| Project Description | This is a housing recovery that several generations ago had belonged to the client's family. It is a tradicional 100-year-old house, built with local materials and techniques. Located in the countryside and close to the beach, customers wanted to recover the essence and authenticity of the house, adapting it to current needs and providing it with conditions to receive family and friends.
The House was practically in ruins. Having fully falled the original cover system, worsened the condition of the interior elements because they were exposed to the bad weather. We recovered the four exterior walls and two interior locking master walls . The walls are in stone masonry, with an impressive 80 cm thickness. Covering had wood structure and clay tile and we have redo it.
The architectural project recovered once existing volumes and only used traditional materials. Therefore, adopted materials and constructive solutions identical to originals, including the restoration of some existing elements. It was necessary to redo the full coverage, taking advantage of the attic to the roof for adding a new bedroom floor.
The work of rehabilitation proposal is based on the constructive, functional and aesthetic upgrading of the entire property, ensuring the preservation of the existing architectural elements, optimizing the response to seismic actions for adoption of reinforcement structural solutions.
In this project, was given importance to sustainability. The climatizing system takes advantage of solar power, including the pool heater.
The intervention with about 488 sqm, included:
• Rehabilitation of the interior floor of the ground floor to affectation of social areas, including the installation of a kitchen / dinning room, double height ceiling social room, social games room, laundry room and two bedrooms and sanitary for health visitors. For the patio, located in the south side lies an outdoor covered patio area, garden, barbecue and pool;
• Use of the attic in attic typology, affection to private rest areas with the installation of four suites and office area.
The total budget was around 600 thousand euros and the work lasted about 18 months, between September 2019 and January 2021.
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| Materials Used | In this project, the materials reveal something very important to us: the autenticity of the work that in this 100 year old house is based in:
- application of natural lime-based plasters, compatible with the existing stone mansonary,
- use of mineral painting to allow the stone to permeate water vapour;
- use of natural materials such as cork (applied on the inside of walls and ceilings) for thermal and accoustic insulation
- use of local wood as roof structure and interior flooring
- coating of the roof with local ceramic tiles
- use of local limestone for stonework
- reuse the old wood beams in the ceilings
Therefore, the materials reveal something very important to us: the autenticity of the work.
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| Sustainability | The project gave preference to sustainability through the use of traditional building materials and techniques, the importance of energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources.
This setting is based in:
- special care with cross ventilation
- shade structures on south-facing façade
- natural light in all rooms
- physical and chemical compatibility of old and new materials
- use of natural paints
- use of natural insulation materials
- use of natural structure and interior flooring material
- natural and tradicional ceramics
- use of renewable energy sources (solar) for heating and cooling of indoor air, sanitary water supply and swimming pool
- landscaping project that did not waterproof the soil, planting of autochthonous species, reuse of local spring water for irrigation, planting of fruit trees, and installation of vegetable garden (vegetables and herbs) for consumption
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