In the city of Seville, Andalusia (Spain), Adolfo Pérez Arquitectura has carried out the expansion and rehabilitation of the Posada del Lucero. The inn represents much more than a simple lodging for tourists since it is a historical building that dates back to the 16th century, being the only one in its city.

Its artistic and cultural importance was recognized in 1980, hence the great relevance it had for the study, establishing an architectural relationship between the styles of the 16th and 20th centuries. Following this line of work, the objective was to restore the magnificence that it enjoyed in its first decades. Thus, more than an inn, a four-star hotel was achieved where the essence of the past is linked to contemporary design.
Although the historical importance represented a detail to take into account during the rehabilitation process, Adolfo Pérez Arquitectura took advantage of the constructive capacities of the materials found: lime mortar, walnut wood and iron. On the other hand, the use of current materials, such as the white metallic cladding, achieves a current aesthetic and a comfortable space for visitors.

The adhesion of a central patio has several purposes: first, to reproduce the design of the Sevillian houses; second, the natural lighting that will reach the rooms; and, finally, the design of pointed arches combined with horizontality, reminiscent of the Renaissance style typical of the time in which the inn was built. The terrace area, with the inclusion of a swimming pool and the predominance of white, make the Hotel Posada del Lucero, a place that inspires freshness and calm.
 

Description of project by Adolfo Pérez Arquitectura

The main building from which the extension was born is the Posada del Lucero Hotel, which was listed in 1980 as a historical artistic monument of national and cultural interest, being the only existing from the sixteenth century in Seville.

This is an extremely popular building in the city since it has been serving as a lodging facility from its origin to the present day. It hosted important personalities as Santa Teresa de Jesús and members of the royalty, as evidenced by the chains that existed at the entrance.

The construction process of the original building was to recover the soul of the Inn and restore the splendor of the sixteenth century with an intervention using the same materials with which it was built, lime mortar, walnut wood beams and iron fittings, three materials that define the building where the architecture of the sixteenth century dialogue with the twentieth century as a walk through history.

The purpose of the original project was the recovery of the historic plot of the Posada del Lucero, the only existing inn in the city of Seville, and its recovery for the same use for which it has always existed, lodging, with improvements in comfort and habitability as a four-star hotel.

The works carried out were necessary to reconstruct the existing building by rehabilitating the space and recovering the historic plot of the Posada del Lucero.

In 2014 the new extension in Hotel Posada del Lucero is designed due to the need for a greater reception of visitors, which is the nature of its original use, as a result of the exquisite services of its facilities.

The expansion of the Posada del Lucero translates into an extension of the concept of the original 16th  century  building  of the  Posada.  An  attainment  of  spaces  that  open  and  close creating atmospheres of intimacy and tranquility around the common variant of this typology: the patio and the light that spills over it and its galleries.

Thus, through a contraction of the space of the already existing building, a new patio appears, which houses new rooms and services, and which in turn, respects the materiality of the 2006 work, since the essence of this was the recovery of the elements of the original 16th century Posada del Lucero (lime mortar in its coverings, walnut wood from the beams and iron from the ironworks).

The  new  work  gives  rise  to  spaces  where  the  aforementioned recovery  is  integrated  with maximum respect with the insertion of current forms and materials. A new interior patio appears, whose function is to illuminate the rooms, covered with a white metallic surface that folds up, creating breaks, which almost evokes the fabric and fills the space it contains with light. The same materiality is repeated in a new terrace of the hotel, for recreational use, reinventing the concept of white and light of the terraces of Seville.

The extension project deals with the recovery of the original structure of a stately house. For this task, the current floor slabs are taken as references, identifying the interventions carried out before and the state of conservation of the same one, for the action to be carried out, giving prominence to the patio.

Normally, the Sevillian patio house model seeks a central position of importance for the patio piece.  In this way, the project wants to recover the importance that this patio had in its origin and eliminate  the  additions  made  before  that  invade  and  dirty  the  plan  of  the  building.  The consolidation and recovery of the courtyard respects this fact and is arranged according to the original position and size, becoming the vertebral axis of the same one.

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Architects.- María Requena Moreno, Beatriz Rubio Aragón. Structural engineer & Architect.- Paco Duarte Jiménez. Civil engineer.- Juan Ramón Lara Navarro.
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Saloherma S.A.
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Edificio Doña María S.L.
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Ground floor.- 344 sqm. First floor.- 347 sqm. Second floor.- 281 sqm. Attic.- 44 sqm. Total area.- 1018 sqm.
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Construction budget.- € 872,370. Furnishing budget.- € 93,400.
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Start date.- October 2017. Finish date.- July 2020. Construction period.- 19 months.
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14 Doña María Coronel Street, Seville, Andalusia, Spain.
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The firm Adolfo Pérez Arquitectura was founded in 2000 with projects dedicated to rehabilitation in Seville. Projects like Hotel “Posada del Lucero” and the House Muñoz-Diezma are looking for the authenticity of the construction process. Office projects linking architecture with other interior design are trying to get the most compact works from the origin to final.

Dedicated to the construction process, the vast majority of work has been done built models of self-supervised and managed from the study, in order to ensure the customer the cheapness in the work, the chance of choice and the outcome gratification end. With a “turnkey” attitude always backed by experience and high work dedication that allows us to optimize execution time and carry out the management of the entire process, from construction to interior decoration.

Its founder, Adolfo Pérez López (Sevilla 1975) studied architecture at the University of Navarra (93 | 2000) with a grade of outstanding. Postgraduate courses at the University of Seville (02 | 03 and working in the studios of Juan Miguel Otxotorena, Patxi Mangado, Espiau and Perez Elliott before embarking on the final adventure of running the firm "Adolfo Perez Arquitectura." He is involved in the search of natural architecture, the beauty of the materials, truth and authenticity of the process of building. He is always looking for happiness of those who inhabit it.
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