Matadepera, Barcelona, Spain
Q d’ARQUITECTURA
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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| Photo © Courtesy of Jordi Grané Aran |
The housing should occupy a portion of land resulting from segregation of a plot already built. The existing house –belonging to the parents-, and the new one –belonging to their sons-, must maintain a reasonable level of privacy, despite sharing the joint use of the courtyard, and without establishing a physical boundary between the two parcels.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Jordi Grané Aran |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Jordi Grané Aran |
Taking advantage of the gentle
cross slope of the plot, the new house is placed in a slightly lower level than the existing one. The ground floor is protected from view by the
retaining wall that spans the gap between the two houses, so it can be fully glazed, in constant relationship with the court by porches.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Jordi Grané Aran |
The upper floor, exposed to view, is developed in an essentially opaque prism, concentrating all the openings in a gallery facing south.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Jordi Grané Aran |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Jordi Grané Aran |
The sharp contrast between the lightness and transparency of the ground floor and the weight of the upper floor, along with large porches and cantilevers and the continuous relationship between interior and exterior, are the main formal features of the project.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Jordi Grané Aran |
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| site plan--drawing Courtesy of Q d’ARQUITECTURA |
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| floor plan 01--drawing Courtesy of Q d’ARQUITECTURA |
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| floor plan 02--drawing Courtesy of Q d’ARQUITECTURA |
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| elevation--drawing Courtesy of Q d’ARQUITECTURA |
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| section 01--drawing Courtesy of Q d’ARQUITECTURA |
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| section 02--drawing Courtesy of Q d’ARQUITECTURA |
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| section 03--drawing Courtesy of Q d’ARQUITECTURA |
The people
Architects: Q d’ARQUITECTURA / Jordi Grané Aran
Location: Matadepera, Barcelona, Spain
Construction: Jordi Llobet Contratista d’Obres S.L.
Structural consultant: Eskubi-Turro Arquitectes S.L.
Technical architect: Meritxell Giménez Dalmau
Project area: 260 sqm
Project year: 2008
Photographs: Jordi Grané Aran
