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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. House Between Party Walls in Barcelona, Spain by Josep Ferrando ArchitectureNovember 29th, 2016 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Josep Ferrando Architecture The architect Josep Ferrando resolves the complex urban conditions of the context and the site in which the house is located – less than 5 meters wide and with a particular topography that constrains the parcel between two streets situated at different heights – starting the conception of the project from the shaping of the volume.  Image Courtesy © Adria Goula
 Image Courtesy © Adria Goula The solution developed consists of inserting a new house of concrete blocks inside of the pre-existing home positioned between two thick walls dividing it from neighbouring houses. In this way, three volumes are generated, one serves as a storage space, another is dedicated to circulation and a third one which articulates in habitable terms all the spaces that compose the building. The interior of the concrete house is inhabited through the superposition of laminated wooden panels which adapt to the topography, organize the space and convey a warm atmosphere to the living spaces.  Image Courtesy © Adria Goula  Image Courtesy © Adria Goula The challenge of this new home lies in approaching the process leading to the architectural project with creative and constructive line guides able to resolve the decisive conditions inherent to the project. Concretely, for Josep Ferrando, one of the young Spanish architects with major International projection, the starting point was to recreate a completely new house between walls in the centre of Sant Cugat, which is considered a Cultural Patrimony, and therefore obliged the preservation of the house’s main facade and roof. In addition, the building had to be less than 5 meters wide and deal with a complex topography which constrained the site between to streets with different heights.  Image Courtesy © Adria Goula  Image Courtesy © Adria Goula Ferrando, far from limiting his action to a predictable and submissive design constrained by the restrictions of the context and plan, chose to resolve the complexity of the assignment constructing starting the conception of the project from the shaping of the volume. A new house made of concrete blocks has been inserted in the pre-existing building. The dividing walls adjacent to the neighbouring houses increase its thickness and function as a filter and service space generating on one side a place for storage while on the other a “promenade” or circulation space. The void resting between both service spaces becomes the living area. The thickness of the walls construct interior facades in longitude and increase the perception of the space from a transversal view.  Image Courtesy © Adria Goula  Image Courtesy © Adria Goula In the interior of the concrete house, L-shaped metal profiles sustain wooden panels which adapt to the topography and the openings of the pre-existing facade, organizing the space and conveying a warm atmosphere to the living spaces. The height differences between the floors generate crossing views and bring light to every level of the house, including the lower ground floor, thanks to the void carved in the upper storeys. The program of the house is fragmented, breaking the continuity of the horizontal plan in a way that Adolf Loos denominated “Raumplan”.  Image Courtesy © Adria Goula  Image Courtesy © Adria Goula Overall, the sequence of a house within a house goes from more urban materials to more domestic ones, building an empty joint between them which allows light and views to circulate through all spaces. The internal void converts itself in the public area of the house. This is the space in which all the views cross and relations are built through the “railing-furniture” delimitating it.  Image Courtesy © Adria Goula  Image Courtesy © Adria Goula Located in the historical centre of Sant Cugat, a house between party walls is a project sensitive to the inhabitant and the city. A fragment that fits with the complex urban conditions: the Monastery, the cultural heritage of the street façade and the topography.  Image Courtesy © Adria Goula ABOUT JOSEP FERRANDO Barcelona architect and director of Josep Ferrando Architecture combined design, construction and teaching since the beginning of his career as an architect. He is a design studio professor since 1998 in different schools such as ETSAB (Department of Architectural Design Course House and City), ETSALS Barcelona, University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), Instituto Europeo of Design (IED), the School of Design and Art (Eina). And he has been invited to international prestigious schools in which he has conducted workshops and semesters as Hochschule für Technik Zurich (HSZT), Escola da Cidade in Sao Paulo, Universidade Positivo (UNICENP) in Curitiba, and Universidad Torcuato di Tella in Buenos Aires.  Image Courtesy © Josep Ferrando Architecture  Image Courtesy © Josep Ferrando Architecture  Image Courtesy © Josep Ferrando Architecture  Image Courtesy © Josep Ferrando Architecture  Image Courtesy © Josep Ferrando Architecture  Image Courtesy © Josep Ferrando Architecture  Image Courtesy © Josep Ferrando Architecture  Image Courtesy © Josep Ferrando Architecture  Image Courtesy © Josep Ferrando Architecture  Image Courtesy © Josep Ferrando Architecture
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