Contemporary intervention in a traditional Sevillian house. Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura
13/11/2020.
[Lepe - Huelva] Spain
metalocus, JULIO RODRÍGUEZ
metalocus, JULIO RODRÍGUEZ
Studio González Morgado Arquitectura designed the Domus Atrio single-family house, example of how to renew a traditional house, located in the historic center of Lepe, Huelva. The house is more a century old, and was transformed over time. However, the identity of the project has managed to maintain itself, the idea of a patio house that has evolved to the present day.
On a narrow and elongated plot, between two dividing walls, with two fronts of façade, to the north is the garage access and the outdoor space, while on the south façade is the traditional house access on a street alignment following the same scheme and logic as the historical urban grid.
On a narrow and elongated plot, between two dividing walls, with two fronts of façade, to the north is the garage access and the outdoor space, while on the south façade is the traditional house access on a street alignment following the same scheme and logic as the historical urban grid.
Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura. Photograph by Juan Carlos Lagares
Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura. Photograph by Juan Carlos Lagares
Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura. Photograph by Juan Carlos Lagares
Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura. Photograph by Juan Carlos Lagares
Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura. Photograph by Juan Carlos Lagares
Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura. Photograph by Juan Carlos Lagares
Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura. Photograph by Juan Carlos Lagares
Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura. Photograph by Juan Carlos Lagares
Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura. Photograph by Juan Carlos Lagares
Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura. Photograph by Juan Carlos Lagares
Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura. Photograph by Juan Carlos Lagares
Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura. Photograph by Juan Carlos Lagares
Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura. Photograph by Juan Carlos Lagares
Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura. Photograph by Juan Carlos Lagares
Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura. Photograph by Juan Carlos Lagares
Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura. Photograph by Juan Carlos Lagares
Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura. Photograph by Juan Carlos Lagares
Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura. Photograph by Juan Carlos Lagares
Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura. Photograph by Juan Carlos Lagares
Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura. Photograph by Juan Carlos Lagares
Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura. Photograph by Juan Carlos Lagares
Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura. Photograph by Juan Carlos Lagares
Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura. Photograph by Juan Carlos Lagares
Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura. Photograph by Juan Carlos Lagares
Site plan. Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura
Ground floor plan previous state and new state. Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura
Longitudinal section. Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura
Winery section. Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura
Detail section. Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura
Sketches. Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura
Previous state. Domus Atrio by González Morgado Arquitectura
Domus Atrio single-family house, design by González Morgado Arquitectura studio, knows how to interpret the context and location of the project to act, how to integrate contemporary architecture in a place with a great historical tradition. Following the same logic as the traditional Andalusian courtyard house, the house is developed around several patios, one of which is closed to the outside but with a skylight that allows the typical light of the Andalusian patio to enter.
The house is developed in the part of the plot facing south, which seeks the entry of light and generate pleasant spaces for users. In addition, in the open courtyards it seeks to generate a game of shadows and that transition between interior-exterior. At the same time, combining the use of traditional and pre-existing carpentry and coatings with contemporary furniture and finishes creates a contrast and allows us to recall and evoke the evolution of the home over a century.
The house is developed in the part of the plot facing south, which seeks the entry of light and generate pleasant spaces for users. In addition, in the open courtyards it seeks to generate a game of shadows and that transition between interior-exterior. At the same time, combining the use of traditional and pre-existing carpentry and coatings with contemporary furniture and finishes creates a contrast and allows us to recall and evoke the evolution of the home over a century.
Description of project by González Morgado Arquitectura
"It is said that when a Sevillian had a house built, he said to his architect: Make me a large patio on this site and good corridors if there is any land left, make rooms for me."
Joaquín Hazañas.
Roman domus, Muslim dwelling, courtyard house ... Domus Atrio is a house located in the historic center of Lepe, Huelva. It was built during the second half of the 19th century, but its original form evolved until the 1930s, where the work was completed after a series of successive architectural layers. This is how this traditional construction continues to this day, which, still built a little over a century ago, could well have been erected a thousand years ago, since its nature is essential. Roman, Muslim and Andalusian house. Patio house. His skin is regionalist in style, with a certain neo-Mudejar influence. His oldest soul yet.
