Nardo rojo is the new home of ICESA, marking the studio’s first move in three decades. The relocation reflects a recalibration—of priorities, of scale, and of the kind of space the firm now wants to work in. The project sets aside short-lived formal gestures in favor of proportion, constructive clarity, and long-term use.

The building sits on a 280 m² triangular lot in Guachipelín and houses the studio, two rental apartments, and the required parking within a tight footprint. The organization is compact and direct: circulation, access, and servicing are resolved without residual space.

The plan holds a clear relationship between interior and exterior, with openings calibrated to orientation and climate. Passive strategies—cross ventilation, shading, and material inertia—are built into the design from the start, not appended to it. Spatial layout favors legibility and efficiency, both for daily use and future adaptation.

The material palette is deliberately narrow. Exposed steel carries the primary structure; wood appears where contact and scale call for it. The aim is not contrast, but clarity—each material does one thing and continues to read that way over time.

Nardo Rojo functions as workplace and test case at once: a chance to apply, under real constraints, the principles the studio argues for in its work.