The proposal introduces vegetation both in the sloping garden, which acts as a thermoregulatory mechanism and in the plane of the front garden. In addition, the upper body opens onto a terrace that serves as a patio at the same time to be able to look out and interact with the street.
Description of project by Juan Marco Marco
This house is located on the border of the historical center, a few meters from the San Jaime Arciprestal Church and the Plaza Mayor. The plot results from the demolition of two old houses, as in almost all neighboring buildings.
The wishes of future inhabitants to organize the program of needs practically on the ground floor, and the difference between the volume generated by this program and the maximum volume allowed by urban planning regulations, are the main conditions of departure. On the other hand, the orientation and depth of the plot hinder the good sunshine of this inhabited ground floor.
Based on these limitations, a cross-section is proposed that allows the entry of light and a dry-built façade, which, taking into account urban, scale, and privacy considerations, also collaborates in this sunning of the main rooms of the house. In the same way, it will happen with cross vents.
The upper body, quite narrow, is accommodated next to the highest neighbor wall, opening to a patio terrace that is linked to the garden by a ramp, looking towards the church and the bell tower. This ramp will also serve to moderate the opposite neighbor wall, whose old canvases in good condition will be seen in the background.
The terrace reaches the facade plan at one point, as a balcony, to be able to look out and traditionally relate to the street. The proposal introduces the vegetation, both in the small front garden, forming part of the facade, and in the back sloped garden, as a thermoregulatory mechanism, and as a landscape, involving nature and the sky in the project.
Complicity between users and a concept of habitability.
