Brick house in La Eliana by Sanchis Olivares
28/09/2022.
[La Eliana - Valencia] Spain
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Architecture firm Sanchis Olivares, led by Esther Sanchis and Álvaro Olivares architects, was commissioned to design a single house located on a plot In a garden city established decades ago in the small town of La Eliana, 20 km northwest of Valencia, Spain.
The morphology of the urbanization in which this single-family home has been built causes the absence of collective life in the streets, generating on the part of the architects a project with an introspective look, developing a typology that looks towards the interior of the plot.
The morphology of the urbanization in which this single-family home has been built causes the absence of collective life in the streets, generating on the part of the architects a project with an introspective look, developing a typology that looks towards the interior of the plot.
Brick house in La Eliana by Sanchis Olivares. Photograph by Álvaro Olivares.
Brick house in La Eliana by Sanchis Olivares. Photograph by Álvaro Olivares.
Brick house in La Eliana by Sanchis Olivares. Photograph by Álvaro Olivares.
Brick house in La Eliana by Sanchis Olivares. Photograph by Álvaro Olivares.
Brick house in La Eliana by Sanchis Olivares. Photograph by Álvaro Olivares.
Brick house in La Eliana by Sanchis Olivares. Photograph by Álvaro Olivares.
Brick house in La Eliana by Sanchis Olivares. Photograph by Álvaro Olivares.
Brick house in La Eliana by Sanchis Olivares. Photograph by Álvaro Olivares.
Brick house in La Eliana by Sanchis Olivares. Photograph by Álvaro Olivares.
Brick house in La Eliana by Sanchis Olivares. Photograph by Álvaro Olivares.
Brick house in La Eliana by Sanchis Olivares. Photograph by Álvaro Olivares.
Brick house in La Eliana by Sanchis Olivares. Photograph by Álvaro Olivares.
Brick house in La Eliana by Sanchis Olivares. Photograph by Álvaro Olivares.
Brick house in La Eliana by Sanchis Olivares. Photograph by Álvaro Olivares.
Brick house in La Eliana by Sanchis Olivares. Photograph by Álvaro Olivares.
Model. Brick house in La Eliana by Sanchis Olivares.
Ground floor plan. Brick house in La Eliana by Sanchis Olivares.
First floor plan. Brick house in La Eliana by Sanchis Olivares.
Section. Brick house in La Eliana by Sanchis Olivares.
The housing design proposed by Sanchis Olivares stands, with a clean white brick, on a flat plot marked by its elongated proportion, surrounded by consolidated vegetation that acts as a backdrop with a large tree. A second element that determines the proposed solution is the existence of an old underground warehouse that is recycled into a pool.
The marked longitudinal shape of the plot generates a herringbone program, which develops from the access area located to the north, extending to the terrace at the southern end. It is a projection in which rooms, gaps and a patio are elegantly articulated, that allow the morning light to enter the interior, while intelligently proposing passive measures that improve its climatic behaviour. To the west, the house is protected from the sun by locating the openings only in the toilets and kitchen
The geometric abstraction is complemented by a light cantilevered pergola that opens to the vertical element of the "paellero", a key piece in Valencian social life.
The marked longitudinal shape of the plot generates a herringbone program, which develops from the access area located to the north, extending to the terrace at the southern end. It is a projection in which rooms, gaps and a patio are elegantly articulated, that allow the morning light to enter the interior, while intelligently proposing passive measures that improve its climatic behaviour. To the west, the house is protected from the sun by locating the openings only in the toilets and kitchen
The geometric abstraction is complemented by a light cantilevered pergola that opens to the vertical element of the "paellero", a key piece in Valencian social life.
Brick house in La Eliana by Sanchis Olivares. Photograph by Álvaro Olivares.
Project description by Sanchis Olivares
In a decades-old established garden city, in the suburbs of Valencia, an old tennis court became a plot on which we were asked to build. It offered us a flat terrain, with surrounding vegetation as a backdrop, a large tree and an old underground warehouse that became a swimming pool.
The lack of collective life in the streets of this urban model leads us to a typology that looks inwards, protecting and enclosing the exterior space in the search for the user's relationship with it.
The significant length of the plot leads to organising the programme in a spine, from the northern access area to the terrace at its southern end. On the east façade, there are openings, gaps and a courtyard that allow the morning light to enter the rooms, while on the western side there is a flat, opaque façade that seeks shelter from the sun under the surrounding vegetation.
In a reference to the surrounding residential architecture, the house is built with bricks made from white clay. The size of each piece allows us to approximate the volumetric forcefulness that defines the exterior image of the project to the human scale. This forcefulness culminates in the vertical element that shapes the "paellero", a key element in Valencian social life. Located on the southern terrace, it is contrasted by a light overhanging pergola built from pine slats that provides a shaded outdoor space. This pergola, together with the thickness of the enclosures, the cross ventilation and the house's response to the different solar orientations, together form a system of passive measures that improve its climatic performance.
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Architects
sanchisolivares. Architects.- Esther Sanchis, Álvaro Olivares.
Collaborators
Quantity Surveyor.- Julián Gordo.
Construction Manager.- Jaqueline Ramón.
Construction Manager.- Jaqueline Ramón.
Builder
ATG Desarrollos.
Other contractors.- Juan Antonio Gil / Aluvista (windows), Ernesto Pastor (pergola and carpentry) Damian Morán / Mármara piedra (natural stone supply), Julio Llorens (kitchen).
Other contractors.- Juan Antonio Gil / Aluvista (windows), Ernesto Pastor (pergola and carpentry) Damian Morán / Mármara piedra (natural stone supply), Julio Llorens (kitchen).
Area
198m².
Dates
2020-2022.
Location
La Eliana, Valencia, Spain.
Photography
Álvaro Olivares.
Esther Sanchis, Álvaro Olivares. sanchis olivares
sanchis olivares is an architecture office based in Godella (Valencia), led by Esther Sanchis and Álvaro Olivares architects, graduated from Valencia School of Architecture (UPV) in 2018. Since they were students, they have worked together on several projects and national and international competitions, being awarded prizes on several times. They completed their training by collaborating in various architectural firms, including the offices of Francisco Mangado and Rafael Moneo, where Esther and Álvaro worked for two and three years respectively.
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