ARIAL M6 Residential development - Architecture and design

Architects Manuel Carbajo and Celso Barrios have combined the needs of a residential development with an image far from the standards under which these usually fall. To this effect they have planned a fragmentised façade, comprising a crucible of solid and transparent, and light and dark, using glass as the main material.

The roof carries on the façade with the same materials, openings and finishing, ultimately becoming the solid framework.

From the exterior this is perceived as highly attractive as it steers clear of the classic disconnection between façade and roof, but it is inside where unique spaces can be enjoyed such as split-level glass-covered lounges, which provide the duplexes with an outstanding effect of a family home.

Hence one comes across a glass building, scattered with vertical and horizontal sheets of white concrete, which far from intended for aesthetic purposes only, they have been conceived to create a sun protection mesh during the summer, still allowing the sunlight through during winter when the light incidence angle is minor.