BETA Ø | Xabier Ortega
What is important in today’s architecture – trends, revolutionary technology/design?
Our buildings and spaces are characterized by their constructive precision and spatial cleanliness, emphasizing attention to detail and the good use of natural materials. We believe that a good architectural work must be able to absorb the traces of human life, which, like materials, acquires richness over the years. Nature is our inexhaustible source of inspiration and sustainability is one of the constants of our projects, introducing passive measures that reduce energy demand as much as possible. We develop projects from start to finish giving a concise response to each assignment, pursuing its essence and leaving aside styles. To do so, we try to find the right balance between sustainability and materiality, technique and aesthetics, to take advantage of the environmental needs of the different environments where our projects are located. The search for environmental architecture cannot be separated from the well-being and enjoyment of the buildings’ inhabitants.
How do you work with light?
Our interiors stand out for their spatial cleanliness, where geometry is always clean and emphatic. In this way, the natural materials used and their textures bathed in light become protagonists and dress the space. So we can say that both, natural light and artificial light, are vital to our way of projecting an architectural space.
What is the importance of the interplay between light and architecture?
You feel good when you are close to nature, where light is always a constant and often the protagonist. Therefore, we believe that the best way to create spaces is trying to represent the values of well-being that a natural environment transmits and that makes the treatment of light always essential to address.
Where do you see the strength in working with ONE A products and solutions in relation to the above?
ONE A represents the values that we believe are essential for architecture, therefore its integrated solutions and solved with an impeccable technique, along with its high performance materials, perfect proportions and manually worked, make them articles of very high quality.
– Partner Architect, Xabier Ortega BETA Ø
