NOA House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes
26/02/2019.
[Vallés Occidental] España
metalocus, ADRIÁN MARTÍNEZ
metalocus, ADRIÁN MARTÍNEZ
The Noa house has been designed by the Alventosa Morell Arquitectes studio, formed by Josep Ma. Alventosa, Marc Alventosa and Xavier Morell. The project is located in a quite central street of a town where isolated single family houses predominate. Specifically in a solar, long, narrow and well oriented that has 400m².
Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Ground floor and first floor plans. Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes.
West elevation. Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes.
East elevation. Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes.
South elevation. Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes.
North elevation. Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes.
Constructive section. Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes.
Constructive section. Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes.
Conditions and proposal. Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes.
Model. Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes.
Logo. Noa House by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes.
The study Alventosa Morell Arquitectes, were commisioned for a large program, thermally comfortable and with great connection with the garden for the design of the house Noa. To solve the relationship between the colossal volume and the interior garden, they proposed a serie of smart strategies that consisted of releasing a large garden located to the south of the plot and working from dividing stripes.
On one hand, exterior stripes formed by roofs finished in wood and related to the garden. On the other hand the interior space of the house is organized from 4 vertical volumes that create a serie of roofs in the shape of saw teeth that work like skylights facing south.
The different volumes of the building have an exterior finish Sate that allows to generate a wrap with great thermal resistance and unify the finish of facades and roofs. At the construction level, they work with ceramic loading walls where a floor formed by a radiant floor, a step of wood installations and wooden beams is visible.
Description of project by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes
This house is situated in a central street of a town where detached houses are common. The solar is narrow and long, but with a good orientation.
Our clients demanded us:
• A very big house, around 400 square m.
• Comfortable atmosphere and an efficient construction.
• A very important link, connection between the house and the garden.
Then our objective has been, apart from meeting the client’s demands, to reach a construction completely integrated in the landscape. The challenge was to solve the relationship between a building of a considerable volume and an interior garden, which needed to be a more intimate and human space.
To obtain these aims we decided to work on two strategies:
• Locate the house the near the street the better, so as to have more space for the garden, at the south of the site.
• Work out of open-plan spaces that divide the total volume and create a feeling of diminution of the visual impact.
The structural system is based on a discontinuous construction of four vertical volumes that create four sawtooth roofs which are the skylights orientated south and linked to adjacent spaces at different level. This is the system to get the necessary solar radiation to grant the interior comfort, and to have natural light in the inside of the ground floor, too.
The four discontinuous volumes are not equal in dimension and help to create a less compact and uniform volume.
The link with the surrounding landscape is stablished by the outside horizontal platforms of wooden porches. They are more domestic and at the human scale.
There is a big difference between these lightweight and slim wooden porches and the compact volumes of the building with an outside finish work of SATE. This material gives us the possibility of:
• Generate a structure of great thermal resistance.
• Unify the smooth white finish work of some façades and the roof in order to emphasise the contour of the saw tooth roofs. To make this solution more relevant we decide that the lateral façades were finished with a different colour, dark grey, and with a thick texture.
The interior spaces of the four volumes are connected through a longitudinal axis that drills all the walls. The interior spaces inside every volume are treated differently. We obtain the divisions through pieces of furniture, wardrooms that allow us to organize the spaces and integrate the doors.
The constructive system is very simple. The primary walls that limit the different spaces are ceramic walls where a frame lands. This frame consists on a thermal floor (radiant floor), and the wooden beams. This frame generates a warm atmosphere thanks to the wooden beams, and, with the radiant floor, we obtain the thermal inertia and complement the passive design.
All these strategies and the bioclimatic design of the proposal, are the responsible facts to be able to enjoy a house with very high thermal performances; and integrated in the surrounding landscape; a very important point for us, too.
More information
Architects
Alventosa Morell Arquitectes. Architects.- Josep Ma. Alventosa, Marc Alventosa i Xavier Morell.
Collaborators
Calculator of construction structures.- Eduard Simó.
Constructor
Global Projects.
Surface
400m².
Year
2017-2018.
Location
Vallés Occidental, España.
Photography
Arquitectes Alventosa Morell
Alventosa Morell Arquitectes are an architectural firm based in Barcelona and Lleida by Josep Ma. Alventosa Cuadrat, Marc Alventosa Zaidin and Xavier Morell Jané. They are specialize in projects and constructions based on efficient climate studies and thermal analysis. They provide energy savings of over 70%. They have experience in residential architecture, school, health, Hotel, restoration of listed buildings and managing budgets for optimal economic efficiency of the work.
