the house of two households by Adrià Escolano and David Steegmann
Architects Adrià Escolano and David Steegmann convey new life to a single household Home from the center of the 20th century situated in BarcelonaLa Floresta neighborhood in Sant Cugat del Vallés to accommodate two households. The home, with 4 flooring, one among which is within the basement, and constructed with load-bearing partitions, is organized primarily based on the equal juxtaposition of rooms of various sizes, some emanating a sure magnificence, spaciousness and symmetry, with giant openings. . Primarily based on the unique matrix, Home of Two Households, photographed by Jose Heviasuperimposes a brand new hierarchy, ordering itself from a succession of enormous rooms linked to one another.
all photographs © Joseph Hevia
camouflage interventions
Contextually, the constructing is surrounded by a backyard with varied terraces that assist to beat the steep slope of the land, with the principle entry on the highest degree and a second entry on the decrease degree. The technical and programmatic specificity of every new use accumulates like a poché on the sides of every house at Casa Două Familii, camouflaging the interventions by appropriating present geometries and calligraphy, defining the form of the void. As well as, Adrià Escolano (see extra Right here) and David Steegmann (and Right here) utilized the identical colour to all planes, reinforcing the worth of the house in relation to the weather that compose it, mixing the brand new and the outdated with a sure ambiguity.
Two Households Home is situated in Barcelona
One of many homes is situated on the bottom ground, connecting its public areas to the backyard. Accessed by an exterior staircase, the second is organized within the two higher flooring. The mezzanine ground, separated from the remaining and open to the backyard, completes this system of the homes with technical rooms and a set of neighborhood areas. The mission integrates the required vitality enchancment actions within the envelope of the premises. The final thermal and inertial flooring are put in, and an insulating materials is injected into the rooms of the partitions and ceilings, sustaining the scale and pores and skin of the unique house.
bringing new life to a mid-20th century single-family house
making use of the identical colour to all planes
some areas exude magnificence and symmetry
bed room space
kitchen space