REFURBISHMENT OF A SINGLE FAMILY
HOUSE IN THE HISTORICAL CENTRE OF SEVILLE. (CASA MALPARTIDA).
Our proposal starts with an existing
traditional house enclosed between the
side walls of two adjacent buildings in the area of San Lorenzo
neighbourhood, in the Historical Center of Seville. The origin of the house
dates to the late S. XVIII, but it has suffered several modifications in
diferent times till the present.
The traditional houses in the
historical city follow a typical pattern, a succession of voids with differents
functions: Hallway (for carriage access), courtyard (distribution and stairs)
and backyard (orchard). The proposal is based on the redistribution of
the rooms around the central courtyard, recovering its original typology, plus
a clear succession of voids, lights, shadows, heights, materials, etc.
The proposed architecture tries to
reflect the contemporary life and therefore to express the autonomy of
architecture with the maximum care over the spatial context. It has been
conceived as an architecture that connects the diferent structures that were
built in different historical periods.
Our proposal tries to give a new
character to the interior space and to bring to it a new meaning and more
vitality, and as well to respect the character of the environment through the
careful use of elements of local architecture. It take into account the
necessities and limitations of the existing house, and it organizes the program
and spatial solution around the conditions of the previous remains and the
proposed program.
The new façades to the backyard
tries to reflect the density and deepness of the ancient walls and façades of
houses and convents of Seville.
Mass, void, light, material...The
sort of perception of architecture that we are proposing bears mainly on these
timeless values.
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