Sant Cugat House, Barcelona Property, Spanish Architecture, Interior Design, Images
Sant Cugat House, Barcelona
Contemporary Interior Renovation, Spain ? design by Josep Ferrando Architecture
4 Oct 2016
Sant Cugat House
Design: Josep Ferrando Architecture
Location: Sant Cugat, Barcelona, Spain
A house between party walls is a project sensitive to the inhabitant and the city

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.
 
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.

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 ...