House refurbishment in Mariano Cubí Street

The recently awarded study with the prize in the Emerging Architect Award Mies van der Rohe 2015, ARCHITECTURE-G, ending a house refurbishment of 70 sqm in Barcelona.

ARQUITECTURA-G in its latest house refurbishment project with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms program. They also had the premise of preserving the pre-existing pavement. They realize this intervention understanding as an "overlay of objects on a pre-existence". All rooms receive natural light through walls that don't reach the roof and allow the light passages between the main and rear facades.

Description of the project by ARQUITECTURA-G

We have completed the work a 70sqm house refurbishment located in Mariano Cubi St. in Barcelona. Based on a statement calling for a program of 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms retaining the pre-existing floors, the intervention is understood as a superposition of objects on a pre-existence. These objects don't reach the ceiling, allowing light continuity between the main and the rear façade illuminating all the rooms.

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Project.- House refurbishment in Mariano Cubí Street.
Architects.- ARQUITECTURA-G.
Location.- Barcelona, Spain.
Area.- 70 sqm.
Dates.- 2014 (project), 2015 (construction work).
Photography.- José Hevia.
Structures advisor.- Toni Casas.
Developer.- Cadmus Investment Group.

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Model. House refurbishment in Mariano Cubí Street by ARQUITECTURA-G.

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Jonathan Arnabat, Jordi Ayala-Bril, Aitor Fuentes, Igor Urdampilleta, Arquitectura-G

Arquitectura-G is a studio of architecture founded in 2006 based in Barcelona, by Jonathan Arnabat, Jordi Ayala-Bril, Aitor Fuentes and Igor Urdampilleta, mainly dedicated to construction and teaching. They understand their work as a team, where individualities are dissolved in an addition of ways of doing. Material aspect is fundamental for the them, seing it as a field of research. Currently the office includes small projects and starts a new stage to approach larger projects.

In 2008 created ESCRITOS-G as learning tool and to improve the business, with the desire to create a critical discourse and trigger discussion about contemporary architecture. It is a serie of conversations about architecture held between members of ARCHITECTURE-G, the philosopher Ekhi Lopetegi and several young architects whose work has sparked interest in the profession, society and the media.

In 2011 launched INDOORS a section focused on reformulation and internal reorganization of urban housing adapted to living contemporary culture.