House of Quartz

House of Quartz is an architecture imagined as a crystallization of all living energies. It shines, reflects, and magnifies everyday phenomena to channel and amplify their vibrant frequencies. It is solid and porous and acts as a skeletal base for all forms of life. The spaces are conceived as anti-gravitational to be free of modern typologies. The building is a low-tech architecture and a mixed-use building with different unit configurations, but essentially does not distinguish between life/work/play. The windows rotate 360 degrees, conceived as a lens to view the surroundings and to reflect and observe our inner being. La Casa de Cuarzo es una arquitectura imaginada como una cristalización de todas las energías vivas. Brilla, refleja y magnifica los fenómenos cotidianos para canalizar y amplificar sus frecuencias vibrantes. Es sólido y poroso y actúa como base esquelética de todas las formas de vida. Los espacios se conciben como antigravitatorios para liberarse de las tipologías modernas. Se trata de una arquitectura de baja tecnología y un edificio de uso mixto con diferentes configuraciones de unidades, pero que esencialmente no distingue entre vida/trabajo/juego. Las ventanas giran 360 grados, concebidas como una lente para ver el entorno y para reflejar y observar nuestro ser interior. Prosaic building typology and zoning could disembody the essence of our daily life in the city. During the COVID, our urban life was severely restricted; we had to work from home and could not eat in restaurants; the function of urban space and the intended use of a building were compromised. Is there a need today for architecture in the city with clear boundaries between different uses and functions? The distinction between residential and commercial presupposes that people have sufficient economic means to afford to live in a proper residential area and work elsewhere.