Restoration of the imperfect. Punamora House by Taller Pontí
20/01/2024.
[Sant Vicenç de Montalt - BCN] Spain
metalocus, ADELA BONAS, JORGE MARTINEZ
metalocus, ADELA BONAS, JORGE MARTINEZ
The Taller Pontí architecture studio has restored a traditional house on the Maresme coast, characterized by its fishing villages and located a few kilometers north of Barcelona, in the northeast of Spain.
The house on the row had a main façade aligned with the street, party walls of mud and stone, and a rear patio. In addition, the house had two bays, instead of a single bay as usual, and its rear patio was about 3 meters above the main level.
The house on the row had a main façade aligned with the street, party walls of mud and stone, and a rear patio. In addition, the house had two bays, instead of a single bay as usual, and its rear patio was about 3 meters above the main level.
Punamora House by Taller Pontí. Photograph by José Hevia.
Punamora House by Taller Pontí. Photograph by José Hevia.
Punamora House by Taller Pontí. Photograph by José Hevia.
Punamora House by Taller Pontí. Photograph by José Hevia.
Punamora House by Taller Pontí. Photograph by José Hevia.
Punamora House by Taller Pontí. Photograph by José Hevia.
Punamora House by Taller Pontí. Photograph by José Hevia.
Punamora House by Taller Pontí. Photograph by José Hevia.
Punamora House by Taller Pontí. Photograph by José Hevia.
Punamora House by Taller Pontí. Photograph by José Hevia.
Punamora House by Taller Pontí. Photograph by José Hevia.
Punamora House by Taller Pontí. Photograph by José Hevia.
Site plan. Punamora House by Taller Pontí.
Location plan. Punamora House by Taller Pontí.
Previous ground floor plan. Punamora House by Taller Pontí.
Previous first floor plan. Punamora House by Taller Pontí.
Previous roof floor plan. Punamora House by Taller Pontí.
Previous section plan. Punamora House by Taller Pontí.
Previous section plan. Punamora House by Taller Pontí.
Actual elevation plan. Punamora House by Taller Pontí.
Actual ground floor plan. Punamora House by Taller Pontí.
Actual first floor plan. Punamora House by Taller Pontí.
Actual roof floor plan. Punamora House by Taller Pontí.
Actual elevation plan. Punamora House by Taller Pontí.
Actual elevation plan. Punamora House by Taller Pontí.
Actual section plan. Punamora House by Taller Pontí.
Actual section plan. Punamora House by Taller Pontí.
Estructural floor plan. Punamora House by Taller Pontí.
Estructural floor plan. Punamora House by Taller Pontí.
The house restored by Taller Pontí also had structural problems since, due to the interior divisions and its position on the land, the house was very humid, which led to the appearance of termites that left the horizontal structure unusable.
To solve these problems, the original structure was changed to a steel one, and a ventilated chamber was built under the ground floor to improve humidity conditions. As for the bays, they are articulated to give centrality to the access while the staircase organizes the circulation to the patio.
To solve these problems, the original structure was changed to a steel one, and a ventilated chamber was built under the ground floor to improve humidity conditions. As for the bays, they are articulated to give centrality to the access while the staircase organizes the circulation to the patio.
Punamora House by Taller Pontí. Photograph by José Hevia.
Description of project by Taller Pontí
It was a traditional town house, like so many others on the Maresme coast. It is a row house, with the main facade aligned to the street, dividing walls of mud and stone and a back patio. Despite of this, the house had two remarkable peculiarities. First, it incorporated two typological units on the same property. That is: instead of having a single bay of between 4 and 5 meters, as usual, it had two bays as part of it. Second, the ground level of the back patio of the house was about 3 meters above the ground level of the main access. Both features had great potential but were paradoxically limiting as well. In the first case because the relationship between the two entities was very poor. In the second case, because the house, which had low height, seemed to be embedded in the ground, remaining completely on the edge of the back patio. So much so that the first floor of the house did not communicate with the patio. To go out to the patio it was necessary to go down to the ground floor and go up an outside staircase again. It is also important to highlight the fact that the house is located in the historic center where the planning rules are extraordinarily strict.
Due to the abundance of interior divisions and its position in relation to the terrain, the original house was extraordinarily humid. Humidity and darkness made it an ideal place for xylophages. When the structural diagnosis was carried out, a very relevant presence of active termites was detected. The entire horizontal structure of the house was definitely useless. In order to improve humidity conditions, a ventilated chamber was built under the ground floor. To prevent the attack of xylophages, steel was chosen as the material for the horizontal structure.
Punamora House by Taller Pontí. Photograph by José Hevia.
The project tries to combine the rooms of the house. On the ground floor, the new gate articulates the two bays, giving centrality to the access and accompanying the traffic from the street to the house. On the upper floor, the staircase organizes the circulation into the patio. The ground floor ceiling is very present. Like the floor, it is finished with exposed ceramic. The upper floor ceiling, by contrast, has a rather ethereal presence. Unlike the floor, it is finished in white like the walls.
At the end of the route, culminating in the extension volume, the kitchen opens onto the patio, as well as the new semicircular balcony does.
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Architects
TALLER PONTI, Jaume Coscollar.
Area
270 sqm.
Dates
Year.- 2021.
Location
Sant Vicenç de Montalt, Barcelona, Spain.
Photography
Jaume Coscollar. Taller Pontí
Taller Pontí is an architecture studio founded by Jaume Coscollar in 2018 with headquarters in Sant Pol de Mar (Barcelona). His practice aims at an elemental and concrete architecture. He concentrates his experience in the field of rehabilitation, also of buildings of historical interest. He regularly participates in artistic projects.
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