Integrating the environment. Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects
18/07/2022.
[Begur] Spain
metalocus, JAVIER ARIAS
metalocus, JAVIER ARIAS
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects is located in Aiguablava, a small bay on the Costa Brava, in the town of Begur in the province of Girona. The house is set on the hillside, overlooking the natural cove. In addition, the project is based on criteria of sustainability and integration with the environment.
The project has a landscaped roof, which slopes gently down to the different levels of the terrain. A walking route where the views of the cove and the autochthonous vegetation are of great importance.
The project has a landscaped roof, which slopes gently down to the different levels of the terrain. A walking route where the views of the cove and the autochthonous vegetation are of great importance.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Site plan. Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects.
Ground floor plan. Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects.
First floor plan. Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects.
Sections. Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects.
Façades. Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects.
Axonometry. Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects.
Constructive detail. Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects.
In the Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects, the program revolves around the central courtyard of the building, which allows the sun to enter and promotes the natural ventilation of the house. The way the house is designed seeks morphological coherence in favor of concepts such as efficiency.
A lightweight steel truss structure rests on top of the concrete structure, soaring over the terrace and raising the program at night. The project combines concrete wall and pillar systems with the transparency of large glazed windows.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.A lightweight steel truss structure rests on top of the concrete structure, soaring over the terrace and raising the program at night. The project combines concrete wall and pillar systems with the transparency of large glazed windows.
Happy House Begur by SALA FERUSIC Architects. Photograph by Marcela Grassi.
Description of project by SALA FERUSIC Architects
Happy House is a single-family house on the hillside of Aiguablava, in Begur (Girona), overlooking the natural cove. The architectural design is based on criteria of integration and sustainability with its immediate surroundings, seeking continuity with the terrain and landscape from a concept of maximum energy efficiency and low carbon footprint.
The building is crowned at the level of the access road and gives continuity to the landscape by employing a landscaped roof, which descends gently to pass through the different levels of the terrain. This is a route on foot, in which the views of the cove and the autochthonous vegetation accompany the passer-by to the access door of the dwelling, the perimeter of a courtyard situated in the heart of the house.
This play of heights translates into a sequence of variable sections, which contrasts and contrasts the character of each of its two floors. Access is via the first floor, through a glazed space overlooking Aiguablava, from which a staircase descends through a double space to the ground floor.
On the one hand, the ground floor accommodates daytime uses and is partially semi-buried in the plot, combining the massiveness and tectonics of a system of concrete walls and pillars with the transparency of large glazed windows. In this way, it frames the most singular views over the cove and seeks continuity with the plot, the landscape, and the porch terrace through the overhang of the upper floor. Although its connection with the terrain allows the temperature of the house to be tempered by the effect of thermal inertia, the visor over the terrace prevents direct sunlight from hitting the glass to make it more pleasant and efficient at the same time. The program pivots on the central courtyard, which allows the sun to enter in the mid-afternoon while promoting the natural ventilation of the house through the chimney effect.
On the other side, a much lighter steel truss structure rests on top of the concrete structure, bridging the terrace and raising the nighttime program to the first floor. If the lower floor blurs the boundary between inside and outside, this one becomes more intimate and is covered with permeable ceramic skin. A piece designed together with Ceràmica Cumella runs at different rhythms along the last layer of the ventilated façade, allowing the interior chamber to ventilate while varying the gradient of light and views over the rooms it covers. A dual finish means that depending on the direction in which one looks at the building, one can perceive either the matt, natural color of the ceramic or the soft turquoise color of the glaze. Or the natural color of the earth, or the color of the sea, the sky, and the surroundings. And above it, the green roof insulates and tempers its interior in a friendly and natural way.
The architectural design of Happy House Begur seeks the formal and constructive coherence of this single-family home in favor of efficiency, sustainability, responsibility with the place, as well as landscape integration, in an environment as sensitive as the Aiguablava cove.
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Architects
SALA FERUSIC Architects. Lead architects.- Relja Ferusic Manusev y Carles Sala Roig.
Collaborators
Structure.- MOST Enginyers (Dusko Hadzijanev y Antonio Lara).
Systems.- Joan Josep Navarro.
Quantity surveyor.- Josep Garriga Bona.
Decoration.- Cuca Arraut.
Gardening.- Vivers Ter. Drim Medi Ambient.
Systems.- Joan Josep Navarro.
Quantity surveyor.- Josep Garriga Bona.
Decoration.- Cuca Arraut.
Gardening.- Vivers Ter. Drim Medi Ambient.
Area
455 m².
Budget
€ 1.25M.
Location
Aiguablava, Begur, Girona, Spain.
Photography
Carles Sala, Relja Ferusic. SALA FERUSIC Arquitectos
SALA FERUSIC Architects is an award-winning architectural office established in Barcelona by Carles Sala and Relja Ferusic, which gathers multidisciplinary and transversal knowledge to deliver innovative architecture and design.
Since its foundation in 2008, the office has developed a wide body of work acknowledged for its quality, from urban planning and architecture to ephemeral and product design, embracing new design and fabrication technologies to responsibly bind architecture and making within its immediate ecosystem.
The office has been appointed as an Emergent Young Office by ‘Arquia / Próxima’ Foundation, while its work has been awarded by renown institutions such as FAD, COAC or CSCAE ‘Bienal Española de Arquitectura y Urbanismo’, published by ‘On Diseño’, ‘Arquitectura Viva’ or ‘Quaderns d’Arquitectura i Urbanisme’ and shown at CCCB, MUHBA or ‘Círculo de Bellas Artes’ among others.
SALA FERUSIC Architects has a remarkable wine design portfolio, including industry, tourism, retail and product design. Since 2013, its expertise and knowledge in wine architecture have contributed to research developed by its partners, along with the AA School of Architecture in London and IAAC in Barcelona.
Its partners have been involved in teaching at ETH in Zurich, AA School of Architecture in London, WSA in Cardiff, ETSAB in Barcelona, IAAC in Barcelona or ESARQ in Barcelona, while they have lectured and reviewed projects at The Bartlett UCL London, Central Saint Martins UAL London, CCAE University College Cork, Università Degli Studi dell’Aquila or ETSAM Madrid among others.
Since its foundation in 2008, the office has developed a wide body of work acknowledged for its quality, from urban planning and architecture to ephemeral and product design, embracing new design and fabrication technologies to responsibly bind architecture and making within its immediate ecosystem.
The office has been appointed as an Emergent Young Office by ‘Arquia / Próxima’ Foundation, while its work has been awarded by renown institutions such as FAD, COAC or CSCAE ‘Bienal Española de Arquitectura y Urbanismo’, published by ‘On Diseño’, ‘Arquitectura Viva’ or ‘Quaderns d’Arquitectura i Urbanisme’ and shown at CCCB, MUHBA or ‘Círculo de Bellas Artes’ among others.
SALA FERUSIC Architects has a remarkable wine design portfolio, including industry, tourism, retail and product design. Since 2013, its expertise and knowledge in wine architecture have contributed to research developed by its partners, along with the AA School of Architecture in London and IAAC in Barcelona.
Its partners have been involved in teaching at ETH in Zurich, AA School of Architecture in London, WSA in Cardiff, ETSAB in Barcelona, IAAC in Barcelona or ESARQ in Barcelona, while they have lectured and reviewed projects at The Bartlett UCL London, Central Saint Martins UAL London, CCAE University College Cork, Università Degli Studi dell’Aquila or ETSAM Madrid among others.
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