House recovery
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Project • By Viruta lab • Apartments
Casa Cabanyal
The Valencian studio Viruta Lab signs the rehabilitation and interior design of this historic house of 85m2. Original architectural elements, pre-existing materials and the soul of this popular neighborhood are elevated through a respectful recovery in which the sentimental value has been essential.
Return the sentimental value to the homeThis historic house of 85m2 square is a small jewel of the most seafaring neighborhood of Valencia: the Cabanyal. A two-storey building, from 1946, which needs to be restored to its hidden splendor, overshadowed for too many years by its closure, humidity and the passage of time. Thus, it was a modest residence where the grandparents of the current owner used to live. A place of immeasurable sentiment... More
Project • By SBSA | Sandri Barbara Smaniotto Andrea Architetti • Private Houses
mountain lodge S. Stefano
CONCEPT
The refurbishment project transforms the existing building in a holiday home for a family that love mountains. The recovery of this building called tabià (once used as stable and barn) becomes an opportunity for reinventing, in a contemporary way, a building strongly linked to local agricultural tradition. Inserted in a sloping plot, in second lane with respect to the roadside and the buildings facing it, the tabià develops into 3 levels: one partially underground with a mixed structure in stone and concrete; an intermediate one with a structure in wooden pillars and beams, where there is also the main entrance; and an attic projecting cantilevered on all four sides. In order to respect the character of the property,... More
Project • By Galeria Gabinete • Housing
House AB
In a housing recovery, we evaluate the spaces, shapes, functional relations and all the pathologies that the resident himself has identified during his experience. It's all there! You have to fix what is unused and thus transforming closed space into open space through new materials, call the comfort and make it unique when personalized. Tiled roofs are smashed down, opened up new spans, concrete walls are projected and curved lines are mixed with the existent broken geometry . The simplicity of the form is a reality and harmoniously emerges between the hill and lots of houses.
Na recuperação de uma moradia, avaliam-se os espaços, formas, relações funcionais e todas as patologias que o próprio morador tem identificado durante a sua v... More