López de Hoyos Residential Building

On the northeast edge of Madrid’s Salamanca District, this project came about as an initiative which, for urban planning reasons, split off into two different efforts, with the result being a tandem complex in which both buildings stand as the backdrop to the palace built by the Marquis of Salamanca in the late 19th century.

From the very start a deliberate effort was made to differentiate the two buildings, while at the same time tying them together as part of a whole, given that the López de Hoyos building was conceived as a totally new work, without any greater geometric constraints than those inherent in the floor space and applicable legislation, while that which faces Pinar Street was a restructuring project which had to work around the previously-erected structure, its spaces and limitations.

Both buildings were originally conceived with just one home per floor, and a duplex on two levels, with an entrance and first floor, top floor and penthouse level, integrating garden areas into the homes. Nevertheless, for commercial reasons some of the Lopez de Hoyos building’s intermediate levels were redesigned in order to house more than one unit per floor.