The house contains three patios, around which the rest of the rooms are arranged. Its spatial sequence is reminiscent of the Roman domus. The vestibule or hall is followed by the atrium, but this time not as an impluvium to collect rainwater, but rather as a natural light collector. The heart of the house, the living room and the dining room, is located in the place of the tablinum, a representative space of the Roman house and link between the atrium and the peristyle. The clear reading of this spatial axis, to reorganize the routes and achieve visual breadth and depth, turned out to be the objective of the intervention and the key generating idea of the project. This axis, so typical of the Andalusian patio house, connects distribution patios, which in turn naturally illuminate and ventilate each and every room in the house.
The skin, considered as the surface layers of the house, interior facades and partitions, were subjected to a contemporary revision, since a series of “boxes” of server spaces were introduced between the original walls. The essence, represented in the structure and morphology of the courtyards, however, never changed. The intervention only wanted to reaffirm the house so that it would continue being what it was, a house with three patios, a traditional construction.
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Architects
Design team
Juan Manuel González Morgado.
Area
351 sqm.
Dates
2020.
Manufacturers
Knauf, Strugal, Roca, Vibia.
Location
Lepe, Huelva, Spain.
Photography
González Morgado Arquitectura
Juan Manuel González Morgado graduated with honors as an Architect from ETSAS, University of Seville between 2009-2014. He obtained his Final Degree Project with honors with the title of "The Intellectual Industry" in the intervention in the Royal Artillery Factory of Seville.
His publications include Mobile City, in the Department of Architectural Theory and Composition ESTAS, Münich, Architecture and city, in the Department of ETSAS Projects, among others. As participation in exhibitions in 2014 such as the Intervention in the Industrial Heritage in the Royal Artillery Factory of Seville
In his professional experience, he has participated as an architect in the international studio of Rafael de La-Hoz Arquitectos in Madrid in 2014 and also in the architecture studio T10 Team in Seville. However, a year after finishing his degree, he founded his own studio, González Morgado Arquitectura, and has developed numerous projects in his names such as the Domus Atrio house, the Casa Bruma, or La Bezel House.
The focus of his projects arises from a double commitment: the will to give a technical response to a specific context and the desire to seek beauty through the built work, pursuing the satisfaction of all those who actively participate in the development. Especially from users, but also from collaborators, builders, and designers. In the professional trajectory, very different types of buildings are collected. Jobs done with high budgets and done with low budgets, but in all cases, great attention has been paid to the economy, without waste. Another characteristic of the process is continuity, with the environment that must be respected, but also understood from a spatial and temporal point of view, valuing architecture that is capable of crossing time without becoming obsolete.
His publications include Mobile City, in the Department of Architectural Theory and Composition ESTAS, Münich, Architecture and city, in the Department of ETSAS Projects, among others. As participation in exhibitions in 2014 such as the Intervention in the Industrial Heritage in the Royal Artillery Factory of Seville
In his professional experience, he has participated as an architect in the international studio of Rafael de La-Hoz Arquitectos in Madrid in 2014 and also in the architecture studio T10 Team in Seville. However, a year after finishing his degree, he founded his own studio, González Morgado Arquitectura, and has developed numerous projects in his names such as the Domus Atrio house, the Casa Bruma, or La Bezel House.
The focus of his projects arises from a double commitment: the will to give a technical response to a specific context and the desire to seek beauty through the built work, pursuing the satisfaction of all those who actively participate in the development. Especially from users, but also from collaborators, builders, and designers. In the professional trajectory, very different types of buildings are collected. Jobs done with high budgets and done with low budgets, but in all cases, great attention has been paid to the economy, without waste. Another characteristic of the process is continuity, with the environment that must be respected, but also understood from a spatial and temporal point of view, valuing architecture that is capable of crossing time without becoming obsolete.
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