Once again, a complex project is approached with notable economy: the intervention is based on the combination of the typological and constructive recovery of the traditional courtyard house and a second factor, which is the inclusion within this building of a program for 5 social housing units.
Thus, an almost surgical intervention has been carried out, where everything added has been removed, recovering the building’s initial values, to subsequently introduce five dwellings that, while functional, do not alter the typological and formal conception of the pre-existing building, a 16th-century Moorish house.
The aim is to preserve the essence of the building being acted upon, maintaining the typological sequence of zaguán (entrance hall)/gallery/courtyard, around which the living spaces are articulated.
The use of local materials (wood, plasters, and Sierra Elvira stone paving in common areas…), along with the enhancement of pre-existing elements and materials (columns, brick and wood wall structures…) and the necessary economy in the final finishes of the dwellings, are the foundations of the intervention.
Collaborators: Manuel Sánchez Martínez (Technical Architect) – SYTEC SL (Structure) – Ingeniería Vargas (Facilities) – Emilio Medina Romero (Telecommunications)