A void excavated in the volume of the house. T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects
21/06/2024.
[BCN] Spain
metalocus, FRANCISCO LANCHAS MORA
metalocus, FRANCISCO LANCHAS MORA
On the slope of a hill in the Coll neighborhood of Barcelona, the architecture studio Kahane Architects has designed T20 Townhouse, a single-family home marked by the topography and municipal ordinances that impose staggered construction.
The volume that forms the house is emptied at the rear at the natural level of the land to generate an interior patio with a garden at the level of the first floor. The house opens towards the interior patio, also creating different terraces facing the public road in a staggered manner marked by regulations.
The volume that forms the house is emptied at the rear at the natural level of the land to generate an interior patio with a garden at the level of the first floor. The house opens towards the interior patio, also creating different terraces facing the public road in a staggered manner marked by regulations.
T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects. Photograph by Lorenzo Zandri.
T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects. Photograph by Lorenzo Zandri.
T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects. Photograph by Lorenzo Zandri.
T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects. Photograph by Lorenzo Zandri.
T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects. Photograph by Lorenzo Zandri.
T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects. Photograph by Lorenzo Zandri.
T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects. Photograph by Lorenzo Zandri.
T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects. Photograph by Lorenzo Zandri.
T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects. Photograph by Lorenzo Zandri.
T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects. Photograph by Lorenzo Zandri.
T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects. Photograph by Lorenzo Zandri.
T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects. Photograph by Lorenzo Zandri.
T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects. Photograph by Lorenzo Zandri.
T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects. Photograph by Lorenzo Zandri.
T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects. Photograph by Lorenzo Zandri.
T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects. Photograph by Lorenzo Zandri.
T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects. Photograph by Lorenzo Zandri.
T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects. Photograph by Lorenzo Zandri.
Ground floor plan. T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects.
First floor plan. T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects.
Second floor plan. T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects.
Third floor plan. T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects.
Section. T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects.
The program developed by Kahane Architects is organized based on the characteristics of the place, locating the social areas of the home on the first floor connected to an interior patio located at the natural level of the land. Access on the ground floor and the connection with the other private areas is done through a staircase located in the northeast corner of the house, which seeks a visual connection with the rear garden from all its levels.
The project tries to be respectful and integrate into its environment, so for construction it uses brick finished with sand-colored lime mortar. With similar materiality, the crushed fine-grained granite gravel covers the patio and the precast concrete pavement the roof. Inside, it seeks to use materials that help generate a warm and pleasant atmosphere, seeking to reduce visual noise.
T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects. Photograph by Lorenzo Zandri.
The project tries to be respectful and integrate into its environment, so for construction it uses brick finished with sand-colored lime mortar. With similar materiality, the crushed fine-grained granite gravel covers the patio and the precast concrete pavement the roof. Inside, it seeks to use materials that help generate a warm and pleasant atmosphere, seeking to reduce visual noise.
T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects. Photograph by Lorenzo Zandri.
Project description by Kahane Architects
The house is located in the Coll (Gracia) district of Barcelona, characterized by steep streets with panoramic views over the city. The house occupies a plot on the slope of a hill where natural topography and city regulations impose staggered volume architecture.
The original topography of the plot required the extraction of a good part of the existing ground in order to insert a volume on the street level. On the back of the plot, the original ground level was maintained generating a patio with a garden on the rear part of the first floor.
The house itself is composed of three staggered cuboids that responds to the buildings surroundings. These volumes are connected by a staircase located on the north side of the house, seeking a visual connection to the rear garden from all levels of the house through a window that accentuates its verticality.
T20 Townhouse by Kahane Architects. Photograph by Lorenzo Zandri.
The ground floor program includes an office, a garage and an entrance hall from which you can access the living spaces upstairs. The first floor contains the common areas – kitchen, dining and living room – as well as the main bedroom with a bathroom. The living room space overlooks the garden through large windows filling the living space with daylight. The second floor contains two bedrooms, a bathroom and a big terrace. The last plant contains a technical room and a rooftop with views over the city.
The construction in bricks finished with a sand-colored lime mortar, integrates easily with the traditional constructions in this area of the city. The rear garden is framed by walls finished with the same lime mortar generating a void in this volume. The only exception to the exterior image of the house is found in the ground floor facing the street where metal sheets integrates the garage door, the office exterior doors and the access door to the house.
The materials used in the interior of the house aims to reduce visual noise to a minimum and create spaces with a high level of comfort and quality: Terrazzo floorings with white glass particles, white walls or microcement in the bathrooms and Carrara marble surfaces in the kitchen.
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Architects
Kahane Architects. Lead architect.- Jonathan Kahane.
Area
200 sqm.
Dates
2024.
Location
Barcelona, Spain.
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Jonathan Kahane. Kahane Architects
Kahane Architects. Architecture studio founded by Jonathan Kahane based in the city of Barcelona, Spain.
Jonathan Kahane. Architect graduated from the Vallès Higher Technical School of Architecture (ETSAV) in Barcelona. He practiced in different studios both in Barcelona and Santiago de Chile. The Studio has set itself the goal of creating an architecture based on the most objective requirements, refining design ideas to achieve solutions that are architecturally, economically and socially coherent.
Jonathan Kahane. Architect graduated from the Vallès Higher Technical School of Architecture (ETSAV) in Barcelona. He practiced in different studios both in Barcelona and Santiago de Chile. The Studio has set itself the goal of creating an architecture based on the most objective requirements, refining design ideas to achieve solutions that are architecturally, economically and socially coherent.
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