“LANDSCAPING IS AN ARCHITECTURALLY ESSENTIAL ELEMENT, AND OUR PROJECTS REFLECT A DESIRE TO INSERT OURSELVES IN THE SETTING IN A SUBDUED MANNER”
The bedroom pavements have been made in singlecoat Ebony Oak, from L’Antic Colonial. In the bathroom area, the covering is in Mother-ofPearl Duo, 31.6 x 20 cm, from Porcelanosa. White Duomo Almería basin, from L’Antic Colonial, and tap in Pal model, from Noken, on a worktop made in Black Bush-hammered Zimbabwe Granite. In the kitchen area, we find two Gamadecor models: G500 unit (lacquered sheen green
furniture with handles) and G580 unit (lacquered sheen white with embedded handles). OPPOSITE PAGE The floor below the large windows is in White Calacata Marble, from L’Antic Colonial.
pains to respect its natural surroundings, as the architect specifies, “green areas and landscaping are architecturally essential elements, and in this sense, our projects reflect a desire to insert ourselves in the setting in a subdued fashion.” A result of treating climate, aspects, colours, textures, plant species, the different types and tones of soil, gravel and even rock, as raw materials which, in turn, are treated as architecture. On the other hand, concerning interior architecture, many elements linked to architecture outstand, namely integrated furniture – a distinctive feature of the residential projects devised by TASH. They have also designed all the large furniture units, and have
made a selection of chairs and a number of accessories. Their conception in this aspect, as pointed out by the founder of Taller de Arquitectura Sánchez-Horneros, “is clearly architectural, and aims to add certain nuances and qualities to architecture without altering it, providing an atmosphere of higher comfort and sensuality”. According to the architect, working in Casa Elena has been both rewarding and exciting, for a private commission “allows for a more direct relationship with the customer’s needs, and a more personal relationship,” even though he admits that the public realm enables the tackling of a wider range of architectural types, functions and issues. /
EMILIO SÁNCHEZ-HORNEROS He is the Managing and Technical Director of Taller de Arquitectura SánchezHorneros, a company of around thirty employees, which aside from architects, includes quantity surveyors, interior designers, industrial and civil engineers. He closely works with them all so as to complement the studio’s purely architectural activity with functions such as consultancy, industrial design development applied to building elements and furniture design to be commercialised. He puts painstaking efforts in his definition of spaces, architecture, materials and facilities, since his major aim is to attain precise and high-quality architecture. A young architect and founding partner of TASH, apart from the highly versatile activity developed by his company, he can boast of today’s strong commitment to internationalisation.