From Dance Hall to House Transformation / estudi marmar
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- Space :
356 m²
12 months :
2021
Producers : Kerakoll, Atipik, Finfloor, Metropol Cerámica, Piera Ecocerámica, Roca-
Lead Architects :
Marta Martí, Adrià Marrasé

Textual content description offered by the architects. The mission transforms the city’s previous dance corridor– later used as business premises– right into a 4-apartment constructing. The positioning is within the previous city’s Mayor Road of Sant Esteve de Palautordera, a pedestrian space subsequent to the village’s major business avenue (Carretera de Montseny), which is a part of a residential cloth of buildings between get together partitions.



The proposal presents the next methods: – Preserving and declaring the worth of the constructive components of curiosity within the current constructing. The masonry pillar, the slabs fabricated from metallic joists and ceramic vaults, and the roof’s picket truss, beams, and joists have been preserved.

Reclaiming the unique facade. The materiality and composition of the unique facade are rediscovered by demolishing the ventilated exterior pores and skin and the broken areas of the masonry partitions have been cleaned up.

Bettering power effectivity and construction of the constructing. The present construction was strengthened to face up to the calls for required for the brand new use of the constructing. The facades and roof of the constructing have been remoted to extend the residences’ inside consolation and meet the necessities of the present rules.

The constructing container that had been beforehand emptied of all uninteresting development components is used to materialize the methods right into a structural system of ceramic partitions and picket flooring that splits the amount into 4 residences (2 per flooring) and a central corridor performing 3 key features for the constructing:

Bioclimatic corridor. A big openable skylight fills the house with gentle, ensures good photo voltaic achieve, and permits cross air flow of the dwellings. In winter, the greenhouse impact will warmth the air and the temperature contained in the residences can be elevated by convection. In summer season, the warmth contained in the dwellings can be dissipated because of the air renewal by the chimney impact.

Patio for socializing. The corridor acts as a transition between the road (exterior) and the dwellings (inside), an area inviting collective relationships between the residences’ neighbors and the remainder of the city’s residents.

The lookout. The corridor is an empty quantity contained in the constructing that facilitates the contemplation of the singular preserved components from totally different factors of view, together with the views from the within of the residences, the patio, and the road.
