05 AM arquitectura creates the access to the house in an annex volume, in contact with the street level in the form of a prism, connected to the main floor through a corridor and leaving an exterior void. The floor plan is characterized by the incision of two open patios full of vegetation, one oriented to the south and the other to the north, which improves lighting and spatial views of the interior of the house.
The proposed reform provides multiple spaces with a certain degree of ambiguity that improves the possibilities of different uses: "Communicated and separated spaces are achieved at the same time, corners and a feeling of spaciousness, with permanent natural lighting."
Refurbishment of a house in Girona by 05 AM arquitectura. Photograph by José Hevia.
Refurbishment of a house in Girona by 05 AM arquitectura. Photograph by José Hevia.
Description of project by 05 AM arquitectura
In a 1950’s extension of a building by Rafael Masó, a complete refurbishment is carried out to accommodate a new way of living.
Access to the house is through an existing annexed built volume in contact with the street level. It is a small prism linked only to the main floor through a corridor, leaving an external void between both spaces.
The floor plan is characterised by the incision of two open patios, one south facing and the other one north facing. These interstitial spaces provide lighting and interesting visual communications between the different spaces of the house. They are spaces colonised by vegetation, providing a space between two rooms, a parenthesis full of possibilities.
It is a house that provides multiple spaces with a certain ambiguity that increases the potential for use and perception. It achieves communicated and separated spaces at the same time, corners and a feeling of spaciousness, with permanent natural lighting.
