Covarrubias City Council wants to have a Visitor Reception Centre in the village and wants to take it to the Antugas school building. To make this rehabilitation the city council has chosen the architecture studio Buho Arquitectos SLP

Due to the low budget for this rehabilitation, it has been decided to make a minimal intervention, that is, to preserve the entire structure including roof and facades and intervene only in the interior of the school and the accesses.
The first thing that is carried out in this rehabilitation made by Buho Arquitectos, is to remove all the internal partitions and thus clear the space to the maximum possible, in this way the interior basilical space is recovered that will be used as a room for tourism and culture activities. 

Later it was followed with the accesses, doors that allow access to the small rooms that there is in the back. And the lighting was also changed, using natural and artificial lighting depending on the type of activity to be performed in the space. And finally access from the outside parking lot was marked with a large lintel.
 

Description of project by Buho Arquitectos

The Covarrubias City Council intends to install the Visitor Reception Center in the old school building. Due to the reduced budget (200 euros per square meter), a minimum intervention was chosen: the structure, the facades and the roof were maintained, and only the interior and the entrances were reformed. For this, all the interior partitions are eliminated and the impressive interior basilica space is recovered. An empty room to carry out all kinds of activities related to tourism and culture. The main façade is stripped from the inside, leaving the brick exposed to breathe, and the opposite façade is dressed with a paneling of OSB board and translucent polycarbonate. Some doors allow access to the small rooms at the back.

Natural and artificial lighting is studied so that each type of light correctly accompanies each activity: concerts, exhibitions, talks, wine tastings ... The south-facing windows are closed with simple steel carpentry, which allow to obtain great views of the town and provide a great contrast of light and shadow on the polished concrete floor. Polycarbonate doors and paneling are backlit for ambient light at night. Hanging lamps provide general lighting.

Finally, access from the outdoor car park is marked with a large lintel made with reused steel plates from a nearby agricultural scale. The same flats are used to build the new access staircase, which contrasts with the façade. They are read as two superimposed objects, clearly differentiated.

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Javier Sánchez López.
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2019.
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C/ Clint Eastwood, Covarrubias, Burgos.
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Courtesy of Buho Arquitectos.
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Buho Arquitectos SLP is a company created in 2004 founded by Javier Sánchez López, collegiate with the number 60 of the Official College of Architects of Castilla y León Este, demarcation of Valladolid, dedicated to the drafting of projects, works addresses, urban processing and integral management of architectural works of all types.

Javier Sánchez López. Valladolid 1971. Architect by the ETSA Valladolid in October 1999. He has worked as an independent architect since 2000. Collegiate number 2397 of the Official College of Architects of Castilla y León Este, demarcation of Valladolid. He is a founding partner of Buho Arquitectos SLP since 2004. Member of the EfimerArq Collective.

- Castilla y León Sustainable Construction Awards. V edition 2013-2014. Honorable mention for "Palet Project" in Valladolid. (Collective Efimerarq).
- Selected for the work of the year 2018 on the Archidaily website for the reform of the Aguada house for a restaurant in Valladolid.
- Castilla y León Architecture Awards. XI edition 2018-2020. Mention in the Rehabilitation category for "Narrow house with narrow patio in Covarrubias".
- Castilla y León Architecture Awards. XI edition 2018-2020. Mention in the Interior Design category and other interventions for "Covarrubias Visitor Reception Center".
- Castilla y León Sustainable Construction Awards. VIII edition 2019-2020. First prize for "Cardboard Project" in Valladolid. (Efimerarq Collective)
- Biennial of Spanish Architecture. XV edition 2019-2020. Selected for the work “Casas Patio Mirasol” in Arroyo de la Encomienda (Valladolid).

Exhibitions.
- Valladolid College of Architects. From Covarrubias to Antarctica: Travel 2011 sketchbook
- Pallet Project. Laboratory of the Arts. City Hall of Valladolid. 2013. (Efimerarq Collective)
- Cardboard Project. Laboratory of the Arts. City Hall of Valladolid. 2016. (Efimerarq Collective)
- Ephemeral Valladolid. World Architecture Week. Museum of Contemporary Art Patio Herreriano de Valladolid. Oct. 2019. (EfimerArq Collective).
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Published on: August 4, 2021
Cite: "Minimal intervention. Visitor Reception Centre by Buho Arquitectos " METALOCUS. Accessed
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