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House in the Pyrenees by Cadaval & Solà-Morales
Architects Cadaval & Solà-Morales added this steeply-pitched roof to an old dry stone construction in the Spanish Pyrenees to form two homes.
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Nestled into the mountainside on a former farm the building has windows along one side overlooking the valley and a tall window in the gabled end affording views up the mountain.
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The building houses a father and son in two connected residences.
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More about Cadaval & Solà-Morales on Dezeen: Susana Solano exhibition design (July 2008)
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Here's some more information from the architects:
A vernacular dry stone house in the Pyrenees and the aim to transform it into a comfortable and utilitarian second residence are at the origin of this project. Fathers and sons want separated homes but shared experiences.
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The project elaborates on the physical connections between these two homes coexisting in a single rehabilitated envelope.
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The programmatic scheme and the interrelations of spaces of both houses are tided up to these vertical connections.
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What qualifies those spaces, however, is unique in each unit. The roof on the top unit is build up to be a sculptural yet neutral continuous element that resolves space, lighting, and views.
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A human scale continuous linear window faces amazing views over the valley, while an identical window located on the top of the roof, enables to view the summit of the mountain.
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In the lower unit, a wide and off-scale opening will focus light, views, and therefore activity on an interior-exterior space.
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The project is sympathetic of vernacular architecture by respecting not only the envelope, but also its construction and operational logics and its esthetics.
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By preserving the envelope and doing a minimal yet contrasted intervention, the idea is to reinforce the historical values of vernacular architecture.
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Moreover, the project is design to be sustainable. New technologies and old vernacular knowledge are implemented to make the Pyrenees houses two sustainable houses in an extreme climate.
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