New times and ways of living. House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio
30/09/2020.
[El Poal - Lérida] Spain
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Architecture firm based in Barcelona, Hiha Studio, has developed the project for the rehabilitation and reform of a building resulting from the addition of two houses with rammed-earth party walls. The project is located in Poal, a Spanish municipality in the province of Lleida, located in the Plana de Urgel region, a small area, located between Bellvís and Liñola.
La Plana de Lleida has a typical typology of houses where the 5m wide by 15.30m deep bays are made in mud, a legendary sustainable construction technique, which consists of construction with wet clay soil.
La Plana de Lleida has a typical typology of houses where the 5m wide by 15.30m deep bays are made in mud, a legendary sustainable construction technique, which consists of construction with wet clay soil.
House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio. Photograph by Pol Viladoms
House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio. Photograph by Pol Viladoms
House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio. Photograph by Pol Viladoms
House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio. Photograph by Pol Viladoms
House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio. Photograph by Pol Viladoms
House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio. Photograph by Pol Viladoms
House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio. Photograph by Pol Viladoms
House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio. Photograph by Pol Viladoms
House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio. Photograph by Pol Viladoms
House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio. Photograph by Pol Viladoms
House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio. Photograph by Pol Viladoms
House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio. Photograph by Pol Viladoms
Site plan. House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio
Site plan. House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio
Ground floor plan. House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio
First floor plan. House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio
Second floor plan. House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio
Roof plan. House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio
Section. House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio
Section. House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio
Axonometry. House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio
Intervention scheme. House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio
Construction. House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio
Construction. House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio
Construction. House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio
Construction. House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio
Construction. House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio
Construction. House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio
Construction. House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio
Construction. House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio
Construction. House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio
Construction. House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio
Construction. House renovation, Cal Jordy & Anna by Hiha Studio
The Hiha Studio project revolves around the emptying of the existing building in a selective way, in this way the performance area is reduced, achieving economic savings in the work.
With this premise, the project focuses on giving the new spaces a domestic character that contrasts with the monumentality of the emptied ones. The mud-brick dividing wall takes on a centric role in the new interior language since the materiality of the house is achieved, stripping and removing all types of interior decoration and finishing, returning the building to its original appearance.
With this premise, the project focuses on giving the new spaces a domestic character that contrasts with the monumentality of the emptied ones. The mud-brick dividing wall takes on a centric role in the new interior language since the materiality of the house is achieved, stripping and removing all types of interior decoration and finishing, returning the building to its original appearance.
Description of project by Hiha Studio
The project consisted of updating and adapting an existing building to the present, to new materials, to new ways of life.
The existing building is the result of the sum of two houses between a rammed earth party walls. They are buildings that respond to the typology in La Plana de Lleida area featuring a rectangular plot that is around 5 meters wide and 15-30 meters in length.
The main approach of the project was to empty the existing building in a selective way in order to attain the project aims and provide for the functional needs of the clients.
This void allowed for the elimination of existing elements and for a reduction in the amount of surface requiring remodeling and thereby provides economic savings for the client. This decrease in remodeling area allowed us to provide the functional needs required by customers almost automatically. New visuals and relationships were also generated between the new rooms, both vertically and horizontally. The decision to place the empty spaces in contact with the north and south facades allowed us to obtain a greater contact surface with the exterior and to generate a more compact building. This reduced depth allowed us to extend the light from the facade to the center of the house.
Our efforts for this project were concentrated on giving the new spaces a domestic feel in the face of its monumentality. The new inner spaces generated by our selective vacuums are where we placed the spaces with a more "public" appeal. These spaces are visual connectors even though they are set at different levels. In them, everyday activities are carried out whereas the rooms of a more private nature are located around these rooms.
The building was developed on three levels, on the ground floor we have the "Roman Fauces" entrance, in tribute to the large entrance halls of the farmhouses and the traditional houses in the town. Day activities are concentrated on the first floor, with the living room, kitchen and dining room linked to the inner terrace and bathroom and the accompanying room. The second floor is dedicated to the night area where the rooms and the corresponding bathrooms are concentrated.
The material essence of housing was achieved by fundamentally stripping and removing all ornaments and finishes prior to remodeling and returning the building to its original appearance. Our aim was to recover the essence of this type of houses, where the material, the texture and the color are given additional value and incorporated within the new interior language. The rammed earth walls take on a prominent technical role in this new language since these walls allow us to regulate the natural moisture, temperature and acoustics of the interior of the house.
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Architects
Collaborators
Mercè Amat, Ton Ardèvol.
Area
303 m².
Dates
2016‐2018.
Location
El Poal, Lleida, Spain.
Photography
Hiha Studio
Hiha Studio was founded in 2017 by the architects Bernat Ardèvol, Jonatan Oliva and Genís Plassa, with the collaboration from Berlin of Eduard Resina. All graduated from ETSAV.
Hiha Studio, an architecture office based in Barcelona, is mainly dedicated to edification and furniture design. Its practice is based on working in a team where personal ambitions come together to cope with the projects.
Materiality, form and space are the studio’s main elements of reflexion, they are combined with the users’ experiences and their ways of living. Hiha Studio relies on developing personal projects and a direct and trustful relation towards each client, with the result of taking advantage of the synergies generated between each other.
Hiha Studio, an architecture office based in Barcelona, is mainly dedicated to edification and furniture design. Its practice is based on working in a team where personal ambitions come together to cope with the projects.
Materiality, form and space are the studio’s main elements of reflexion, they are combined with the users’ experiences and their ways of living. Hiha Studio relies on developing personal projects and a direct and trustful relation towards each client, with the result of taking advantage of the synergies generated between each other.
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