enric ruiz geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava

'villa nurbs' is a private residence developed by spanish architect enric ruiz geli
in collaboration with artist frederic amat and ceramist toni cumella. the space age
designed family house is located in empuriabrava (costa brava), spain and consists
of wavelike ceramic plates which are used against solar radiation. the plates for
the north wall of this building were produced using digitally cut moulds.
when the house is seen from above it looks like the eyes of an insect.


a view at night by enric ruiz geli
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top view
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villa nurbs
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the building under construction
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detail of ceramic tiles
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the beginning stages of the design using 3D software
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various shaped tiles
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principal architect : enric ruiz geli
sponsor : familia gallego leon
project architect : felix fassbinder, jordi fernandez rio
technical architect : agusti mallol, manoli vila (G3), daniel benito po, xavier badia
cloud 9 team : victor llanos, miguel carreiro, emmanuel ruffo, rosa duque,
andre macedo, ura carvalho, hye young yu, marta yebra, mae durant, angelina pinto,
randall holl, william arbizu, max zinnecker, laia jutgla, manel soler, megan kelly-sweeney,
alessandra faticanti, susanne bodach, andre brosel
environmental assessment : estudi ramon folch
ceramics : rrederic amat, toni cumella
glasss : vicky colombet, dominique haim / galeria chanim, cricursa
design : emiliana designestudio