1303_IH House

1303_IH House
© Flavio Coddou

1303_IH House

Albert Brito Arquitectura

ARCHITECTS
Albert Brito Arquitectura

COLLABORATORS
Victor Peña, Inma Hervés, Paula Poblet.

MANUFACTURERS
Daikin, Carpinterías Imi, Hormigón, Ladrillos, Pavimento Madera, Pavimento Microcemento

PHOTOGRAPHS
Flavio Coddou

AREA
110 M²

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Badalona, Spain

CATEGORY
Houses

We had the opportunity to work in a blacksmith workshop to turn it into a home.

1303_IH House
© Flavio Coddou
1303_IH House
© Flavio Coddou

Despite the need to completely change the configuration of space and structure we have tried to preserve the spirit of the workshop, the cranes, the light the systems and the materials.

The house is deep and narrow. The main parts are placed at the ends in the facades leaving a big light void in the middle. Structure hanging different spaces which are suposed to maximize these relationships.

1303_IH House
© Flavio Coddou
1303_IH House
© Flavio Coddou

This superstructure is also hanging a spiral staircase that widens and tightens leading to these different indeterminate spaces to the top terrace.

These spaces also cause the appearance of two interior facades treated in the same way as external that give some autonomy to each of the most private parts of the house.

This project is a clear example of how our study incorporates into project processes of what Smithson called "as found".

1303_IH House
© Flavio Coddou
1303_IH House
© Flavio Coddou
1303_IH House
© Flavio Coddou

The introduction of what we found as a rereading of what the place was once enriched the intervention along with the new inhabitants provide.


1303_IH House
© Flavio Coddou
1303_IH House
© Flavio Coddou
1303_IH House
© Flavio Coddou


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Site Plan
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Ground Floor


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Section
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Interior Elevation
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Axonometric