‘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 molds. when the house is seen from above it looks like the eyes of an insect.

enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
the building under construction
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
detail of ceramic tiles
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
the beginning stages of the design using 3D software
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
various shaped tiles
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
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enric ruiz-geli: villa nurbs, empuriabrava
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project info:

 

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