center of the city, the project arises to give response to a new clinic whose values are based on an extremely personalized treatment to the client. The layout of the building, which dates from the beginning of the last century, conditioned the distribution.
You can find more information about this project soon on our website and on our Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin and Pinterest profiles.
Architectural Record | Lecture
Our colleague Rosa Juanes, talked about contemporary designs with natural stone through the project of the studio Hofmann House, for the well-known American magazine Architectural Record.
Architectural Record is a magazine located in Manhattan that is dedicated to architecture and interior design. It is number #1 source for news in the sector and info on sustainability, houses, projects and architectural products, and also architect continuing education.
Happy New Year | Best wishes
Best wishes for the New Year
Els millors desitjos per a l’any vinent
Die besten architekten wünsche für das neue jahr
新年快乐
Tanti auguri di buon anno
新年のご多幸を祈る
Os melhores desejos para o ano novo
Les meilleurs architectes voeux pour la nouvelle annéeSzczęśliwego nowego roku
Τισ καλυτερεσ ευχεσ μου για το νεο ετοσ
New project finished | Penthouse in Costa Blanca
The project consists in the refurbishment of a penthouse located in the Costa Blanca of the Mediterranean Sea. Boosting the views of the Bay of Altea becomes the most important element of this proposal.
You can find more information about this project soon on our website and on our Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin and Pinterest profiles.
Monograph | Scenarios for life
The second edition of the monograph of our studio, Scenaries for Life, edited by TC Cuadernos, is now available after the first one is sold out.
The monograph compiles in 224 pages the most significant works made by our studio from its foundation until 2018.
The main works such the House of the cliff, the Balint House or the House between the pine forest, developed with plans for the first time in this volume. The interior design, the rehabilitation and the big scale works are also included.
Under construction | MDK headquarters
The project consists in the construction of the headquarters for Mondraker, a company dedicated to the manufacture of competition mountain bikes. Located in an industrial park and surrounded by orthogonal edification, the building seeks to break away from the adjacent geometry and encloses itself, with a circular plan hollowed out by a central courtyard. Two vaults pierce the geometry allowing the access to the building, and creating a sort of central atrium which can be used, due to its form, to generate events and exhibitions. This geometry separates the building from its surrounding, reinforcing the corporative identity of the company and improving the quality of the open space in the plot.
You can find more information about this project in our web, or in our Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin and Twitter profile.
Monograph | La belleza eficaz
The second monograph of our studio, La belleza eficaz, has been sold out and a new edition is now available. The monograph is produced in Italy by the publishing house Casa Editrice Libria, within the Arianuova collection, an Italian publishing house specialized in architectural books that is characterized by a careful design that values the essence of the projects through a simple graphic design and direct, all this collected in a small format that converts each of its publications into an unique book.
The publisher has also published monographs of international architecture studios such as Barozzi Veiga, Bak Gordon, Tatiana Bilbao, Alberto Campo Baeza, Claus in Kaan, Steven Holl, Ensemble Estudio, Livio Vacchini or Pezo von Ellrichshausen.
You can find the book here.
Congratulations | Valencia World Design Capital 2022
Congratulations! Valencia will be the World Capital of Design in 2022.
From our studio, we want to thank the entire commission and all the people who have made possible that in 2022, our city will be a reference in the map in terms of design worldwide. We are proud to have been part of this candidacy through a conference about our project Torre Eólica for the Technical Committee of the World Design Organization.
