架构师提供的文本描述。该项目是一项占地半个城市街区的安排的一部分，还有另外两座大楼。它位于上世纪80年代消失的Altos HornosdeVizcaya的原址。后来，2000年RIA开始对这些形成Lasesarre地区的土地进行城市化。

Text description provided by the architects. The project is part of an arrangement that occupies half a city block, along with two more buildings. It is located on the former grounds of Altos Hornos de Vizcaya that disappeared in the 80s. Later RIA 2000 proceeded to urbanize these lands that have shaped the Lasesarre area.

2000年，RIA 2000召开了一次有关城市街区的限制性竞争，比赛分为三个部门。我们的项目是其中之一的获胜者。

In 2000, RIA 2000 convened a Restricted Competition for the city block in question, which was divided into three sectors. Our project was the winner of one of them.

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米格尔·德古兹曼

这些条例被修改以适应中标项目的建议。降低了底层的高度，取消了倒角，设计了一个弯曲的立面。所有这些都是为了丰富现有的城市规划，人们认为这一规划过于传统。这样，新的空间产生了不同于传统街道的平行正面，产生了一个更大的人行道表面。人行道穿过连接市中心庭院的建筑，规划成一个公共广场。

The regulations were modified to suit the winning project proposal. The height of the ground floor was lowered, chamfers were abolished and a curved facade was designed. All of this was intended to enrich the existent urban planning which was considered excessively conventional. In this way, new spaces were generated different from the conventional streets of parallel facades, which yielded a larger sidewalk surface. The sidewalk penetrates through the building joining the courtyard at the center of the city block, planned as a public square.

 Typical Plan

典型规划

该建筑的正面是由水平带组成的，有连续的开口线，窗户和梯田交替。这加强了外观的曲率和统一性，使其具有适当的城市规模。它是由一个阁楼加冕，其梯田被金属包层的体积所打断，在建筑中施加一种节奏，否则过于水平。

The facade of the building is composed of horizontal bands with continuous lines of openings in which windows and terraces alternate. This reinforces the curvature and the unity of the facade, giving it a proper urban scale. It is crowned by an attic whose terraces are interrupted by metal clad volumes imposing a rhythm in the building, otherwise excessively horizontal.

这个计划比较传统，每层有两套公寓。顶层有很大的露台，特别是在建筑物的尖角上。

The plan is more conventional with two apartments per floor. Those on the top floor have large terraces, especially the ones on the sharp corner of the building.

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米格尔·德古兹曼

关于结构，我们设法使它与建筑物的水平和沉重特征相一致。底层采用V形柱钢筋混凝土，既减少了钢筋混凝土中V形柱的数量，又能更好地体现建筑物的重量。

Regarding the structure, we sought to make it correspond with the horizontal and heavy character of the building. It is reinforced concrete with V-shaped columns on the ground floor to reduce their amount and at the same time, make more expressive the weight of the building on them.

考虑到项目的性质，我们寻求重量和重量之间的对比，前者以水平和建筑物与底层柱的关系为标志，后者则是连续的开口线，我们寻找符合这些效果的材料，帮助加强它们。因此，我们提出了不同的备选方案，总是以重要性为基础。我们考虑了预制混凝土的第一种选择，为了避免过度的均匀性，我们抛弃了它，因为我们正在寻找一种深色的，同时又有光泽的颜色，与市场上现有的产品不兼容。

Given the nature of the project, in which we sought the contrast between weight and lightness, the former marked by horizontality and the building’s relationship with the ground floor columns, and the latter by the continuous lines of openings, we sought materials consistent with these effects, helping to strengthen them. We therefore proposed different alternatives always based on materiality. We considered a first option in prefab concrete, discarded to avoid an excessive uniformity, because we were looking for a dark and at the same time shiny color, incompatible with the existing products on the market.

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米格尔·德古兹曼

为了寻找通风的陶瓷立面，我们联系了陶艺专家托尼·库米拉，他提供了制作不同类型的作品的可能性，它们结合了一组纹理，被认为非常适合我们最初追求的可变性和色调。这些碎片是光泽度和光泽，总是颜色深灰色，冰晶片交替放置在反面，以增强纹理。

Looking for a ventilated ceramic facade, we contacted ceramics specialist Toni Cumella, who offered the possibility of making different types of pieces that combined offered a set of textures, which was considered very adequate to the variability and toning that we initially sought. The pieces were matte and shiny, always colored dark gray, the matte piece placed alternatively in reverse to enhance the texture.

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米格尔·德古兹曼

立面用暗木细木器和百叶窗的“Prodema”板完成。这些部分相对于木制品略为突出，产生了一条水平线。

The facade was completed with dark wood joinery and “Prodema” panels for the blinds. These are slightly highlighted with respect to the woodwork, generating a horizontal line.