Vernacular tradition. FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez
11/04/2022.
[Frumales] Spain
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The FRU house by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez is located in El Valle de Pinares. Specifically in Frumales, a small town in the province of Segovia. Its urban nucleus, surrounded by crops and hillsides, is an amalgam of residential and agricultural constructions from different periods. Predominantly masonry walls and tile roofs.
The project chooses to give value to the materials of the place, to the context. Where traditional systems coexist with local construction techniques.
The project chooses to give value to the materials of the place, to the context. Where traditional systems coexist with local construction techniques.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez. Photograph by Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero.
Site plan. FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez.
Diagram. FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez.
Ground floor plan. FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez.
Sections. FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez.
Sections. FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez.
Façades. FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez.
Axonometry. FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez.
Constructive detail. FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez.
Constructive detail. FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez.
Axonometry. FRU House by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez.
The FRU house designed by Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez uses a concrete structural grid that defines the support level, on it rests the light roof shell that defines the volume, geometry and materials of the domestic space.
In relation to the interior, it is a flexible structure that is nuanced by the programme. A strip of services next to a small access courtyard isolates the house from the street. The various openings configure a space with different shades of light.
In relation to the interior, it is a flexible structure that is nuanced by the programme. A strip of services next to a small access courtyard isolates the house from the street. The various openings configure a space with different shades of light.
Description of project by Roberto Lebrero + Borja Gómez
Frumales is a small village located in a pine valley in Segovia, Spain. Frumales’ beautiful city center is surrounded by farmlands and stone-made country houses. The site results from the aggregation of three lots containing masonry-ruined buildings.
The ruins are inhabited through a design that embraces the place and the value of the old material. It sets this as a starting point. Reusing the material, understanding old local construction techniques and choosing the right structural system leads to the final solution. Through a structural concrete frame, the livable plane is elevated above the terrain. This structural frame sets the master line from which a light self-standing wood structure defines the light roofing. This wood-frame structure is carefully designed, cut and set in place in order to define the geometry, volume and materiality of the space. The multilayered stone façade surrounds the building providing excellent insulation and thermal inertia. The ceiling height and the location of the openings provide either cross-ventilation or chimney effect when requested.
The interior is designed as an open, flexible space filled with the program. Aside the street, the functional program is set, towards the patio the private spaces are located. The room’s height is limited by the use of the «sobrado segoviano». The windows are carefully set to capture views and light, allowing multiple cross-views. The spatial sequence provided by the patio, terrace and garden interlaces interior and exterior through a series of intermediate spaces that provide cross-views, transparencies and reflections.
Faced with the harsh climate of the Castilian plateau, active and passive climate strategies are used to achieve an A energy rating, minimizing energy consumption to the maximum and providing optimum thermal comfort in the interior. The house is covered with generous insulation, eliminating thermal bridges and forming high inertia enclosures that take advantage of the thermal oscillation between day and night. The ceiling height together with the arrangement of openings facilitates cross ventilation or the chimney effect depending on the season, while a central fireplace produces and distributes heat throughout the house during the cold months.
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Architects
Lead architects.- Roberto Lebrero, Borja Gómez.
Collaborators
Structure.- Borja Gómez, Euteca (Juan de la Torre - Wooden knots).
Systems.- Mariam González Moya.
Site management.- Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez.
Execution management.- Ángel Montalvillo.
Systems.- Mariam González Moya.
Site management.- Roberto Lebrero and Borja Gómez.
Execution management.- Ángel Montalvillo.
Contractor
Francisco Muñoz.
Area
214 sqm.
Location
Frumales, Segovia, Spain.
Photography
Imagen Subliminal (Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero).
Roberto Lebrero
Roberto Lebrero is an architect from Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid since 2010, and a Master in Advanced Architectural Projects from the same university since 2012.
After being part of different teams of recognized international prestige in Sweden, Brazil and Madrid, he established Estudio Roberto Lebrero, a practice focused on the research and development of architectural projects related to the domestic space and contemporary living on all its scales.
The studio's work has been shown in exhibitions and specialized publications, and has received recognition in national and international awards such as the Enor Architecture Awards, the Arquia/Próxima call, The Plan Award and Europan, among others.
After being part of different teams of recognized international prestige in Sweden, Brazil and Madrid, he established Estudio Roberto Lebrero, a practice focused on the research and development of architectural projects related to the domestic space and contemporary living on all its scales.
The studio's work has been shown in exhibitions and specialized publications, and has received recognition in national and international awards such as the Enor Architecture Awards, the Arquia/Próxima call, The Plan Award and Europan, among others.
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