Connecting agricultural spaces. El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula
13/09/2023.
[Guàrdia Pilosa - BCN] Spain
metalocus, CRISTINA RODRÍGUEZ
metalocus, CRISTINA RODRÍGUEZ
The labaula architect cooperative was in charge of designing a home in Guardia Pilosa, one of the centers of the municipality of Pujalt, in the province of Barcelona, in Spain. The municipality, depopulated in 1967, was gradually repopulated starting in 1974 until reaching its current population of 15 inhabitants.
The main public space of the nucleus is “L’Era de l’Andreu”, a terrace that was reserved for the selection of harvest grain and which now serves as a viewpoint towards the landscape and as a meeting point for celebrations.
The project is one of the finalists for the FAD 2023 Architecture and interior design awards in the Architecture category.
The main public space of the nucleus is “L’Era de l’Andreu”, a terrace that was reserved for the selection of harvest grain and which now serves as a viewpoint towards the landscape and as a meeting point for celebrations.
The project is one of the finalists for the FAD 2023 Architecture and interior design awards in the Architecture category.
El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Site plan. El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula.
Site plan. El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula.
Basement floor. El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula.
Ground floor. El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula.
First floor. El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula.
Roof plan. El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula.
Elevation. El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula.
Elevation. El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula.
Elevation. El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula.
Elevation. El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula.
Cross section. El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula.
Longitudinal section. El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula.
Constructive detail. El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula.
Constructive detail. El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula.
Constructive detail. El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula.
Sketch. El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula.
Model. El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula.
El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
The labaula's project was born from the dialogue between the House-Workshop “El Tiller” and the recovery of “L’Era de l’Andreu”. Between this terrace and the lower street is the plot to be built, with a difference in level of 7 meters. This gap is bridged with a semi-public staircase that serves as the main point of the project.
In the house, both the private areas of the house-workshop coexist with the public areas of the connecting staircase. On each side of the staircase is the program with two living floors and one of the Luthier's workshops. This allows for better socialization between the inhabitants and the occupants of the house.
In the house, both the private areas of the house-workshop coexist with the public areas of the connecting staircase. On each side of the staircase is the program with two living floors and one of the Luthier's workshops. This allows for better socialization between the inhabitants and the occupants of the house.
El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Project description by labaula
The house located at La Guardia Pilosa, on Anoia’s limits, overlooks the natural landscape at its four cardinal points. The village, abandoned in 1967, was gradually repopulated since 1974 until reaching its current population of about fifteen inhabitants.
The main public space, "L'Era de l'Andreu", is a terrace that once was reserved for selecting the harvest grain. Currently, it’s used as a natural viewpoint towards the landscape and as a meeting point during special celebrations. The project was born from the dialogue between the House-Atelier "El Tiller" and the recovery of the Era de l'Andreu.
Between the Era and the lower street, there’s the parcel with a marked slope between its levels (7m). The connection between levels is made through a public passage that connects the patio and the lower street by a semi-public staircase, the backbone of the project. On each side of the passage the two-floor house program is being developed and a luthier's workshop on the middle floor.
El Tiller, House-Workshop in Guàrdia Pilosa by labaula. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
A double idiosyncrasy coexists at the House-Atelier: private (house/atelier) and public (urban connector and square). The inhabitants of the municipality can cross the building to go towards the lower agricultural land. This allows a better socialization between the village inhabitants and the house residents. The use of the passage and outdoor spaces are boosted, to increase the feeling of belonging to the house and its residents, thus solidifying its imbrication in the social, cultural, and urban fabric of the enclave.
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Architects
labaula. Lead architects.- Bernat Hernández Sàbat, Marcos Alloza Fernández, Mariana Echeverría Pérez Montero, Sergio González Benedi, Esteve Solà i Saura, Francesc Brugarolas Padrós, Maria Pauner de Moragas.
Project team
Anna Niubò, Rosa Llinàs.
Collaborators
Technical architect.- Raimon Vendrell.
Estec Energia SL.- Pau Roma.
Structure.- Ángel Obiol.
Estec Energia SL.- Pau Roma.
Structure.- Ángel Obiol.
Builder
Romero Ozmanyan SL / Macusa Wood Solutions.
Area
290.60 sqm.
Dates
March 4, 2022.
Location
L’Era de l’Andreu de la Guardia Pilosa Street, Parcela 4, Pujalt, Barcelona 08282 Spain.
Photography
Solà/Hernández/Alloza/Echeverría/González. labaula
labaula is a cooperative society founded in 2012 by Esteve Solà Saura, Bernat Hernández Sàbat, Marcos Alloza Fernández, Mariana Echeverría Pérez-Montero and Sergi González Benedi. The society is made up of architects with diverse professional trajectories who have decided to cooperate and join forces to build a common project with a horizontal work methodology. As an associated worker cooperative, collaboration is a fundamental part of our activity, both professionally and in the field of the social and solidarity economy, as well as in the cooperative world. We are a federated cooperative, members of the Solidarity Economy Network, and a professional society in the College of Architects of Catalonia.
labaula's field of work consists of building projects, rehabilitation, industrial design, urbanization, public spaces, scenography, and ephemeral spaces. We approach work with the same passion and effort, regardless of its size. Our projects add professionals from other disciplines to enrich and complement a transversal and multifaceted look at architecture.
labaula is born from our enthusiasm and concern to promote quality, rigor, and responsibility in our work. Our team has extensive proven experience in different areas of project drafting, project consulting and management, and construction management. We are committed to the circular economy and sustainability, we have qualified LEED professionals.
The genealogy of our name is the contraction of the article "la" and the noun "baula", "link", about the ring-shaped piece that, intertwined with other similar ones, forms a chain; an analogy of the horizontal and communal functioning of our cooperative. In addition, it is the acronym of three different lexemes: LAB (for a laboratory of ideas), BAU (from the German translation of construction), and AULA (as a space for reflection and pedagogy). They are the three original aspects of our cooperative society: research, drafting projects, and the promotion and dissemination of architecture.
labaula's field of work consists of building projects, rehabilitation, industrial design, urbanization, public spaces, scenography, and ephemeral spaces. We approach work with the same passion and effort, regardless of its size. Our projects add professionals from other disciplines to enrich and complement a transversal and multifaceted look at architecture.
labaula is born from our enthusiasm and concern to promote quality, rigor, and responsibility in our work. Our team has extensive proven experience in different areas of project drafting, project consulting and management, and construction management. We are committed to the circular economy and sustainability, we have qualified LEED professionals.
The genealogy of our name is the contraction of the article "la" and the noun "baula", "link", about the ring-shaped piece that, intertwined with other similar ones, forms a chain; an analogy of the horizontal and communal functioning of our cooperative. In addition, it is the acronym of three different lexemes: LAB (for a laboratory of ideas), BAU (from the German translation of construction), and AULA (as a space for reflection and pedagogy). They are the three original aspects of our cooperative society: research, drafting projects, and the promotion and dissemination of architecture.
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