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Situated in one of the most exclusive areas of Castellón, opposite the Ribalta Park, this residential building occupies a closed block that has its own courtyard giving rise to dwellings.
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This allows, on the one hand, to have a distribution in which the day zone is situated towards the outside.
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The night zone is collected towards the inside, towards the block courtyard, where the incidence of sunlight is lower.
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For its part, the apple courtyard is conceived as an independent project that connects with the volumes that make up the building through a swimming pool.
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This is situated in front of the party wall, and is protected from it through a vegetal mantle.
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Likewise, from the formal point of view, horizontal bands are played with to give rise to larger glazed areas and natural light entrances; and in accordance with the regulations, breaks in specific places with the aim of avoiding chamfers and setbacks.
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Source and images Courtesy of Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.