Extension from the inside to the outside. Casa Martí – Fernàndez by Rob Dubois
22/11/2023.
[BCN] Spain
metalocus, ANA GARCÍA LUJÁN
metalocus, ANA GARCÍA LUJÁN
The single-family home designed by Rob Dubois is called Casa Martí – Fernàndez and is located in the town of Santa Maria de Palautordera located on the slopes of Montseny, in Barcelona.
The house is developed with a vision of the future, when the mobility of the users is reduced, so the program is distributed on a single floor while playing with the degrees of privacy of the different patios.
The house is developed with a vision of the future, when the mobility of the users is reduced, so the program is distributed on a single floor while playing with the degrees of privacy of the different patios.
Casa Martí – Fernàndez by Rob Dubois. Photograph by Júlia Dubois.
Casa Martí – Fernàndez by Rob Dubois. Photograph by Júlia Dubois.
Casa Martí – Fernàndez by Rob Dubois. Photograph by Júlia Dubois.
Casa Martí – Fernàndez by Rob Dubois. Photograph by Júlia Dubois.
Casa Martí – Fernàndez by Rob Dubois. Photograph by Júlia Dubois.
Casa Martí – Fernàndez by Rob Dubois. Photograph by Júlia Dubois.
Casa Martí – Fernàndez by Rob Dubois. Photograph by Júlia Dubois.
Casa Martí – Fernàndez by Rob Dubois. Photograph by Júlia Dubois.
Casa Martí – Fernàndez by Rob Dubois. Photograph by Júlia Dubois.
Casa Martí – Fernàndez by Rob Dubois. Photograph by Júlia Dubois.
Casa Martí – Fernàndez by Rob Dubois. Photograph by Júlia Dubois.
Casa Martí – Fernàndez by Rob Dubois. Photograph by Júlia Dubois.
Casa Martí – Fernàndez by Rob Dubois. Photograph by Júlia Dubois.
Casa Martí – Fernàndez by Rob Dubois. Photograph by Júlia Dubois.
Casa Martí – Fernàndez by Rob Dubois. Photograph by Júlia Dubois.
Casa Martí – Fernàndez by Rob Dubois. Photograph by Júlia Dubois.
Ground floor plan. Casa Martí – Fernàndez by Rob Dubois.
Sections. Casa Martí – Fernàndez by Rob Dubois.
Elevations. Casa Martí – Fernàndez by Rob Dubois.
Rob Dubois' project idea in Casa Martí – Fernàndez is based on three interspersed rectangular volumes, each oriented towards a patio and each with a specific use; the first houses the parking lot; the second, the common spaces such as the dining room and living room; and the third, the bedrooms.
The patios of the home are projected as an extension of the interior to the exterior until they merge with the nature of the environment, formalizing the extension of the rooms to the exterior with large overhangs that generate weather-protected outdoor spaces. The horizontal joints are marked and the vertical ones are minimized in order to emphasize the horizontality of the whole. In addition, a contemplative and Mediterranean atmosphere is sought, using a sober range of colors with the travertine of the exterior pavement.
Casa Martí – Fernàndez by Rob Dubois. Photograph by Júlia Dubois.
Description of project by Rob Dubois
The Martí – Fernàndez house is located in the town of Santa Maria de Palautordera, on the outskirts of Barcelona, at the foot of the Montseny massif. It is a house that is developed on just one floor with anticipation of a distant future when the mobility of the current and still young inhabitants may be reduced. It is a single-family home that is organized around several patios with different degrees of privacy to make the most of the modest plot.
The construction seeks to be part of its environment, to create an indissoluble union with it, where the patios will be a natural extension of the interior spaces and where the transition from inside to outside occurs gradually and without obstacles. This interior/exterior transition is accompanied by long overhangs that create outdoor spaces protected against the inclemency of winter or summer to be able to extend the stays outside for almost the entire year.
Casa Martí – Fernàndez by Rob Dubois. Photograph by Júlia Dubois.
Conceptually, the house is organized through the creation of three interspersed rectangular volumes, each facing its own patio. Each volume houses a specific function: the first is occupied with service functions; the second houses the common rooms, such as the dining room and the living room; and on the third, we find the bedrooms of the family members.
The materialization of the construction is a function of accentuating the horizontality of the whole, the horizontal joints of the visible work are marked, and the vertical joints are minimized and unregulated. The sober range of colors of the exterior is defined based on the tones of the travertine of the exterior pavement to obtain a contemplative and evidently Mediterranean atmosphere.
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Architects
Collaborators
Quantity surveyor.- Jaume Puig.
Builder
Construcciones Tejera.
Area
180 m².
Dates
2023.
Location
Santa Maria de Palautordera, Barcelona, Spain.
Photography
Júlia Dubois.
Rob Dubois
Rob Dubois was born in The Hague, the Netherlands. He studied architecture at the University of Delft, where he obtained a master's degree cum laude together with Anton Gregoire on the topic of recovering a dignified space for death and dying in today's society. Once he finished his studies, he moved to Barcelona, where he founded his studio 'Rob Dubois • architect' in the late nineties. To date, he has carried out more than 130 projects in the provinces of Barcelona and Girona. At the same time, he has collaborated with architects such as Lucas & Ellerman, Ricardo Bofill, Arderiu & Morató, Tonet Sunyer and 'DKHH' (Dubois Kobari Hidalgo y Hartmann) on mainly cultural buildings within Catalonia. His projects and work built by him have been awarded by the FAD, the AJAC, the Girona Architecture Prize or the Baix Llobregat Triennal. His work has been included in the permanent exhibition 'Dutch Architects Abroad' located at Schiphol, Amsterdam Airport.
His work focuses on continuous research to find specific compositions, balanced geometrically and volumetrically, to develop the most exact response possible for complex assignments. The material and cultural context of the projects - such as existing local typologies or structural solutions - are always taken into account in order to properly integrate the proposal into its environment.
His work focuses on continuous research to find specific compositions, balanced geometrically and volumetrically, to develop the most exact response possible for complex assignments. The material and cultural context of the projects - such as existing local typologies or structural solutions - are always taken into account in order to properly integrate the proposal into its environment.
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