Mediterranean culture. Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura
03/07/2024.
[El Vallés] Spain
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Architecture studio Atheleia Arquitectura is commissioned to design Casa Artiga, a home located on a steeply sloping plot in the valley of the Tenes River, in Vallés, northeast of Barcelona. The house is revealed to the landscape through large openings that frame the views. The unevenness is bridged by a stepped garden that encourages interactions between heights and connections between interiors and exteriors.
The patio with its pool makes up the living core of the home that is related to the interior through protected openings with large porches that favor circulation. The pool is projected confined by the extension of the side walls of the house, giving this space the privacy of an interior room.
The patio with its pool makes up the living core of the home that is related to the interior through protected openings with large porches that favor circulation. The pool is projected confined by the extension of the side walls of the house, giving this space the privacy of an interior room.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Site plan. Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura.
First floor plan. Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura.
First floor plan. Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura.
Roof plan. Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura.
Section. Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura.
Section. Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura.
Section. Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura.
Section. Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura.
Section. Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura.
Constructive detail. Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura.
The architecture studio Atheleia Arquitectura seeks to design an energy-efficient home. To do this, they use solar incidence control systems, good thermal insulation of the walls and distribution that favours cross ventilation. These passive air conditioning techniques are complemented by the installation of a geothermal energy system.
The main floor of the house built with load-bearing walls of compacted earth sits on an exposed concrete plinth that allows the containment of earth from the semi-buried lower level dedicated to services. The building is filled with a large slab of exposed concrete that occupies the entire floor except the space occupied by the pool patio where a space is opened to configure an outdoor room.
The main floor of the house built with load-bearing walls of compacted earth sits on an exposed concrete plinth that allows the containment of earth from the semi-buried lower level dedicated to services. The building is filled with a large slab of exposed concrete that occupies the entire floor except the space occupied by the pool patio where a space is opened to configure an outdoor room.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Project description by Atheleia Arquitectura
The Artiga House is located in the Tenes River valley, in Vallès, Barcelona, in a soft landscape that combines gentle hills and small forests with agricultural plains.
The project is organized around a courtyard with an open view of the landscape. It is a compact house, developed on a ground floor with a lower level dedicated to services. The plot is characterized by a steep slope, with the house positioned in such a way that the exterior spaces are staggered and interconnected, creating visual relationships that break up the compactness of the house.
The courtyard is the center of the house's life, including a swimming pool, generating circulations around it and distributing the day and night spaces. Large porches and protected openings create the connections between the courtyard and the interior of the house.
Casa Artiga by Atheleia Arquitectura. Photograph by Adrià Goula.
Constructed with rammed earth walls, the project emphasizes the use of local materials and human resources for sustainable, ecological, and environmentally friendly construction, creating healthy and efficient habitats. The rammed earth walls are used both inside and outside, emphasizing the continuity of the spaces.
Sustainability criteria have been present throughout the entire design and construction process of the house, with passive systems for solar control through the construction of porches and the use of cross ventilation, good thermal insulation of the enclosures, and materials with high thermal inertia. The climate control is complemented by a geothermal system as a source of renewable energy.
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Architects
Project team
Salvador Tarradas, Borja Fernández, A. Latorre, M. Grañén.
Collaborators
Structure.- Blázquez-Guanter.
Quantity Surveyor.- J.M. Paniagua.
Quantity Surveyor.- J.M. Paniagua.
Dates
El Vallés, Spain.
Photography
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Atheleia Architecture. Architecture studio founded by Borja Fernández Rodríguez and Salvador Tarradas Fossoul has received architecture awards such as the 2019 Excellence in Architecture Award from Alto Standing magazine. Ex Aequo Award for Housing Architecture 2020, 23rd Architecture Awards of the Regions of Girona, for the work A town house. Casa MM at the Best International Houses exhibition organized by Casa Platform magazine at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021. Achilovers Project of the Year 2020 and AchDaily 2021 Building of the Year Awards Nominee Project for Casa MM. Casa Límite, Archdaily 2022 Building of the Year Awards Nominee Project and Archdaily Work of the Year 2022. Casa Límite, Selected Work in the 24 Architecture Awards of the Regions of Girona in 2022.
