Restoration, renovation and extension of an old house between parting walls and with a garden. The Project extended the house, making the most of the space available.
Terraced stairs were created to connect the inside with the outside from the living room which allows numerous possibilities.

A simple and economical house on one single floor. The hallway into the bedrooms is used to create an office with a zenithal skylight that has the capability to house a staircase to Access upper floors if there was ever an extension built.

L’habitatge es construeix en un terreny difícil, molt inclinat i en un una urbanització d’habitatges unifamiliars aïllats de criteri urbanístic i estètic dispar.

El projecte aprofita el problema de la inclinació per crear l’accés des de la part superior i orientar-se cap a les vistes de les muntanyes llunyanes, encara lliures d’urbanitzacions, formant un volum que dirigeix i emmarca les vistes.

Reforma integral d’una vella casa del casc antic del Masnou. El projecte recupera l’ús d’habitatge d’un antic establiment comercial, rehabilitant elements constructius i reforçant l’estructura. Es crea una terrassa a la coberta i es deixen elements constructius restaurats vistos com les bigues de fusta originals. El projecte combina materials ceràmics i fusta natural amb blancs i grisos.

The Project maintains the main Stone façade, increasing the openings and starting the rest of the building from new, overcoming the incline between the back garden and the street. The structural system of concrete slab, joist and ceramic vault is left exposed and the very bright interiors combine natural wood, Stone and shades of white.

A single-family home with views to the sea from all the rooms, with a direct relationship between indoors and outdoors. The main feature of the house is an innovative, quick and efficient wooden building system, and an ‘A’ energy certificate, which means huge comfort for its users and great energy savings and therefore great money savings at the end of the year.

This Project is proof that you can be mindful of the environment and save money without giving up on a contemporary design.

• Building of almost zero power consumption (26kWh / m2a).
• Energy rating A.
• Facade mortar silicate + stone.
• Recycled cellulose insulation.
• Natural pigment paints.
• Biocompatible electrical installation.
• Sist. Renewal air recuperator of energy + water battery.
• Atherothermy for ACS.
• Automated adjustable blinds.
• Collecting rainwater.

A set of houses that adapts to the topography of the land and the street. The urbanization, with the Montgrí in the South and the Pyrenees in the North, is formed by houses asymmetrically attached.

The dwellings are formed essentially by two cradles in ground floor: with the kitchen and a room in one of them and the other with the living-dining room. The latter is a diaphanous space with a North-South longitudinal transparency. In the first floor a longitudinal volume accommodates the bedrooms and a large multipurpose space in the area of the staircase with transparency towards the terrace of the upper level.

The project is designed with sustainable construction and energy efficiency criteria:

• Use of natural materials with low environmental footprint from the nearby environment and in accordance with those traditionally used in the area such as natural stone and lime mortar.
• Enclosure with high thermal insulation and without thermal bridges to contribute to minimize the use of active means of climatic conditioning.
• Breathable thermal insulation materials and insulation that prevent moisture and condensation in the interior.
• Passive and dynamic solar protection of all openings.
• High energy efficiency thermal installations combined with solar panels.
• Lighting of high energy performance and low consumption.
• Active system for the renovation and control of indoor air quality.
• Active radiation protection of electrical elements and circuits.
• Advanced domotic system and digitalized of the mechanically active elements of the house.
• Rainwater collection system for later re-use in the garden.

The Project came from the merging of two plots with existing buildings that bore no historical interest and were knocked down. The new build aimed to create an interior patio, and a main façade with natural stone and vertical openings in keeping with the street’s historical environment. The inside façade has large windows to get the maximum amount of natural light in.

The project consists of two semi-detached houses, asymmetrical in dimension and layout but sharing the same morphological and energy criteria.

The two houses make up a large white rectangular volume which gets disrupted on the ground floor and generates small discontinuities on the facades that reunite again in the four corners of the rectangle.

Daytime areas are located on the ground floor of both houses, with open spaces made up of kitchen isles which open to their respective sitting rooms with large openings to the outside.

One of the building’s main features is its high degree of continuous thermal insulation which substantially increases the houses energy efficiency and environmental sustainability.

The whole structure rests on a large gray stone base which contains the car parks in its interior and forms the garden and the terraces at the top.