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House Q / Vaillo + Irigaray

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Arce, Spain

Text description provided by the architects. Adaptation is key into abstraction mimetic. The green totally invaded the facade, and the house disappears: as a large magnifying glass focusing on a piece of grass.

House Q / Vaillo + Irigaray - Windows, Facade

Internally an impluvium (water, light and oxygen) defines the organization, around which living gravitates. As in Alice's house, it becomes a hole where golf balls slip.

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Cite: "House Q / Vaillo + Irigaray" 12 May 2009. ArchDaily. Accessed 16 Apr 2025. <https://www.archdaily.com/20918/house-q-vaillo-irigaray> ISSN 0719-8884

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