Salvador Tarradas Fossoul. (Barcelona, 1983) is an architect at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB), Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, and co-founder of the Atheleia Arquitectura studio. In 2001 he received the First Prize of the University of Girona for the research work Urbanistic Study of the Municipal Lands of Peralada. During the 2006-07 academic year, he participated in the Erasmus program in the Atelier Peter Zumthor (Pritzker Prize 2009), in the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, in Switzerland. In 2007 he joined the studio of RCR Arquitectos (Pritzker Prize 2017) where he collaborated for nine years in various competitions such as the Musée Soulages in Rodez and projects such as the Carpa in the Restaurante Les Cols or the Mediateca de Gent in Belgium. As a teaching experience, he participates in the design of the RCR LABA International Summer Workshop, where he develops teaching coordination tasks from 2012 to 2015. He also works as an assistant professor in the Summer Studio in Olot, given by the University of Western Australia in 2015 and 2016
Borja Fernández Rodríguez. (O Barco de Valdeorras, 1983) is an Architect from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Coruña (ETSAC) and Master in "Urban Renovation and Rehabilitation" at the University of Santiago de Compostela, University of A Coruña (UDC) and co-founder of the Atheleia Arquitectura studio. Finalist in the Pasajes-Iguzzini 2009/11 Contest and Honorable Mention in the Pry3cta-2010 contest, both awards for the best end of career in Spain, project realized with the advice of Francisco Aires Mateus and Carlos Quintáns. During the year 2008 Diego Calderón was awarded with an Accésit within the international competition for students in the framework of the VI Biennial of Ibero-American Architecture. During his architecture studies, he participated in the 2006-07 course, within the Erasmus program, in the Atelier Peter Zumthor (Pritzker Prize 2019) at the Academia de Architettura de Mendrisio in Switzerland. Between 2007 and 2009 he was part of the Aires Mateus studio (Lisbon). In 2012 he joined the architecture studio RCR Arquitectos (Pritzker Prize 2017) where he collaborated for nine years in various competitions such as the New Camp Nou for FC Barcelona or the Olympicopolis in London and projects such as the Parque de la Sagrera in Barcelona together with Alday -Jover and West 8, Murava Apartments in Dubai, the IST walkway in Austria or the CMU Stadium in Taiwan, among others.
Salvador Tarradas Fossoul. (Barcelona, 1983) is an architect at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB), Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, and co-founder of the Atheleia Arquitectura studio. In 2001 he received the First Prize of the University of Girona for the research work Urbanistic Study of the Municipal Lands of Peralada. During the 2006-07 academic year, he participated in the Erasmus program in the Atelier Peter Zumthor (Pritzker Prize 2009), in the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, in Switzerland. In 2007 he joined the studio of RCR Arquitectos (Pritzker Prize 2017) where he collaborated for nine years in various competitions such as the Musée Soulages in Rodez and projects such as the Carpa in the Restaurante Les Cols or the Mediateca de Gent in Belgium. As a teaching experience, he participates in the design of the RCR LABA International Summer Workshop, where he develops teaching coordination tasks from 2012 to 2015. He also works as an assistant professor in the Summer Studio in Olot, given by the University of Western Australia in 2015 and 2016
Borja Fernández Rodríguez. (O Barco de Valdeorras, 1983) is an Architect from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Coruña (ETSAC) and Master in "Urban Renovation and Rehabilitation" at the University of Santiago de Compostela, University of A Coruña (UDC) and co-founder of the Atheleia Arquitectura studio. Finalist in the Pasajes-Iguzzini 2009/11 Contest and Honorable Mention in the Pry3cta-2010 contest, both awards for the best end of career in Spain, project realized with the advice of Francisco Aires Mateus and Carlos Quintáns. During the year 2008 Diego Calderón was awarded with an Accésit within the international competition for students in the framework of the VI Biennial of Ibero-American Architecture. During his architecture studies, he participated in the 2006-07 course, within the Erasmus program, in the Atelier Peter Zumthor (Pritzker Prize 2019) at the Academia de Architettura de Mendrisio in Switzerland. Between 2007 and 2009 he was part of the Aires Mateus studio (Lisbon). In 2012 he joined the architecture studio RCR Arquitectos (Pritzker Prize 2017) where he collaborated for nine years in various competitions such as the New Camp Nou for FC Barcelona or the Olympicopolis in London and projects such as the Parque de la Sagrera in Barcelona together with Alday -Jover and West 8, Murava Apartments in Dubai, the IST walkway in Austria or the CMU Stadium in Taiwan, among others.
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