Rehabilitation of a dwelling in A Coruña by Sinaldaba
18/10/2013.
[A Coruña] Spain
metalocus, ALEX DURO
metalocus, ALEX DURO
In an actual situation on which the architect role has to reinvent itself, the inner rehabilitation seems to be an interesting alternative. This 19th century dwelling in A Coruña is emptied, keeping the stairs structure to achieve a wide and illuminated space, even painting it in white.
Kitchen. Renovation of a dwelling in A Coruña by Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura. Image © courtesy of Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura. Photograph © Abraham Viqueira.
Bedroom. Renovation of a dwelling in A Coruña by Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura. Image © courtesy of Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura. Photograph © Abraham Viqueira.
Living room. Renovation of a dwelling in A Coruña by Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura. Image © courtesy of Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura. Photograph © Abraham Viqueira.
Kitchen. Renovation of a dwelling in A Coruña by Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura. Image © courtesy of Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura. Photograph © Abraham Viqueira.
Bedroom. Renovation of a dwelling in A Coruña by Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura. Image © courtesy of Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura. Photograph © Abraham Viqueira.
Furniture detail. Renovation of a dwelling in A Coruña by Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura. Image © courtesy of Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura. Photograph © Abraham Viqueira.
Interior view. Renovation of a dwelling in A Coruña by Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura. Image © courtesy of Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura. Photograph © Abraham Viqueira.
Detail. Renovation of a dwelling in A Coruña by Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura. Image © courtesy of Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura. Photograph © Abraham Viqueira.
Interior view. Renovation of a dwelling in A Coruña by Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura. Image © courtesy of Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura. Photograph © Abraham Viqueira.
Heating system detail. Renovation of a dwelling in A Coruña by Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura. Image © courtesy of Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura. Photograph © Abraham Viqueira.
Kitchen detail. Renovation of a dwelling in A Coruña by Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura. Image © courtesy of Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura. Photograph © Abraham Viqueira.
Previous situation of floor plan. Renovation of a dwelling in A Coruña by Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura. Image © courtesy of Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura.
Renovation floor plan. Renovation of a dwelling in A Coruña by Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura. Image © courtesy of Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura.
Living room. Rehabilitation of a dwelling in A Coruña by Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura. Photograph © Abraham Viqueira.
Memory of project
The last storey of a 19th century house, located in one of the most central streets of A Coruña, in a maintenance conditions really unfavorable, with a minimum budget, but with all the freedom and confidence of the client for choosing the solutions that we believe better.
The dwelling have the classical space configuration of a gothic plot: long, narrow and reduced plans; what all of us want?: all the opposite. We first consider to empty the whole dwelling, keeping only the central stairs structure. With that, we achieved a continuos free space, wide, defined by a kitchen-bathroom-study-closet furniture; that is, a longitudinal and continuos piece which contains all the necessities, keeping free the main space and giving to the dwelling a spacial and visual continuity.
The solutions we made for the materialization of the idea are absolutely reversible. Basically, the beams are reforced with metallic elements, fir tree wood is used for the longitudinal band and for repairing the stairs structure, and they are painted in white, providing a necessary luminity in the stone walls, floor and ceiling, even more when it is the most economic solution. The result: a neutral volume, white, luminous, diaphanous, acting as container of a wood box for the communications and another longitudinal one which houses the necessary elements for living.
Text.- Sinaldaba.
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Architects
Estudio Sinaldaba. Susana Vázquez Pérez and Ignacio Reigada Cordido.
Area
55 m².
Budget
Less than € 24,000
Location
San Andrés Street, A Coruña, Spain.
Photography
Abraham Viqueira.
Susana Vázquez, Ignacio Reigada. Sinaldaba
Sinaldaba Estudio de Arquitectura is an architecture studio that was born in A Coruña in 2010 by Susana Vázquez Pérez and Ignacio Reigada Cordido (ETSAC).
They are a multidisciplinary team that tries to create contemporary and sustainable architecture, but with the identity, tradition, and reflection that each project demands. His professional scope ranges from design to urban planning, through new construction and especially rehabilitation and intervention in heritage.
In these years his work has been recognized with various distinctions in national and international competitions, highlighting the first prize in the ideas competition for the CIDEA headquarters. In the same way, numerous media from different countries have published his work, in addition to being part of different exhibitions.
