The nature in the house. Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López
14/12/2022.
[Valencia] Spain
metalocus, DILYANA DRAGOEVA
metalocus, DILYANA DRAGOEVA
Casa Rambla is a project designed by Arturo Sanz and Fran López in the Benimaclet neighborhood, which in its former status as a village was absorbed by the city of Valencia in the second half of the last century.
The single-family housing project is a new plant unfolding in three heights, which are developed around an interesting and careful interior space, a landscaped patio that has become the central space and protagonist of the project, which is also connected to the backyard of the living place.
The single-family housing project is a new plant unfolding in three heights, which are developed around an interesting and careful interior space, a landscaped patio that has become the central space and protagonist of the project, which is also connected to the backyard of the living place.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Ground floor plan. Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López.
First floor plan. Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López.
Second floor plan. Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López.
Longitudinal section. Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López.
Main facade. Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López.
The house designed by Arturo Sanz and Fran López is divided into two levels, the first for the private spaces and the second for the communal areas. The vegetation of the garden makes its way into the interior of the house, occupying the transit spaces to form a central spiral.
The reading of the neutral exterior façade, with some implementation of colored tiles, contrasts with the permeability of the rear façade that displays a set of natural light filters, light that is filtered by an ingenious grid of bricks as a sieve, a lattice.
The horizontal metal structure is broken down into several beams of different angles that are welded at different heights to the same pillar, creating a game inside the house with its different rules, possibilities, and limitations.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
The reading of the neutral exterior façade, with some implementation of colored tiles, contrasts with the permeability of the rear façade that displays a set of natural light filters, light that is filtered by an ingenious grid of bricks as a sieve, a lattice.
The horizontal metal structure is broken down into several beams of different angles that are welded at different heights to the same pillar, creating a game inside the house with its different rules, possibilities, and limitations.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Rambla House by Arturo Sanz and Fran López. Photograph by María Mira.
Description of project by Arturo Sanz and Fran López
Newly built house overlooking the interior garden courtyard with a triple-height space that acts as a filter and a transition between indoors and outdoors and which becomes the centre of the house.
The floors are divided into two levels, the first landing higher and the second a few steps lower, in such a way that the staircase rises from floor slab to floor slab, changing its layout and curling in on itself. The rooms (personal and confined spaces) are located on the first bay, while the communal spaces (studios, playrooms and bathrooms) are located on the second bay and are open to the central space.
The construction breaks down the building elements so that each one of them is an instrument of expression. The metal beams made with C-channel (PFC) are welded laterally to the pillars, which allows several beams with different angles and at different heights to be attached to the same pillar. The floor slabs are made up of metal beams, wooden joists supported on them and ceramic boards with a compression layer. Each of these elements has its own rules, possibilities and limitations... and that is where the game begins.
The vegetation takes a leap and slips inside, occupying the central space and all around it, stairs, walkways and open spaces, spiralling around it. The bamboo becomes the epicentre.
Houses full of life, where the natural is part of the domestic.
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Architects
Arturo Sanz, Fran López.
Collaborators
Quantity surveyor.- Julia Fernández Sorókina.
Landscaping.- Gustavo Marina.
Exterior carpentry.- Fuster Alonso.
Interior carpentry.- Muycarp.
Metal locksmiths.- Imaltra.
Landscaping.- Gustavo Marina.
Exterior carpentry.- Fuster Alonso.
Interior carpentry.- Muycarp.
Metal locksmiths.- Imaltra.
Builder
Salvador Malaguilla.
Dates
Project.- 2019.
Construction.- 2021-2022.
Construction.- 2021-2022.
Location
Calle Rambla. Benimaclet, Valencia, Spain.
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.
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