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Firm

LIQE arquitectura

Type

Residential › Multi Unit Housing

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2022

SIZE

0 sqft - 1000 sqft

BUDGET

$100K - 500K

Photos

Roi Alonso (12)

The project occupies a borderline situation between the human scale of Historic Center and defensive walled enclosure of the city, formalizing change of scale through an incision performed in the original façade in continuity with the expansion on top plant.
A folding shutters system extends along the new façade, allowing both privacy and solar exposure regulation. Façade comes alife in daily movement of the pieces, making explicit the resurgence of a degraded neighborhood.
The use of raw treated wood links past and future. A firm gesture with palpable constructive sincerity leads making the precise cut for vehicle access, supporting a non-gentrifying REHABITATION of the old city.
Solution preserves the traditional rhythm of openings and emphasizes the containment of the land offered by the building itself, while formalizing a new scale for the building that integrates perfectly with the site.
The main access to the dwellings is from the garden that communicates with the walled enclosure. A wooden walkway is installed giving individual access to both properties and to the spiral staircase leading to the garage.
Both dwellings locates day area on second floor. Light enters the interior filtered through the wooden slats, using the exit stairs to the terraces as a light balance. The cons system achieves its goal: temperature regulation and privacy.
The houses fit into a dimensional puzzle with one structural condition: the absence of central pillars to improve garage maneuvering, leading to a wall-beam separating both dwellings and serving as support for the upper slabs.
Both stairs are used to general storage and service spaces in the homes. The bedrooms are located mainly with windows to the main façade.
Oak wood finishes and continuous lime and natural clay coatings are used, contrasting with stone, concrete and galvanized steel exteriors, with the counterpoint of carpentry and wooden shutters.