Expansion of housing around a courtyard. Casa Claudia by Arturo Sanz and Fran López
18/11/2019.
[Valencia] Spain
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
Casa Claudia is a project designed by Arturo Sanz and Fran López, in a former small village, Benimaclet, that was absorbed by the city of Valencia in the second half of the last century.
Arturo Sanz and Fran López, were commisioned to design this small-scale multi-family building, now in a Valencia neighborhood.
Arturo Sanz and Fran López, were commisioned to design this small-scale multi-family building, now in a Valencia neighborhood.
Casa Claudia by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Casa Claudia by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Casa Claudia by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Casa Claudia by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Casa Claudia by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Casa Claudia by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Casa Claudia by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Casa Claudia by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Casa Claudia by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Casa Claudia by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Casa Claudia by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Casa Claudia by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Casa Claudia by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Casa Claudia by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Casa Claudia by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Casa Claudia by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Site plan. Casa Claudia by Arturo Sanz and Fran López
Ground floor project area. Casa Claudia by Arturo Sanz and Fran López
Ground floor plan. Casa Claudia by Arturo Sanz and Fran López
First floor plan. Casa Claudia by Arturo Sanz and Fran López
Section. Casa Claudia by Arturo Sanz and Fran López
Section. Casa Claudia by Arturo Sanz and Fran López
Courtyard cross section. Casa Claudia by Arturo Sanz and Fran López
Details. Casa Claudia by Arturo Sanz and Fran López
With special care, and great sensitivity for the context and the materials used, to which these architects have accustomed us, the project has three main targets:
- Dump the house to the courtyard.
- Control of views.
- Use only natural materials taking full advantage of their texture.
Project description by Arturo Sanz and Fran López
Benimaclet was an orchard town that was absorbed by the city of Valencia in the second half of the last century. It houses village houses with small-scale multi-family buildings, as is the case at hand: a three-storey building, consisting of 6 houses, which, on the ground floor and through a central access, gives access in the courtyard of block to buildings of two heights belonging to each of the houses of the building. The intervention we present consists in the reconstruction of one of these buildings, belonging to one of the houses on the ground floor, and its connection with it. The low constructive quality and habitability problems of this building advised its demolition and volumetric reconstruction.
Targets of the project:
- Dump the house to the courtyard, landscaped patio with a tree, vines and grass. The kitchen is located in the connecting piece of the house with the pavilion, turning the patio into the center piece of the house, both functionally and spatially.
- Control of views between the annexed pavilion and the homes of the upper floors and protect the pavilion from excessive sunning in summer.
- Use only natural materials taking full advantage of their texture to leave them uncoated. All the intervention gravitates on three elements: the cooked clay, the white walls and the wood.
Use of cooked clay:
- Pavements and wall cladding made with mechanized pieces of baked clay of two sizes: 24x12x3 cm. and 24x5.5x3 cm. with a rig that combines both sizes. In the most vulnerable areas of the wet premises these same pieces have been enameled in white, prior to their placement, by the same owner of the house that is licensed in Fine Arts.
- Revoltones of the slabs made with curved Mallorcan vault supported by metal joists.
- Ceramic latticework made with the Square Lattice piece, of size 20x20x8 cm, especially cut for this work at 45º, getting a shielded piece that gives the latticework a greater frontal opacity and a directionality that allows choosing the NE orientation because it is this which provides better views from inside the pavilion.
More information
Architects
Arturo Sanz and Fran López.
Builder
Juan Casado
Dates
2019
Area Superficie
Built area.- 59.60m²
Venue
Calle Mistral. Barrio de Benimaclet, Valencia. Spain
Collaborators
Wood carpentry.- Fuster Alonso
Photography
Arturo Sanz
Arturo Sanz Martínez was born in Montalbán (Teruel) in 1963. He obtained his title of Superior Architect by the E.T.S. of architecture of Valencia in the specialty of Urbanism in 1988. He was selected by the City Council of Valencia (Department of Culture) in the Biennial of Young Artists of Europe and the Mediterranean (Turin 1997). He taught at the Master in "Industrialization and Prefabrication" at CEU San Pablo, courses 2010 and 2011.
Francisco López López
Francisco López López was born in Tarazona de la Mancha (Albacete) in 1991. Graduated from the E.T.S. of Architecture of Valencia in 2016. Collaborator of the Department of Architectural Projects of the ETSAV in the period 2014-2016.
He has participated as a collaborating architect in the Imagine Montessori School, the work of Carmel Gradolí and Arturo Sanz. He currently collaborates with Arturo Sanz in various projects for the rehabilitation of townhouses in the neighborhoods of Benimaclet and El Cabanyal in Valencia.
He has participated as a collaborating architect in the Imagine Montessori School, the work of Carmel Gradolí and Arturo Sanz. He currently collaborates with Arturo Sanz in various projects for the rehabilitation of townhouses in the neighborhoods of Benimaclet and El Cabanyal in Valencia.
